PeruViana fisherman Maximo Napa Castro He set off by boat from the port San Juan de Marcona in Peru on December 7.
Unfortunately, during the cruise, under the influence of bad weather conditions, he deviated from the course, and his fishing boat was not equipped with navigation devices.
Peru. The fisherman drifted 94 days in the Pacific Ocean
As a result of unhappy events, a fisherman he drifted after Pacific Ocean until 11 Brand He was found by an Ecuadorian fishing vessel.
In an interview, given to local media, the man admitted that “desperately lasted at hope for a return“And he thoughts about his family allowed him to survive.
– I thought about my mother and my newborn granddaughter every day. It was because of them, I didn't want to die – he said.
Peru. He missed in the ocean. The family was looking for him for months
He explained that he survived thanks to the rainwater and eating insects, birds and turtles, which he managed to hunt. He admitted, however, that he had not eaten anything for 15 days.
When Castro's Napa was saved, he was seriously dehydrated and was in a critical condition.
CNN reports that the fisherman's family and friends They were looking for him for three months. Castro's daughter on March 3 on her Facebook page told about her efforts to find her father and wrote that she was not losing hope that she was alive.
After saving the man, his daughter expressed special gratitude to “brothers with Ecuador“For saving her father.
Sources: MEDIZE, CNN, AFP