Sri Lanka train memorial honors tsunami tragedy

People wait for the arrival of the Ocean Queen train carrying family members of people killed in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, for a memorial service in Peraliya on Dec. 26, 2024, on the 20th anniversary of the disaster.

Just inland from the crashing waves on Sri Lanka's palm-fringed shores, the train slowly came to a stop on Thursday -- marking the moment a deadly tsunami hit 20 years ago.