On November 17, 2012, Salvadoran fisherman José Salvador Alvarenga set out on a two-day fishing trip from Mexico with inexperienced worker Ezequiel Córdoba.
A storm disabled their boat, leaving them adrift without paddles or enough food. For 14 months, they floated across the Pacific, with Córdoba dying after four months.
To survive, José ate raw fish, turtles, birds, and small sharks, and drank turtle blood and his own urine.
He was finally found on January 30, 2014, on the Marshall Islands, having drifted 10,000 km over 438 days.
Detailed article about the story: https://historicflix.com/the-real-life-survival-story-of-a-fisherman-lost-at-sea-for-438-days/
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