Oldest of 4 Siblings Who Survived Colombian Plane Crash Told Family Their Mother Lived for Days

Oldest of 4 Siblings Who Survived Colombian Plane Crash Told Family Their Mother Lived for Days
Manuel Ranoque, the father of two of the youngest Indigenous children who survived an Amazon plane crash, speaks to the media in Bogota, Colombia on June 11, 2023. Ivan Valencia/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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BOGOTA, Colombia—The four Indigenous children who survived 40 days in the Amazon jungle after their plane crashed have shared limited but harrowing details of their ordeal with their family, including that their mother survived the crash for days before she died.

The kids, aged 13, 9 and 4 years and 11 months, are expected to remain for at least two weeks in a hospital receiving treatment after their rescue Friday, but some are already speaking and wanting to do more more than lying on a bed, according to family members.