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Peruvian fisherman found alive after 95 days lost at sea

Sixty-One-Year-Old Peruvian fisherman Maximo Napa was rescued on Tuesday by an Ecuadoran vessel off the coast of Chimbote in northern Peru after drifting at sea for 94 days and was later discharged from a hospital in Paita on Saturday.
Napa set sail on December 7 from the port of San Juan de Marcona, but bad weather and currents caused him to lose his course.
To survive, Napa ate cockroaches, birds, and a turtle, and collected rainwater on his boat after he ran out of food.
Napa told local media he survived because he didn't want to die and thought about his mother and two-month-old granddaughter every day, while his daughter, Ines Napa, called his survival a miracle.
Reunited with his brother in Paita on Friday, Napa expressed gratitude to God for a second chance and a desire to return to the sea for fishing, with his family planning a birthday celebration, as his niece Leyla Torres Napa said he has been reborn.

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