Replay: The Boxing Day tsunami survivor who inspired Ronaldo

This year, Boxing Day marks the twentieth anniversary of the tsunami that caused 230,000 deaths around South East Asia.<br /><br />So with the Daily on a brief break, we're replaying an episode of Storycast which tells the story of Martunis.<br /><br />On 26 December 2004, one of the deadliest disasters in history struck when tsunami waves were triggered by a massive earthquake. <br /><br />A Sky News camera crew would discover an eight-year-old boy named Martunis among the devastation.<br /><br />Their subsequent report was seen by Cristiano Ronaldo - the Portuguese football star, known to many as the greatest player of his generation, but less so for his role in this remarkable survival story.<br /> <br />Martunis has told his story in full for the first time in Miracle Boy, <a href="https://podfollow.com/storycastpod" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">the first episode of StoryCast '21</a> - a Sky News podcast series telling 21 extraordinary personal stories from some of the biggest news events of the century. <br /><i></i><br /><i>Producer: Soila Apparicio</i><br /><i>Digital production: David Chipakupaku</i><br /><i>Editor: Philly Beaumont</i>