Sri Lankan protesters refuse to budge from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's residence, a day after they stormed his home, forcing him to flee with the navy and announce that he would resign. The dramatic events are a result of the culmination of months of protests due to the nation's unprecedented economic crisis. The dramatic events of one day ago were the culmination of months of protests by people enraged by the South Asian island nation's unprecedented economic crisis and the Rajapaksa clan's incompetence and corruption. Hundreds of thousands massed in Colombo demanding Rajapaksa take responsibility for shortages of medicines, food and fuel that have brought the once-relatively rich economy to its knees and caused misery for ordinary people. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES