SHE RAN for her life. Her family believed she had perished in the giant tsunami wave.

Jo Dixie survived, just, but lost everything. Now back home in Hampshire, she is using her miraculous escape from the Indian Ocean disaster to help others affected by the catastrophe.

"I was absolutely terrified. The fear in the air was unreal," Jo told the Daily Echo.

Read her incredible story on pages eight and nine in tonight's Daily Echo