Three teenagers who were missing for 50 days adrift in the South Pacific and already been given up for dead, turned up alive in their tiny aluminum boat.
The 15-year-old boys Filo Filo and Samu Perez, and 14-year-old Edward Nasau, disappeared from their homes in Tokelau Islands, a territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific, on Oct. 5. The boys had been attempting to paddle between two islands, a distance of almost 60 miles, during their annual teenage challenger, reported BBC.
To survive while at sea, the boys relied on coconuts, rainwater, and a seagull that they managed to catch.
Floating for nearly 800 miles toward Fiji in the Pacific northeast, the three were found by a New Zealand tuna fishing boat on Wednesday.
“All they could say was, ‘Thank you very much for stopping,’” said Tai Fredricsen, San Nikuna’s first mate, according to The Associated Press.
He said that the boys showed signs of dehydration, sunburn, and malnutrition, but for the rest seemed to be all right.
The boys will be sent to hospital in Fiji’s capital of Suva on Friday where they will be treated for severe sunburn.
The 15-year-old boys Filo Filo and Samu Perez, and 14-year-old Edward Nasau, disappeared from their homes in Tokelau Islands, a territory of New Zealand in the South Pacific, on Oct. 5. The boys had been attempting to paddle between two islands, a distance of almost 60 miles, during their annual teenage challenger, reported BBC.
To survive while at sea, the boys relied on coconuts, rainwater, and a seagull that they managed to catch.
Floating for nearly 800 miles toward Fiji in the Pacific northeast, the three were found by a New Zealand tuna fishing boat on Wednesday.
“All they could say was, ‘Thank you very much for stopping,’” said Tai Fredricsen, San Nikuna’s first mate, according to The Associated Press.
He said that the boys showed signs of dehydration, sunburn, and malnutrition, but for the rest seemed to be all right.
The boys will be sent to hospital in Fiji’s capital of Suva on Friday where they will be treated for severe sunburn.
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