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CNN — A Peruvian fisherman has been found alive in the Pacific Ocean after spending 95 days lost at sea, Peru’s state news agency Andina reported Saturday.

Máximo Napa Castro, 61, set off on his fishing boat on December 7 from Marcona, a coastal town in the south of the country, but bad weather caused him to stray from his course and lose direction, according to Andina.

He was found on March 11 by an Ecuadorian fishing boat in waters off the coast of northern Peru, heavily dehydrated and in critical condition, the agency said.

After his rescue, Napa Castro told local media in a tearful interview that he managed to survive by drinking rainwater he collected on the boat and eating insects, birds and a turtle.

He spent the last 15 days without eating, Reuters reported.

Napa Castro told local media he kept thinking about his family to “hold on” to life"

“I said I didn’t want to die for my mother. I had a granddaughter who is a few months old, I held on to her. Every day I thought of my mother,” he said.

The fisherman’s daughter Inés Napa Torres thanked the Ecuadorian fishermen for saving her dad’s life.

“Thank you, Ecuadorian brothers, for rescuing my dad Gatón, God bless you,” she said in a Facebook post.

Napa Castro’s family and groups of fishermen had been searching for him for three months. “Every day is anguish for the whole family and I understand my grandmother’s pain because as a mother I understand her (…) We never thought we would go through this situation, I wouldn’t wish it on anyone, we will not lose hope, Dad, of finding you,” his daughter wrote on March 3 on Facebook.

Napa Castro received medical checks at the Hospital Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes in Paita, near Peru’s border with Ecuador, and was discharged on Saturday, Ecuavisa, a CNN affiliate, reported.

Source: CNN

Somebody has finally broken Jonah's record.....

“I said I didn’t want to die for my mother. I had a granddaughter who is a few months old, I held on to her. Every day I thought of my mother,” he said

"He who knows his why can endure any how"
- Friedrich Nietzsche

Damn! 95 days technically surviving only on hope! Maximum respect to the man 🙌🏾

...survive by drinking rainwater he collected on the boat and eating insects, birds and a turtle.

When push comes to shove, you have no idea what you'll be willing to do to latch on to this blue planet called earth.

Fishermen, soldiers and farmers are both physically and mentally tough. The average person would die in five days.

Real life Aquaman

COMRADES are speechless, some events in this world are beyond man's comprehension
God is great

Wonderful...
Nigerians dey face much more 4 dis administration hand

The government should put him on a monthly allowance and allow him to live the rest of his years comfortably. That must've been a traumatic experience.

Congratulations to him.

Thank God for his safe return

Sonnobax15:

Somebody has finally broken Jonah's record.....

Lol,, better rest o,, them go come for you oo
Looooooooool

Sonnobax15:

Somebody has finally broken Jonah's record.....

It's getting interesting

Sonnobax15:

Somebody has finally broken Jonah's record.....

Una no dey read or uno know scripture?

Was he swallowed by fish like Jonah?

Within concern me and ocean... You won't even see me near river

A calm sea never made a skillful sailor , HAWWWWK TUA!

His death is yet to come, Glory 🙏

I remember the case of the children whom plane crashed in the Amazon forest. The pilot and the mum died. The kids held on for 40days before search calvary found them. A baby toddler was with them😌. It was touching

https://www.nairaland.com/7724988/colombia-plane-crash-mum-told

Another survival movie in the making

God kept him alive. He could have been killed by wild animals.

Im 95% sure that after spending 95 days he won’t be fishing again in his life …..

His WIFE and children must be terrible …. I don’t blame him…. He only thought about his Mother and his grandchild at the point of death

kpankpangolo:
Fishermen, soldiers and farmers are both physically and mentally tough. The average person would die in five days.

Oh gerrout.


People wey dey do 40days fasting nko? Are they all fishermen?

"Survival is a thing of the heart when you faced with dreaded situations" by Okprekete Kprekenchu

Survival can be summed up in three words—never give up.

Napa Castro told local media he kept thinking about his family to “hold on” to life"

You must live for something. Hmmmmmm so serious

This would be good for a movie

OnyeObowo1:
It's getting interesting

He should just let SIM be

Our pastor's Testimony don land 😆😆😆😂

Sonnobax15:

Somebody has finally broken Jonah's record.....

He wasn't swallowed guy

Everydaylove:
God kept him alive. He could have been killed by wild animals.

He's in a fishing boat 🤷