Out of every tragedy comes sunlight. A little hero emerges from the shambles of disaster.
A ten year old New Zealand girl on holiday in Samoa when the deadly tsunami struck the southern coast beach a few weeks back, received a special award in NZ last week.
Remembering her primary school teacher's lesson on tsunamis, she recognised the characteristics of the tsunami. When she saw the water receding rapidly, she ran up and down the beach screaming, "tsunami", and undoubtably saved many, many lives.
What a clever and resourceful young girl. And she didn't go to school just to eat her lunch either!
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