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Ocean Encounter, a U.S. fishing ship, ended up rescuing the men two months later near the South Pacific island, Nauru. Two of the seven men that were rescued unfortunately passed away from severe malnutrition before the rescue vessel could reach proper medical assistance. The eighth passenger, a 15-year-old boy, drowned before the rescue boat arrived after jumping into the water to recover a shirt that had blown away.
"When we ran out of food we began to collect driftwood and coconuts that we found floating in the ocean," 29-year old Nick Sales, one of the five survivors, told the Daily Telegraph. "We would dry the wood in the sun and eat it. If we had coconuts, we would break them open, drink the juice and eat the meat inside.
Sales said the men would dry the coconut shells and eat them too -- and if lucky, occasionally caught and ate crabs.
The malnourished survivors are currently being treated at a hospital in Majuro, part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
[Via The Daily Telegraph]
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11-22-2009 @2:38PM mary said... This article is so misleading.. it's not as if they had to eat something disgusting or turn to cannabalism.. they had the occassional coconut & lobster s well. but as far as eating coconut shells & driftwood.. thats a little tough to digest. at least they got their fiber lol
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11-22-2009 @3:23PM CINDY said... I bet they'll never care about gaining weight again!! For the rest of their lifes, they'll remember almost dying of starvation, so if one day, one of them notices that he's 20 or 30 pounds overweight, he'll consider that a "BLESSING", rather then thinking about a diet!!! There really is a silver lining to every cloud!!!!!
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11-22-2009 @3:32PM GrouchOH said... It could have been worse. Remember the old National Lampoon parody tabloid headline: "Boy Trapped in Elevator Eats His Own Foot."
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11-27-2009 @10:20PM Richard Fusilier de la Claire said... This is a good story of this survival. Thank you!
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11-22-2009 @5:30PM MIKE ZVIRBLIS said... GUESS THEY NEVER SAW MONTY PYTHON.
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11-22-2009 @6:31PM Alex Hoffman said... How did they keep up with there water needs? I know they sayed they would drink the coconut milk but i doubt that they would find enouph whole coconuts to fullfill there water needs, especally in that enviorment.
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11-22-2009 @10:25PM LINDA said... at least they didn't look to eachother for meat!!!! seriously thank the lord they survived.
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11-22-2009 @6:38PM Daniel Smith said... Well, as for water, they probably collected rain. As for "eating driftwood" I assume that they were eating the surface, which was probably covered with polyps, barnacles, worms and seaweed etc... Still, not very apetizing, but it's amazing what seems edible when you are dying from hunger...
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11-22-2009 @8:04PM becca said... Alex, you must be at least Legally Blond ... Coconut milk has water content,genius LOL.
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11-22-2009 @6:54PM hcdo38 said... Its great that most of them made it but sad for the ones who did not.
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11-22-2009 @7:00PM Bill said... They should have eaten the guy whose responsibility is was to put fuel in the tank.
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11-22-2009 @6:59PM weezee said... How did they avoid getting splinters in their mouths?
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11-22-2009 @7:24PM Ally said... Well, isn't the point of the title to be sensational enough to catch your attention? ;) give 'em a break. . . it's hard to make eating tree bark sound interesting when you have to compete with the celebrity slush that crowds the news.
on a lighter note, a few days adrift might get me back into my skinny jeans. XD
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11-22-2009 @7:26PM Chimmy said... I don't believe that the boy drowned... I think they used the driftwood and coconut story so that they wouldn't be accused of cannibalism. Unless they saw they boy drowning and were just like "Oh looks like Steve is a goner."
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11-22-2009 @7:26PM TCYB said... 2 did die of malnutrition, right?
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11-22-2009 @7:29PM Gilligan said... Coconuts milk is a natural laxative and would give them the squirts, that would cause dehydration and eventually death. Like some of you said, how did they keep up with their water needs in the middle of the ocean. Weather it be the story making it sound real interesting to have you read it, or the survivors making it sound worse then it was to become popular, someone here is stretching the truth.
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11-22-2009 @7:53PM Bill said... Possibly folowing a route to a nearby Island. What routes never taken Makes one wonder.
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11-22-2009 @7:57PM dpm987 said... with out the common sence to make it to their destination.. i have no sympathy.. its not like their car broke down or they were fleeing a dictator.. they were simply not bright enough to put enough gas in the boat.. (shoot them myself) that boy didnt deserve to die
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11-23-2009 @1:37PM megan said... Considering that several of their family members died in this ordeal, I doubt the diet thing is going to be any sort of silver lining to them.
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11-22-2009 @8:03PM Brian said... Damn! I was just thinking about that the other day!
I also remember the O.C. and Stiggs stories- anti-social and funny as hell.
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