Peruvian fisher who was found alive after spending 95 days in Pacific He said he ate cockroaches, birds and sea turtles to survive.
Maximo Napa was strongly dehydrated and in critical state when it was discovered by Ecuador’s fishing patrol about 680 miles from the coast of Peru last Wednesday, Reuters states. Originally left Marcon, a city on the southern coast of Peru, for a fishing trip 7. December.
“I didn’t want to die,” he told Napa Reuters. “I ate cockroaches, birds, the last thing I ate were turtles.”
“I thought about my mother every day,” he added. “I am grateful to God for giving me another opportunity.”
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Peruvian fisherman Maximo Napa, to the right, who lost 95 days in the Pacific Ocean before saved by Ecuador’s fishing patrol on March 14th, talks to the media in Paita in Peru. (La Republika/Reuters)
The hood initially packed enough food to spend two weeks at sea, but 10 days, he was rejected by Stormy Weather and finished Adrift in the Pacific, Reuters reported.
The news agency added that the attack had drank the rainwater he collected on his ship, but in the end he ran out of food sources and spent the last 15 days without eating anything.
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Peruvian fisherman Maximo Napa, who spent 95 days lost in the Pacific before the Ecuador’s fishing patrol saved him again with his brother after saving him in Paita in Peru on March 14th. (La Republika/Reuters)
The hood allegedly kept his hopes thinking about his family and infants.
“I told the Lord, whether he was alive or dead, I just put him back to me, even if he was just seeing him,” said his mother Elena Castro TV Peru, according to Reuters.
“But my daughters have never lost their faith. They kept telling me: Mom, they would come back, they would come back,” she added.
The military medical team provides the care of Peruvian fisheries Maximo Napa after its rescue. (La Republika/Reuters)
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Hood reunited with his brother in Paita, town in Northern Peru, And medical checks are expected to pass.
