At the time of the incident the tsunami disaster Martunis aged 8 years. Martunis and family living in Tibang village. Martunis who recently sat in class III elementary school with his mother, older sister and his younger brother strives to save themselves on his neighbor's car. When the tsunami waves rolled, the car sank. Martunis, mother, and two brothers drowned along with a car that had, They drifted apart.
Martunis survived after grabbing a piece of wood, then adrift. Then he moved to a mattress that is stranded in the area directly by the sea, in order to survive he lived above the mattress for 21 days, day and night, eating and drinking potluck gained around. on day 18 martunis had run out of food and he began to limp, just the 21st day after the tsunami, he was discovered by a resident right on January 15, 2005. With the conditions of the very poor condition of her skin was black due to rainy weather kehujanan hot skinny body and heat bending.
After Residents found the direct handing Martunis to television media crews United Kingdom which happens to be covered in that region. In an instant the picture still wear t-shirts that Martunis was against Portugal, circulating in European television stations. Boy, it would attract sympathy football top star Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal had mengabiskan time with ronaldo in portugal up to wanting to be the adopted son of ronaldo. He is also well known worldwide as a growing boy miraculously survived the tsunami victims for 21 days at sea.
Now the story will be lifted in aceh tsunami Memorial Day 2017 to come, not only martunis, delisa and other tsunami victims will be lifted her story on 2017 tsunami warning later.
