Nine people set off on a one-hour boat trip between islands in Micronesia on July 30, but a storm swept them away; about three months and 5,400 km later, villagers on a Kiribati island rescued five of them
- Representative imageA routine boat journey between two islands in the Federated States of Micronesia turned into a months-long ordeal after a storm swept nine people off course in the Pacific Ocean.
- Nearly three months after they disappeared, five of them, including two children, were found alive by villagers on a remote island in Kiribati, around 5,400 kilometres from where their journey began.
- The group had set off on July 30 aboard a 20-foot skiff for what was expected to be a one-hour crossing between Murilo and Ruo, two islands in the Hall Islands of Micronesia's Chuuk state.
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- Representative imageA routine boat journey between two islands in the Federated States of Micronesia turned into a months-long ordeal after a storm swept nine people off course in the Pacific Ocean.
- Nearly three months after they disappeared, five of them, including two children, were found alive by villagers on a remote island in Kiribati, around 5,400 kilometres from where their journey began.
- The group had set off on July 30 aboard a 20-foot skiff for what was expected to be a one-hour crossing between Murilo and Ruo, two islands in the Hall Islands of Micronesia's Chuuk state.
Sources: Times of India