By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News
LIMA (Worthy News) – It’s viewed as a miracle at sea. Máximo Napa, a 61-year-old Peruvian fisherman, was found alive after 94 long days adrift on open water. Authorities confirmed Napa’s rescue following his discharge from the hospital over the weekend.
He was discovered on Tuesday in his small fishing boat by an Ecuadorian ship off the coast of Chimbote in northern Peru, Worthy News learned.
Speaking to local media, he revealed how he survived by eating cockroaches, birds, and even a turtle.
“I didn’t want to die for my mother,” Napa said in an emotionally charged interview. “I have a two-month-old granddaughter. That’s what kept me going. Every day, I thought of my mother.”
Napa set sail on December 7 from the port of San Juan de Marcona, but he recalled bad weather and strong currents pushed him off course. With no radio onboard, he could not call for help and drifted into open waters.
On Saturday, he was told he could leave the hospital in the coastal city of Paita.
“Mr Napa arrived in good physical condition. He could walk and wash himself. Shocked, but in good physical condition,” added a Peruvian navy port captain, Jorge González, in published remarks.
His daughter, Inés Napa, was emotional about his rescue: “It’s a miracle that my father was found. As a family, we never lost hope,” she said.
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