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Elvis Francois (47) underwent examination after being found alive after being lost at sea for 24 days. Photo/Anadolu
BOGOTA – A man of origin Dominica who was lost at sea for nearly a month was found safe. According to officials, he survived on ketchup, garlic powder and bouillon blocks.
According to the navy Colombia Elvis Francois (47) was rescued on January 15 after he was stranded for 24 days.
In a video, Francois says he has no food and he mixes the tomato sauce, garlic powder and broth blocks that were in the boat with water.
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He avoided death and ate more ketchup when he used a mirror to reflect the sun and attract the attention of passing planes.
Francois is known to be repairing a sailboat last December off the coast of the Caribbean island of St. Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles when the weather turned bad and took him out to sea.
He told Colombian officials that he called his friends and they tried to reach him but there was no signal.
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“There is nothing to do but sit and wait,” he said as quoted by Anadolu, Sunday (22/1/2023).
Luckily for Francois, a plane saw him when he used a mirror as a signal and wrote “Help” on the hull. He was then picked up by a container ship passing about 120 nautical miles northwest of the Colombian port city of Cartagena.
“At some point, I lost hope and thought about my family, but I thank the lifeguards. If it weren’t for them, I wouldn’t be telling that story,” concluded Francois.
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