Girl saved tourists thanks to school lesson

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My Comment:
when they complain that they don't need what they learn in school
cause they will never use it, remember to read this to the class. - KE



Girl saved tourists thanks to school lesson
Mon Jan 3,12:18 AM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - A 10-year-old British girl saved 100 other tourists from
the Asian tsunami having warned them a giant mass of water was on its way after
learning about the phenomenon weeks earlier at school.

"I was on the beach and the water started to go funny," Tilly Smith told the
Sun at the weekend from Phuket, Thailand.

  "There were bubbles and the tide went out all of a sudden. I recognised what
was happening and had a feeling there was going to be a tsunami. I told
mummy."

  While other holidaymakers stood and stared as the disappearing waters left
boats and fish stranded on the sands, Tilly recognised the danger signs because
she had done a school project on giant waves caused by underwater
earthquakes.

  Quick action by Tilly's mother and Thai hotel staff meant Maikhao beach was
quickly cleared, just minutes before a huge wave crashed ashore. The beach was
one of the few on the Thai island of Phuket where no-one was killed.

  Her teacher, Andrew Kearney, paid tribute to his quick-thinking student.

  "Tilly is a very bright, level-headed girl ... it is an incredible
coincidence that our class were learning about this type of tsunami just 
two weeks
before Christmas," he told the newspaper.

  On Sunday, the Foreign Office said 40 Britons were confirmed dead from the
December 26 tsunami which claimed some 130,000 victims. The toll is expected to
rise.

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A 10-year-old British girl saved 100 people in Phuket, Thailand, when she
recognized signs of the approaching tsunami that occurred last week. 
According to
Reuters, an international news agency, the girl had just learned about the
science of tsunamis in school. She and her mother quickly warned hotel staff,
who evacuated the beach minutes before the devastating tsunami hit. The beach
was one of the few on the island where no one was killed. To read a Reuters
article about this incredible story,
<http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050103/od_uk_nm/oukoe_quake_briton_girl>

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