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2005年09月09日,11岁女学生蒂莉·史密斯获得英国海事协会颁发的托马斯·格雷特别奖,这在英国历史上是前无古人的,此事在世界诸多媒体上进行了广泛的宣传报道,事情的经过是这样的:2004年12月26日印度洋地震海啸来临的当天,蒂莉正与父母在泰国普吉岛海滩享受假期的快乐。就在海啸到来前的几分钟,蒂莉的脸上突然露出惊恐之色。她跑过去对母亲说:“妈妈,我们现在必须离开沙滩,我想海啸即将来临!”她说她看见海滩上起了很多的泡泡,然后浪就突然打了过来。这正是地理老师曾经描述过的有关地震引发海
September 09, 2005 Tilith Smith, 11, a schoolgirl, was awarded a Thomas Gray Special Award by the British Maritime Association. This is unprecedented in the history of Great Britain and has been widely publicized in many media outlets around the world. The story goes like this: Tilly is enjoying her vacation with her parents on the beach in Phuket, Thailand on the very day the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami struck on December 26, 2004. Just minutes before the tsunami came, Tilly’s face suddenly showed horror. She ran to her mother and said, “Mom, we have to leave the beach right now, and I think the tsunami is coming!” She said she saw a lot of bubbles on the beach, and then the waves hit suddenly. This is exactly what the geography teacher once described about the earthquake-induced sea