A Peruvian fisherman has been found alive in the Pacific Ocean after spending 95 days lost at sea, Peru\u2019s state news agency Andina reported Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
M\u00e1ximo Napa Castro, 61, set off on his fishing boat on December 7 from Marcona, a coastal town in the south of the country, but bad weather caused him to stray from his course and lose direction, according to Andina.
He was found on March 11 by an Ecuadorian fishing boat in waters off the coast of northern Peru, heavily dehydrated and in critical condition, the agency said.
After his rescue, Napa Castro told local media in a tearful interview that he managed to survive by drinking rainwater he collected on the boat and eating insects, birds and a turtle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He spent the last 15 days without eating, Reuters reported.
Napa Castro told local media he kept thinking about his family to \u201chold on\u201d to life.
\u201cI said I didn\u2019t want to die for my mother. I had a granddaughter who is a few months old, I held on to her. Every day I thought of my mother,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thank you, Ecuadorian brothers, for rescuing my dad Gat\u00f3n, God bless you,\u201d she said in a Facebook post.
Napa Castro\u2019s family and groups of fishermen had been searching for him for three months. \u201cEvery day is anguish for the whole family and I understand my grandmother\u2019s pain because as a mother I understand her (\u2026) We never thought we would go through this situation, I wouldn\u2019t wish it on anyone, we will not lose hope, Dad, of finding you,\u201d his daughter wrote on March 3 on Facebook.
Napa Castro received medical checks at the Hospital Nuestra Se\u00f1ora de las Mercedes in Paita, near Peru\u2019s border with Ecuador, and was discharged on Saturday, Ecuavisa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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