Hero police officer died saving tsunami victims

Police paid tribute today to an officer who helped save hundreds of people on his remote island in India during the tsunami disaster, then was swept away while trying to help one last person, an old woman who asked him to retrieve her handbag.

Sanjeev Kumar, 30, a police officer on duty the day the tsunami struck, was one of the first people on his small island of Katchall to see the giant waves coming.