Tilly Smith
Tilly Smith (* 1994 ) is a British woman who at the age of ten saved the lives of around one hundred people during the tsunami in the Indian Ocean in December 2004 .
She recognized the signs of the tsunami in good time and saved around one hundred people on the beach in Phuket . Thanks to the explanations of her geography teacher Andrew Kearney at Danes Hill Preparatory School in Oxshott, Surrey , who explained tsunamis to his students two weeks before Tilly's vacation, she realized what it meant when the sea receded. She told her parents Penny and Colin Smith. They then warned other vacationers and employees of their hotel. The hotel then evacuated the beach a few minutes before the tidal wave hit. According to the tabloid The Sun , Maikhao Beach was one of the few beaches on Phuket that had no deaths or serious injuries from the tsunami.
On September 9, 2005, she received the Thomas Gray Special Prize of the Marine Society & Sea Cadets from Second Sea Lord Vice-Admiral James Burnell-Nugent . In November 2005, Tilly met Bill Clinton at the United Nations . In December 2005, Tilly was named Child of the Year by French magazine Mon Quotidien. Together with the ten-year-old Thai Patiwat Komkla, who also survived the tsunami, she recited poetry on December 26, 2005 at a ceremony in Khao Lak to mark the first anniversary of the disaster.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1480192/Girl%2C-10%2C-used-geography-lesson-to-save-lives.html (English)
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4229392.stm (English)
- ↑ "Tsunami lifesaver visits UN" (Nov. 5, 2005). New Straits Times, p. 27.
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1506286/Honour-for-young-girl-who-saved-tourists-from-tsunami.html (English)
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4561414.stm (English)
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| SURNAME | Smith, Tilly |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British lifesaver, rescuer of around one hundred people during the Indian Ocean tsunami in December 2004 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1994 |