He managed to convince a security guard that a tsunami was inbound: "Look, you probably think I'm absolutely bonkers, but my daughter's completely convinced there's gonna be a tsunami."

Nov 16, 2025 · Tilly Smith, a then ten-year-old British girl, is widely credited with saving around one hundred lives on Maikhao Beach in Phuket, Thailand, during the devastating 2004 Indian …

Here’s the story of a 10-year-old girl named Tilly Smith who learned about tsunamis in school. Tilly shared what she learned when a tsunami was on its way to a beach where her family was …

Dec 18, 2024 · Tilly Smith was taught about tsunamis in her geography class. What she learnt saved 100 lives. On Boxing Day, 2004, Tilly Smith and her family were enjoying an early …

Tilly Smith, an eleven-year-old schoolgirl was on holiday in Thailand with her family when the tsunami hit in December 2004. She recognized the signs of the receding sea and warned her …

Apr 11, 2024 · The quick thinking of a 10-year-old English girl, Tilly Smith, is credited with helping to save some 100 lives just before the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 struck the island of …

Nov 5, 2025 · Entire communities vanished in moments, and millions were displaced. Yet amid the destruction, stories of survival and courage emerged, one of the most inspiring being that …

Following the December 26, 2004, Indian Ocean tsunami, which claimed over 230,000 lives across 14 countries, the role of 10-year-old Tilly Smith in averting disaster at Mai Khao Beach …

Tilly Smith, now 22, earned the nickname ‘The Angel of the Beach’ thanks to her quick thinking during the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004, and has continued to act as an advocate for …

Dec 26, 2023 · Tilly Smith, from Oxshott in Surrey, was on holiday in Phuket, Thailand, with her family when she noticed that the sea was behaving in a strange way.