Locals survive tsunami and save others Two...

Locals survive tsunami and save others

Two local men not only survived Sunday’s tsunami in Southeast

Asia, they also saved at least a dozen lives. Steve Abrams, 37, of

Costa Mesa, said he and a Newport Beach friend, who declined to be

named, grabbed as many Thai people as they could and put them on top

of cars, above the water line.

Abrams, who’s suffering from exhaustion and minor scrapes, said

Thursday that he and four friends he traveled with are still trying

to catch a flight home.

The tsunami that killed at least 122,000 people in Thailand, Sri

Lanka, Indonesia and India was the result of a 9.0 earthquake that

struck the Indian Ocean.