{"id":67027,"date":"2014-01-31T20:01:55","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T16:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=67027"},"modified":"2014-01-31T20:01:55","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T16:01:55","slug":"cast-away-shipwrecked-man-makes-land-after-16-months-adrift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=67027","title":{"rendered":"Cast away: Shipwrecked man makes land ‘after 16 months adrift’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cast_Away\"<\/a>An emaciated man survived 16 months adrift at sea, eating turtles, birds and fish and drinking turtle blood, having floated over 8,000 miles from Mexico to a remote Pacific atoll, it was claimed on Friday.<\/p>\n

A Norwegian researcher said that the man \u2013 who only speaks Spanish and has a long beard and hair \u2013 was not in a good condition after his 24-foot fibreglass boat washed up on the reef at Ebon Atoll.<\/p>\n

In a story reminiscent of the Tom Hanks film Cast Away, the man, dressed only in ragged underpants, apparently set off from Mexico heading for El Salvador in September 2012 with a companion, who died at sea several months ago.<\/p>\n

Details of his survival are sketchy, Ms Fjeldstad added, as the man only speaks Spanish, but he said his name was Jose Ivan.<\/p>\n

Mr Ivan indicated to Ms Fjeldstad that he survived by eating turtles, birds and fish and drinking turtle blood when there was no rain.<\/p>\n

No fishing gear was on the boat and Mr Ivan suggested he caught turtles and birds with his bare hands.<\/p>\n

According to Ms Fjeldstad, the Marshall Islanders<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong><\/b>who found Ivan took him to the main island on the atoll to meet Mayor Ione de Brum, who put in a call to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Majuro.<\/p>\n

“He’s staying at the local council house and a family is feeding him,” said Ms Fjeldstad, who added that the man had a basic health check and was found to have low blood pressure.<\/p>\n

But he did not appear to have any life-threatening illness and was able to walk with the aid of men on the island.<\/p>\n

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