However, during the journey a storm surprised them and the boat caught fire, forcing them to seek shelter.
Courtesy | The note was eventually found by some fishermen who alerted the authorities.
Six people who had been shipwrecked in the Amazon River and who had been surviving on an island for almost 20 days were rescued this Wednesday thanks to a distress message that they threw into the water in a plastic bottle.
It all started on March 24, when the six crew members left in a medium-sized boat for a journey that would last regarding 10 days, from the city of Santarem to the municipality of Chaves, in the Brazilian section of the Amazon River.
However, during the journey a storm surprised them and the boat caught fire, forcing them to seek shelter.
Jeferson Marcos, one of the crew, reported that together they managed to take the ship to the beach of an island known as La Flecha, regarding 150 kilometers from Belén, capital of Pará, where they remained for 17 days consuming the food they had in reserve. and drinking rainwater.
However, by the ninth day, when they realized that help might not arrive in time, they decided to write the note and put it inside a bottle tied to a float, a tactic recommended by the Brazilian Navy for this type of situations and that some of the crew knew from courses with Navy officers.
The note was eventually found by some fishermen who alerted the authorities.
“Help! Help! We need help. Our boat caught fire. We have been on the island of Flecxas for 13 days, without food. Notify our family, ”said the note written by the castaways, which also included the contact telephone numbers of their relatives.
All were rescued by the Navy by helicopter and taken to a medical center, although they were apparently in good health.
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