The woman survived the 2004 tsunami, and then cheated death three more times

A woman who survived the 2004 tsunami has revealed how she cheated death three more times.

Twenty years after the tragedy, which claimed the lives of at least 230,000 people, Ani Naqvi shared her story with Need To Know.

A resident of London was on vacation in Sri Lanka visiting a friend. She was asleep when the tsunami hit the Indian Ocean.

“I was fast asleep in my hut when suddenly the door opened and water began to pour in. In a millisecond I was under water, drowning and fighting for my life. I was spinning like a grain of rice in a washing machine in a dark, roaring mass of water. It was the first time I thought I was going to die. My life flashed before my eyes, I didn't want to die, so I fought tooth and nail, to stay alive.Eventually the hut collapsed from the force of the wave and it was a blessing because now I could see where the sun was…