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Peruvian fisherman, who survived 95 days lost in the sea in the Pacific, eating turtles, birds and cockroaches, was saved and reunited with his family.
Maxim Na Castro, 61, went to the fact that it was supposed to be a two -week fishing from the coastal city of Markan, on the South Peruvian coast, December 7.
Ten days in the thunderstorm undermined his boat, leaving it down with a decrease in the materials.
His family started searches, but Peru’s sea patrols could not find it.
And only on Wednesday, Ecuadorian patrol dishes Don f found it 1094 km (680 miles) from the coast, dehydrated and critical.
Maxim survived, catching rain water in his boat and eating everything he could find.
In an emotional reunion with his brother in the eaten border, on Friday, he told how the boats and birds ate before turning to sea turtles. The last 15 days were spent without food.
Thinking about his family, including his two-month-old granddaughter, gave him the strength to endure, Mr. Castro said.
“I thought about my mother every day. I am grateful to God for giving me a second chance.”
His mother, Elena, told the local media that, while her relatives remained optimistic during her son’s disappearance, she began to lose hope.
After the rescue of Mr. Castro was taken to Piait for medical evaluation before he was sent to the capital of Peru, LiMa.
There, at Jorge Chavez’s international airport, he was met by his daughter Inessa attacked an emotional reunification surrounded by the media. She welcomed him at home with a bottle of pearl, a national drink of Peru.
In their native area, San Andres in the ICA region, neighbors and relatives told the RUP Media Agency that they decorated the streets at the celebration.
His niece Leila Torres stated that the family planned to celebrate her birthday when he was lost in the sea.
She said to the agency: “His birthday was unique because everything he could eat (in the sea) was a small cookie, so it is very important for us to celebrate because it is revived for us.”
Last year, Russian Mikhail Pishugin was saved by spending more than two months, mitigating in a small inflatable boat in the Ahgot Sea east of Russia.
Fish S salvadoran is an unusual fisherman.
Standing out of the Mexico coast at the end of 2012, it was eventually found on the Marshall Islands in early 2014, as well as survived on rain water and turtles.
