THE GUARDIAN: Maximo Napa, 61, says he survived by eating cockroaches, birds and a turtle – and thinking about his mother
A Peruvian fisher was found alive after drifting at sea for 94 days, a navy official said on Saturday, as he was discharged from hospital after his ordeal.
Maximo Napa, 61, was rescued in his small fishing boat on Tuesday after being spotted by an Ecuadorian vessel off the coast of Chimbote in northern Peru.
He told local media in a tearful interview that he survived by eating cockroaches, birds and a turtle.
“I didn’t want to die, for my mother. I have a two-month-old granddaughter – I clung to that. Every day I thought about my mother,” Napa said. » | Agence France-Presse in Lima | Sunday, March 16, 2025
