A bottle of ketchup saved the life of a man who was lost at sea for 24 days. Know his exciting story
Amman Today
publish date 1970-01-01 03:00:00
A man who got lost in the Caribbean survived for 24 days, eating nothing but ketchup, before being rescued by aid workers in Colombian waters, according to the Colombian maritime authorities.
A ketchup bottle saves the life of a man lost at sea
Elvis François, 47, from the Dominican Republic, said in a video clip published by the Colombian Navy: “I had no food except a packet of ketchup, garlic powder and bouillon cubes, so I mixed all these ingredients with water and ate them for 24 days so that I could survive.” “.
The survivor wrote the word “help” on his sailboat, and rescuers managed to find the man and his boat 120 nautical miles (about 220 kilometers) northwest of Puerto Bolivar, in the northern province of La Guajira, ukdaily reported.
Francois added, “I spotted a plane in the sky on January 15, and began to send signals to it through the reflection of the sun’s rays on a mirror I had, and when I saw it pass twice, I realized that those inside saw me.”
Rescue a man lost at sea 24 days
Statement of the Colombian Navy about the incident
The Colombian Navy immediately came to rescue him with the help of a merchant ship, and a statement from the Colombian Navy indicated that the man residing in the Dominican Republic got lost in the sea while he was repairing a sailboat in front of a port on the island of Saint-Martin in the north-east of the Antilles, due to bad weather conditions at that. Today.
He added, “The man, who knows nothing about maritime navigation, was lost and lost at sea, and his efforts to deal with the vehicle and its equipment failed,” while Francois tried several times to contact the emergency department, but he did not succeed because of the weakness in the communication network.
The man said, “There was nothing I could do but sit and wait.. 24 days off land by myself. I didn’t even know what to do or what point I was in. It was hard and I lost hope sometimes when I thought of my family.” The man to the Colombian Immigration Service to organize his return to the Dominican Republic.
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