Louis Mullan, from Truro, lost both his parents in the Boxing Day Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years ago.
Louis Mullan was 16 at the time of the disaster and lost both his parentssaid he and his young brother fought for their lives during the disaster.
The brothers, who eventually reunited, searched for their parents before they flew back to the UK where they were adopted by a family in Cornwall.Mr Mullan has been speaking in a documentary to be screened from next week, ahead of the 20th anniversary of the disaster. After the water subsided, the then teenager joined a French family he had met earlier on the trip and felt "huge relief" when reunited with his brother, who he spotted walking down a road with a group.
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