After Months Lost at Sea on a Small Boat, 5 People Are Rescued in the Island Nation of Kiribati
Five survivors, including two children, are recovering after a storm blew their 20-foot skiff thousands of miles off course.
- On Sunday, residents on Fanning Island in Kiribati rescued five people, including two children, who had drifted for three months after their small boat went missing in Micronesia.
- The survivors were part of a group of nine who departed Murilo, Micronesia, on July 30 for a routine one-hour crossing to Ruo when a storm pushed them off course.
- Kaotitaake Rakoroa confirmed the group is receiving medical care from a local Uniting Church pastor, while the fate of their four missing companions remains unknown.
- Chuuk State Governor Alexander Narruhn issued a statement Sunday thanking God for their survival and requesting the Federated States initiate diplomatic talks with Kiribati to bring survivors home.
- The Coast Guard suspended its search on August 9 after covering 25,000 nautical miles, highlighting a pattern of recent maritime rescues in the region involving missing vessels.
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They Set Sail on One-Hour Trip in July, Were Just Found
An ordinary ocean crossing between two islands in Micronesia turned into a nearby three-month drift across the South Pacific. Five people, including two children, were found alive on Sunday near an island in Kiribati, some 3.355 miles from where they originally left on July 30. Nine people were originally...
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Five Survivors Found Alive After Drifting 3,400 Miles Across Pacific Ocean for Three Months, Four Others Missing
Three adults and two children who disappeared during a routine one-hour boat trip in July have been rescued near a remote island in Kiribati after ... The post Five Survivors Found Alive After Drifting 3,400 Miles Across Pacific Ocean for Three Months, Four Others Missing first appeared on [your]NEWS.
Survivors were found on Sunday by locals off the island of Fanning, belonging to Kiribati, after a long involuntary crossing through the ocean
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ClevelandMissing for months, 5 people found alive after what was supposed to be a 1-hour South Pacfic boat trip
Months after it went missing in a storm, a skiff carrying nine people has been found in the South Pacific with five survivors aboard.
In July, nine people disappeared on a dinghy after a storm in the Pacific Ocean. Three months later, four people have been found after drifting 5,400 kilometers off course.
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