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I spent 21 days living off rain water after tsunami
Martinus was seven when he lost his mother and brother in the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami.
He was stranded alone for 21 days and had to survive by 鈥渄rinking water from puddles鈥� and eating 鈥渄ried food鈥�.
He later returned home, to find his mother and brother had been killed by the wave.
This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast's Children of the Tsunami on Friday 26 December 2014.
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