Human Interest Stories Abound

Incredible stories of heroism, faith, and leadership are beginning to come to our attention. They will continue to pour forth. Take this story, for example; Ten year old, Tilly, saved the lives of dozens by what she learned about tsunamis in her geography class:

An alert 10-year-old British girl saved her family and 100 other tourists from the devastating Asian tsunami, because she had learnt about the giant waves in a geography lesson, it emerged today.

Tilly Smith was holidaying with her mother Penny, father Colin and seven-year-old sister Holly on Maikhao beach in Phuket, Thailand, when the tide suddenly rushed out.

As the other tourists watched in amazement, the water began to bubble and the boats on the horizon started to violently bob up and down.

Tilly, who had studied tsunamis in a geography class just two weeks earlier, quickly realised they were in terrible danger.

She told her mother they had to get off the beach immediately and warned there could be a tsunami, according to The Sun newspaper.

She explained she had just completed a school project on the huge waves and said they were seeing the warning signs that a tsunami was minutes away.

Her parents alerted the other holidaymakers and staff at their hotel, which was quickly evacuated.

The wave crashed a few minutes later, but no one on the beach was killed or seriously injured.

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Family dog saves boy from tidal wave.

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Elephants Saved Tourists from Tsunami

KHAO LAK, Thailand (Reuters) - Agitated elephants felt the tsunami coming, and their sensitivity saved about a dozen foreign tourists from the fate of thousands killed by the giant waves.

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Man adrift found alive:

"A man has been found adrift on a coconut tree off the coast of Indonesia more than 10 days after the giant tsunami struck. "