Mariner - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sat, 07 May 2016 21:40:39 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Mariner - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Man rescued after two months adrift in Pacific thanks God https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/05/10/man-rescued-two-months-adrift-pacific-thanks-god/ Mon, 09 May 2016 17:09:27 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=82539 A Colombian mariner adrift at sea for two months thanked God and his rescuers after his deliverance in the Pacific Ocean. The 29-year-old had survived by eating fish and gulls. He was one of four sailors who left Colombia in a skiff two months ago. At some point their engine failed and they were left Read more

Man rescued after two months adrift in Pacific thanks God... Read more]]> A Colombian mariner adrift at sea for two months thanked God and his rescuers after his deliverance in the Pacific Ocean.

The 29-year-old had survived by eating fish and gulls.

He was one of four sailors who left Colombia in a skiff two months ago.

At some point their engine failed and they were left adrift.

The survivor was spotted and rescued by the Panamanian-flagged Nikkei Verde, a merchant ship, more than 3000 kms south-east of Hawaii.

The bodies of his companion were not found with him. He said they died at sea.

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