The schoolgirl whose geography lesson saved her family
April 11, 2012  16:26

You may not remember this story from the December 2004 tsunami, so here it is and certainly worth another read.

 

On December 26, British schoolgirl Tilly Smith, 10, sensed something was wrong while on the beach with her family. Her mind kept going back to the geography lesson Mr. Kearney gave just two weeks before she flew out to a Thai resort with her family. "The water was swelling and kept coming in," recalled Penny Smith, Tilly's mother. "There was froth on it like you get on the top of a beer. The sea was like a millpond before [the swelling began]."

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