Tsunami Roy, born December 26, 2004

When the Tsunami hit India's Little Andaman island, Lakshmi Narain Roy whisked his family, including his pregnant wife, onto the family rickshaw and pedaled to higher ground. A few hours later, Namita Roy gave birth to a baby boy, three weeks premature. From a Reuters report:

"On Wednesday, we learned a Navy ship had come into the bay but the jetty was damaged and so with help from other locals I carried her and the baby on to a dinghy and took her out to the big ship at sea," (Roy said.)

Reaching Port Blair after a 7-hour journey Roy's wife was rushed to the local hospital where doctors immediately cleaned up her uterus and gave her some medicines.

"It was the doctors who suggested we name the boy Tsunami and we also liked the name and decided to call him that. After all it is a name everyone will instantly notice and remember."

Link (via Fortean Times)