Tilly had studied tsunamis with her geography teacher, Andrew Kearney, shortly before flying to Thailand for a holiday with her parentsyounger sister last year.

• 当她看到海浪突退，海水不停的冒泡时，她马上告诉妈妈佩尼，海啸要来了。佩尼和丈夫科林随即向其他游客和宾馆工作人员发出警告，之后，人从普吉岛的麦克奥海滩上撤退。