Alone at Sea for 95 Days, a Peruvian Fisherman Clung to Hope

Máximo Napa Castro, 61, was spotted by the crew of an Ecuadorean tuna boat after he set out from the Peruvian port of Marcona in December.

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Fisherman saved after drifting at sea for 94 days, surviving on cockroaches, birds and turtles

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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 ...
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Fisherman rescued after 95 days adrift eating turtles

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Man found alive after 94 days stranded at sea eating turtles, birds

Maximo Napa was rescued in his small fishing boat after being spotted by an Ecuadoran vessel off the coast of northern Peru.
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Man found alive after 94 days stranded at sea eating turtles, birds

Maximo Napa was rescued in his small fishing boat after being spotted by an Ecuadoran vessel off the coast of northern Peru.
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