
Balasore, Odisha — Mohammad Afzal survived one of the worst train accidents in India’s history, but remained in a state of high anxiety, unable to locate his friend who was in the same coach.
Afzal, 19, has been going from one hospital to the next in the eastern state of Odisha, where the disaster took place on Friday, to track down his friend Mohmmad Mazhar, also 19, who had boarded the train with him.