Cristiano ronaldo biography indonesia tsunami

When the devastating Tsunami struck several Asian countries on December 26th, 2004, an eight-year-old boy, Martunis, was washed away from his home in Banda Aceh.

Cristiano ronaldo biography indonesia tsunami

He managed to cling onto a piece of furniture and was then washed up to an uninhabited island.

There the little boy managed to survive for more than 20 days by eating fruits and berries. When he was finally discovered and rescued, he was in bad shape.

All he was wearing was a football shirt from his favourite football team, namely Portugal. Later he revealed that he was a Portugal supporter because he was a fan of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Martunis had been playing football with his friends before he was knocked unconscious and swept away by a giant wave.

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That boy, who is now a grown-up young man, explained that when he regained consciousness, he found himself on top of a mattress. When that too sank under the water, he found a tree trunk nearby and clung to it. The tree trunk took him to an area that was far away from his villa