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10 Year Old Girl Saves
Dozens From
Tsunami
The Sun -
UK
1-1-5
- PHUKET, Thailand -
Quick-thinking 10-year-old Tilly Smith is being hailed as a hero after
saving her parents and dozens of fellow vacationers from the deadly
tsunami - thanks to a school geography lesson.
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- Tilly warned the doubting adults at a resort that a
massive tidal wave was about to strike - just minutes before the deadly
tide rushed in and turned the resort into rubble.
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- Tilly's family, from Surrey, England, was enjoying a
day at Maikhao Beach last Sunday when the sea rushed out and began to
bubble.
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- The adults were curious, but Tilly froze in
horror.
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- "Mummy, we must get off the beach now!" she told her
mother.
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- "I think there's going to be a tsunami."
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- The adults didn't understand until Tilly added the
magic words:
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- "A tidal wave."
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- Her warning spread like wildfire. Within seconds, the
beach was deserted - and it turned out to be one of the only places
along the shores of Phuket
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- where no one was killed or seriously injured.
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- Last night, Tilly was being hailed as a savior.
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- "I think it's phenomenal that Tilly's parents and the
others on the beach are alive because she studied hard at school," said
Craig Smith , the American manager of the JW Marriott Hotel where
Tilly's family was staying.
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- He said a tsunami is not like you see in the movies,
where a huge wave wells up on the horizon and can be seen for miles off
shore.
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- It is more like a sudden surge of water," he said.
"There's very little warning.
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- She's a hero."
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- Tilly shrugged off the attention and modestly said,
"Last term, my geography teacher, Mr. Kearney, taught us about
earthquakes and how they can cause tsunamis.
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- "I was on the beach, and the water started to go
funny.
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- "I recognized what was happening and had a feeling
there was going to be a tsunami."
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- "When the water went back, I was like most people on
the beach. I wanted to walk down and look at what was going on," she
recalled. "It was only when Tilly explained what she thought was going
to happen that I had second thoughts.
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- "We ran off the beach as fast as we could and went to
the first floor of the hotel where it would be safe. Minutes later the
water surged right over the beach and demolished everything in its
path.
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- "It was terrifying to watch but I'm very proud of
her."
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- The Sun
newspaper
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