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  • Coconuts and prayers: Solomons pair survive 29 days adrift at sea

    10/10/2021 7:15:04 AM PDT · by DUMBGRUNT · 17 replies
    France 24 ^ | 9Oct 2021
    Lost at sea for 29 days, two Solomon Islanders survived on coconuts, oranges and prayers before being rescued 400 kilometres (250 miles) away off the coast of Papua New Guinea. The two men were travelling between islands in the notoriously unpredictable Solomon Sea, when their seven-metre (23-feet) boat got caught in rough weather a few hours into their journey on September 3 As the battery in their GPS died ... Nanjikana said they survived on rainwater, coconuts "and our faith in God because we pray day and night." Collecting rainwater in a canvas bag, the pair would power up their...