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Adrian Vasquez, left, an 18-year-old Panamanian who worked in a seaside resort hotel, receives medical attention aboard an Ecuadorean navy ship on Sunday.
Updated at 6:01 a.m. ET: A teen has apparently survived 28 days adrift in the Pacific Ocean after going on a fishing trip with two friends, according to reports. Adrian Vasquez, who was rescued by the Ecuadorean navy on Sunday, said he stayed alive by drinking rainwater and eating raw fish, the BBC reported.
Vasquez said neither of his friends survived, but that he had always held onto the hope he would be rescued.
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Adrian Vasquez receives medical attention on Sunday.
The 18-year-old was found drifting alone near the Galapagos Islands on his friends' 10-foot fishing boat more than 600 miles from where they had set out.
He was first found by a commerical fishing vessel then handed over to Ecuador's coast guard. The trio had been missing since February 24.
The Associated Press reported the three were heading back to his home port of Rio Hato when the boat's motor failed.
Rainstorm
Vasquez told the Ecuadorean navy crew he likely owed his survival to a sudden rainstorm that replenished his water supply.
The young Panamanian recounted his story to Hugo Espinosa, captain of the navy vessel, after being treated for malnutrition and severe dehydration. He recalled they had caught a lot of fish, and had a big jug of water.
The AP quoted Espinosa as saying Vasquez had identifed his dead friends as Oropeces Betancourt, 24, and Fernano Osorio, 16.
Arnulfo Franco / AP
Rescued castaway Adrian Vasquez is surrounded by family members upon his arrival to Tocumen international airport in Panama City on Tuesday.
Panamanian navy boats began to search for the vessel but did not find it. Espinosa said the ice melted and the fish rotted, leaving the trio to live off what they could catch with their net.
"The spirits of the survivors began to wane with the passing of days," Espinosa told The Associated Press.
The report said Betancourt stopped eating and drinking after two weeks and died on March 10. Three days later, his body began to decompose and Vasquez threw it over the side.
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Adrian Vasquez, center, poses with Ecuadorean sailors onboard a navy ship on Monday.
Osorio died on March 15, also apparently of dehydration, sunburn and heat stroke. After three days, Vasquez pushed his other friend's body into the ocean, the AP said.
"When he was nearly dead, on March 19, it rained, and Vasquez was able to fill up with four gallons of water," said Espinosa. He spent the next five days eating raw fish before being spotted by commercial fishermen working on a skiff from a mother ship, the Duarte V.
'He was quiet'
Once aboard, Vasquez asked for a telephone so he could make two calls, the AP reported. The first was to his mother. The second was to the hotel manager to explain why he had missed so many days of work.
"He didn't know what was happening. He was quiet, looking lost," Espinosa said.
Vasquez was flown on Monday to Guayaquil on the Ecuadorean mainland before flying to Panama City on Tuesday where he was greeted by a crowd including family and friends.
The AP report said the teenager shed some tears as his relatives hugged him but he didn't talk to reporters.
The Associated Press and msnbc.com staff contributed to this report.
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...so he survived, in a boat that was floating, but his 2 "friends" did not. So can you guess what my "million dollar" question would be? or would that make me a racist.
We'll never find out. It's always possible in the competition for scarce food and water that they fought each other. Dehydration could have also easily driven the two that died to drink the sea water. They might have died from exposure. Animal Planet's "I Shouldn't Be Alive" has done several episodes on being trapped on the ocean and the effects it has on people.
You already know the answer there Jim!
Jim - nice way to play the race card. Don't complain if someone plays it back.
I don't know Jim? What is your million dollar question? And if he was white would you ask it?
I for one, do not have a clue what happened on that boat, nor would my first assumption be that he lived because he harmed his friends. I just assumed he had a stronger will to live and a stronger physical strength. I can imagine he was quiet because he'd lived through 28 days of hell and watched his 2 friends die. I'm happy for his family that they have him back.
I guess people who immediately believe evil of others do so because that is how they would act in a similar situation.
@Jim952823 & dave-735909........Since a large portion of Panama consists of dark-skinned individuals, who is to say that his two friends did not fall into the same pigmentation group as the survivor; therefore, your assumption does indeed fall into the realm of "racist" as well as ignorant.
So Jim why would the resolution happen the way you stated it? why do you think your conclusion is true and the kid's explanation is not? you see?, that's why you are a racist. If you are going accuse you got to have evidence...
So, I guess in your book had the guy been white then his story would have been believable. I can't believe people like you exist.
Way to cast a shadow on a happy ending Jim! Take your sheet off will ya? People lost at sea often give up hope or suffer dementia due to anything from environmental issues to drinking too much sea water. It's VERY conceivable the two just gave up and died. Unlike you I will simply rejoice that even one survived.
Jim is a troll and loving every minute of the attention. Please ignore... this will be the most crushing blow.
You do what all good sailors lost at sea do for an extended time to survive. You throw lots.
Maybe geraldo can blame a hoodie on the ending. Glad the youngster made it, important for the families to know. Easy to say it sitting here behind the innertube machine, but you have to have the mindset of never giving up hope.
Wow, @Jim: Nos dejan solos!
Not being there to witness the event has absolutely nothing to do with knowing what happened out there. All that is necessary is to talk to a couple of other people not there and find out how they feeeeel about it. The rest is easy.
It would not be beyond belief that they fought over little food and water. Maybe, maybe not. Being out there suffering has strange effects, unlike deciding what happened while sitting in a recliner with a cold beer in hand.
Maybe Jim's been drinking too much seawater. LOL!!!!!!
Well most fell hook line and sinker. He proved you can't ask a question with out being called a racist. That was the intent and some are just not smart enough to leave it alone.
idiots abound, thanks for the proof jim.
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You know what's really funny is that the question only involved race once that last part was added... if you'd just asked:
The question of racist or not would never have enetered the picture. So it sounds to me like someone's trolling...
Gratz Jim, you win the award for the stupidest, most irrelevant comment of the week.
I guess it's safe to assume the other two died of dehydration.
Unless you are a racist....
LOL
Most who die under such circumstances, really die out of inability to mentally cope with the situation. Eating raw fish will give you enough food and water to survive.
Can someone please remove her post or collapse it or somehting? Good grief JoAn.
Try again. There is not enough water in a fish to support life for a human.
"Eating raw fish will give you enough food and water to survive."
"Try again. There is not enough water in a fish to support life for a human."
Lol ya not to mention you can only survive for so long eating fish. You could eat their eyes for some added nutrition, but it's not too long before they eyes will not be enough as well. When you start craving fish eyes you know you're running out of time out there.
http://www.caske2000.org/survival/survivesea.htm#Finding%20fresh%20water%20in%20the%20ocean
"Fish can also provide a source of water. You can drink the aqueous liquid found in the eyes and spine bones. Those are almost free of salt and a good source of drinking water (especially if you catch large fish or in large quantities).To extract the liquid, cut the freshly caught fish in half. Break the vertebras apart and suck them (no water in shark spines). Also suck the eyes. You can also suck on barnacles and similar shellfish which are often found on hulls, ropes (or even whales). Taste first to make sure it isn’t too salty. If it taste too bitter you might want to discard it as well. The Incas were believed to chew on fish to obtain water. Later, members of La Balsa expedition also survived by twisting pieces of fish in clothing to extract the moisture (after removing all the blood). They also suck on the waters from the eyes and bones. Dr. Bombard even made a machine to press fish and extract the precious fluid they contain."
Remember the Far Side cartoon about the fat kid and skinny dog in the lifeboat? In the second pane of the cartoon when rescue shows up there is a fat dog and no kid.
well thats all good and all, but we are talking 3 teens lost at sea in a 10'ft boat, and a net. i think given the supplies at hand even MacGuiver would have a hard time keeping up. thats one strong kid.
2 teens and a 24 year-old.
naw bitch thats yo mammi sucking the coast guard dick!!!!!!!!!!
Thats what the story says...poor kid; he actually called his job to tell his manager why he missed work! I would have been like -F@ck it!
Dave'snothereman, don't derail...
angel eye, don't flame. You're suspended for a day for violating #5 and #1 of the Code of Honor. respectively.
My sympathy to the Betancourt and Osario Families. Safe to say Vasquez is Blessed. The equator is a tough place to live, no ka oi'. After seeing his Brother on TV, I see it is Gay Bashing. I've gone 3 days without food and a little bit of water, but that's dry docked and in the shade. Always pack a tarp.
I'd think he would be more sunburned. Looked pretty good to me.
Being Panamanian, he was probably conditioned to the sun if in fact he was already darker. But I wonder if continuous exposure for 28 days would negate that advantage. If it is an advantage. Had he been a pale Norwegian he probably would have been a potato chip when found.
HOG Lover!,
"Had he been a pale Norwegian he probably would have been a potato chip when found."
I don't know about that. Remember Thor Heyerdahl (sp?) of Kon Tiki fame. He was a pale Norwegian who spent quite a bit of time at sea on a raft, and he was not a potato chip. But the suggestion is humorous.
@HOG lover, they outlawed hog-lovin' in my state...put a real damper on the love life of some of my neighbors ;-D
@Mickey-1983943,
Yes, I have read Kon-Tiki several times. First was in high school. He lost his parrot, not unlike Wilson in Castaway, but remember that Thor was prepared for his journey and if memory of his raft is correct, he had some shelter on the raft. None in the fishing boat.
@madMarinedad,
LOL, (snort,snort)
HOG Lover,
"Thor was prepared for his journey and if memory of his raft is correct, he had some shelter on the raft."
Yes, of course, the circumstances were not exactly the same as in the case of this young Panamanian.
Black's can't get sunburned and he's not far from being black.
Oh snap! You did not!
TheBossSaidSo, who ever told you that blacks can't get sunburned lied to you. I know (including myself) plenty of black people who have been sunburned and I'm related to one who has skin cancer. No matter who you are, if you spend enough time in the sun you will get burned.
Not far from being black? He is black. And this message is from a black Panamanian female in the U.S. God bless the poor kid's soul. He is indeed strong. I wonder why they went so far to go fishing.
@TheBossSaidSo
Agree with Echols1. Blacks can get sunburned. I am black and slightly darker than the young man in this article. I was seriously sunburned during military training in TX just after exercising in the heat for a couple days. I've never felt such pain -- and completely freaked out when I started to peel like I'd seen so many of my caucasian friends do after a sunburn. I purchased my first ever bottle of sunscreen that year.
You know, he's so black...if President Obama had a son, he'd look like Adrian Vasquez.
@RiRiMac
Your story caused me to think of a very similar situation of my own. When I was in ITB at Ft. Benning, I made a black friend who had his very first experience with sunburn and peeling. He had been complaining about an intense burning sensation on his arms and the back of his neck. Once that first piece of skin came off, he started panicking as though he was in the process of dying. The rest of us knew immediately what the deal was so we just grinned and waited for him to figure out what the problem was. He eventually did and had he been white, I'm certain he would have been as red with embarrassment as I am when I get sunburned.
@ LostFlorida
To funny, love it. hahahahahahahahaha
But I'm glad the president cleared that up for us, I thought he would have a little white or asian child, never would have thought he would be black.
I'm missing the racist questions. Someone fill me in with the stupidity??
I think Jim was trying to be funny.....
Jo-An,
"I think Jim was trying to be funny....."
You're right. I think Jim was hinting that he may have survived while his two friends did not because he ate them. Of course, there is really nothing racist about that because people of all races have been known to practice cannibalism when in such dire circumstances. It's a matter of survival.
Were they black?
Jim may have been trying to be funny, but...he failed. I hope the young man still has his resort job. This will make a hell of a tale to tell his children and grandchildren someday!
It's not worthwhile, Mr Godwin...or is it? The question refers to cannibalism.
Well, whenever I'm drifting along, lost at sea with two friends, I know I'd probably get into a fight over the Yahtzee score and kill whomever is aboard with me. "You did NOT roll a three, Carl, and you're a damned liar for writing it down!"
Seriously, this was an extremely harsh situation to be in for anyone, teenagers or not, and I doubt if any one of us posting today would have made it back alive. Have some compassion for the kid.
I think it happend just like this young man said......
Hey, at least he didn't have to share the boat with Amanda Knox, because for sure he would be dead.
Thats the best you can do amadeo? If so, please...stay off the !*#*$^ boards!
What is the survival rate for those that piss off simpson? He's killed more people than knox.
It's tragic that this guy had to watch his two friends die. However, for him to survive after drifting out at sea for 28 days, this was nothing short of a miracle. He was smart to eat the raw fish and drink rainwater. If there was no rain, he probably would have died from dehydration in about 2-5 days.
I can only imagine his elation when it began to rain. At that moment, it was just as precious as oxygen. I myself probably would have broken down in tears and the rain would have stopped seconds later. It's awfully amazing at just how strong some people's will to live is.
Let's just thank God the young man survived, and stop the thought-provoking ignorance. This is, indeed, a miracle.
Thank you Joyce, well said!
Bravo Joyce! I totally agree with you.
A miracle?
Does that make Lim Poon (133 days) a quad-miracle and the three mexicans from a couple of years ago (9 months) nonet-miracles?
I guess it depends on how low one sets the bar for miracles or how loosly one uses the term.
It's a miracle the thinker-318752, you know it to be true and you love it.
Yes "the thinker-318752", it's a miracle.
However, it is only a TRAGEDY that the other two DIED. Otherwise, that would imply that God did it. I guess God DID do it if you believe he performed a miracle with the one boy. It's an inescapable conclusion.
Wait a minute though... What does that say about God?...Unless God killed them for someone other "higher" purpose!? All part of God's plan!! Thanks God! God doth work in mysterious ways!!!
The other answer is that Satan did it. That would be perfectly in keeping with the miracle scenario. God saved the 18 year old but was powerless to stop Satan from killing the other two..but God is omnipotent??...no?...I am getting confused..
So, while it is definitely a miracle wrought entirely by God, with NO HELP from the 18 year old boy, the other two deaths were the work of Satan while God wasn't looking. So final score - Satan 2 God 1. Chalk one up for the good guys, I mean bad guys. Typo....
Or maybe...just maybe...3 people got lost at sea, 2 died and 1 survived by his ingenuity, willpower, and physical strength....just saying. Nah...It's definitely all part of a cosmic fight between supernatural invisible forces of good and evil. That makes WAY more sense....
Amen.
Amen!
maybe he ate his other two friend
This young man from Panama survived 28 days at sea but his two friends did not. And, the very first post is about racism??????? I thought the posts would be on praise and happiness for him.
I'm out of here. I don't even want to be grouped with the people posting here!!!!!!!!
I read a book called The Fourth Fisherman by Joe Kissak (I might have spelled last name wrong) about fishermen lost at sea for 90 days! amasing book - one of the best books I've read - It still helps me with life's many struggles- - -
Have you ever read The Life of Pi by Yann Martel?
He is Panamanian, 70% are mestizos which is a mixture of European and Native American, as well as African and European; 14% are blacks; 6% are Native American, and an entire TEN PERCENT are whites. So which race(s) are you claiming he is? Now, I don’t know how you were raised and your comment isn’t necessarily “racist” because I don’t know your whole thought process on the matter, but it is ignorant. By ignorant, I’m using the stated definition which means you lack knowledge and education on the subject not to mention that you are being rude arrogant because you obviously have the opportunity to educate yourself, and its called Google. I am wondering though, how are you applying your beliefs to WHY you think that 18 year old is behind those two deaths…?
Great reasoning and great facts. Thanks for enlightening the ignorant Jim.
You could also google the pics of his 2 friends and keep following the story. His 2 friends were also dark-skinned.. All this talk lately about white/dark-skinned latinos today... I'm pretty toasted color for a latina myself... Wonder how people will talk of me when I die. Oh yea, Jim's just an idiot. Ignore him. Saying he's just ignorant is giving him too much credit.
I wish my skin were darker. I'm as white as Caucasians come. Having lived in Florida for most of my life, I'm now paying the price for my life in the sin in skin cancers. I've had more than 50 removed in minor and MOHS surgeries. I think your pretty toasty skin is nice, YoSquishy, and I wish that mine was as nice as yours. I've been afraid for years that my next diagnosis will be for melanoma.
Be proud of your beautiful skin colour. None of us chooses their skin colour or their sex or their looks or their sexual orientation. We're all as God has made us. I must carry the cross of my white skin that might kill me yet. I've had 3 diagnoses of cancer. I'm just waiting for the next one. I do wish I had more melanin. Can't help it, really. I love the sun, the beach and the water. Unfortunately.
Kyle Stabler, a well thought out response. Not too many comments on this story have any thought behind them at all.
As far as the posts suggesting the young man ate his friends because cannibalism is something only blacks have been known to do; educate yourselves. Throughout history there are numerous documented incidents of cannibalism among people of all races. The Dunner incident comes to mind, this was a group of white settlers traveling west, they took a short cut through the Sierra Nevada mountain range and got caught in a blizzard. They became snow bound and had to spend the winter in the mountains. When they ran out of food they began to eat each other. There are numerous other incidents. Research the facts before mindlessly posting ignorant comments.
This is an inspiring story of survival. I hope this young man is able to recover completely from his ordeal, not just physically but emotionally.
You said it WELL
You mean your omnipotent god hadn't figured out that whitey was going to get skin cancer?? god must love blacks more. Oh wait, they get sickle cell anemia. Quite frankly god sounds like a tea bagger who hasn't got a clue.
Canibolism possibly later!
Glad he survived. Amazing story.
I made so many of these type rescues , I cant even remember the count, to many!
Let's get this straight now. Three people in a ten foot boat out fishing in the ocean? Sounds like a severely overloaded boat to begin with and they shouldn't have been out there in the first place. Where were the paddles or oars? I hate to say it but it sounds to me like a terminal case of stupidity.
They only had six feet in that ten foot boat sounds like plenty of room to spare.
@captrick56
"Paddles"? "Oars?"
Did you read the entire article? Vasquez said the boat's MOTOR failed.
Did you read the article or just the title. The boats motor failed when they were on their way back in from the day of fishing they'd had. As far as the "over loaded" boat, your probably right I mean those STUPID kids totally should have taken out their $60,000 27ft Mastercraft fishing boat and they wouldn't have had a problem. Oh wait their teens from a third worrld country i bet they don't have a Mastercraft. You F-ing Idiot
Might not have been overloaded. Three teens, (thinking nothing can happen of course) probably didn't weigh more than 120-130lbs each if that. Still... Terrifying experience.
Captrick was suggesting that they should have had oars as a backup. Which they should have in a single engine boat.
Not all countries mandate safety features such as paddles/oars, flotation devices, etc.
Since when is Panama a 3rd world country? Have you ever even been there? Panama City is one of the most modern cities in the world.
the thinker-318752
Since when do safety features such as paddles/oars, flotation devices, etc. have to be mandated? I thought they were just common sense?
@Just throwing this out there...
They are common sense. But you're dealing with teenagers here and if teenagers elsewhere are like teenagers in the US, well, common sense is not always in abundance. It seems to come and go.
very good point,Joyce most people are there own worst enemy, they need to put there brain in gear,before opening there mouth.
King of the hill. This raft only big enough for one survivor. And that's me me me.
OK, Here is the question no one is asking.... How the hell do 3 men go fishing in a 10 ft boat? They were probably already over the weight limit BEFORE they caught any fish.... Who goes fishing in the ocean in a 10ft boat? There are fish way bigger then that out there.
OK, I just saw where someone above mentioned the 10ft boat thing....
Go talk to the millions of POOR people who live in coastal Africa, Asia, India, Vietnam, Pacific Islanders, ect...... thay all fish in small fishing boats, usually wooden, usually without motors. Are you really in such an American bubbble that you don't know, care, or realize that a very large number of people in the world have very little and litterally risk their lives to feed themselves and their family. You are lucky.
h mitchell,
Yes. Too many Americans have never been anywhere else and think they have it tough but are fed every day and sit in front of their wide screen tv with the air conditioning blasting, plenty of fresh water piped to their house and a real indoor bathroom with no pit but a flushing toilet. Yet they whine.
Mike lives in the US and hasn't a clue what it's like for most of the world. He lacks any frame of reference for their reality: no sewage, no clean water, and nothing to eat on a day they don't catch it for themselves.
Is it any wonder Americans have such a bad rep in so many parts of the world?
Don't hate Americans because we are pampered. Some of us know how lucky we are ,and have appreciation for every last bit of it. Not only that, but we try to share with the rest of the world. Not EVERY American is a stuck up self absorbed piece of crap. Just 90% of us. :)
@HotTeaOnYourLap,
I don't know about your experience but many Americans, me included, developed their appreciation of their country by serving in the military and seeing how people live in other parts of the world. Some of them considered to be pretty well off don't enjoy the advantages we have in this country.
Poor people go fishing on a boat that is 10ft, everyone does not have the luxary of having money to go food shopping or have a big boat to fish, I find some of your comments about the size of the boat very dumb. In this world we have a lot of poor people who are doing their best to just survive. I am sure the ones asking these dumb questions would not make it, if they was in the same situation
I'm doubting it was a poor thing...I mean I guess that's why they didn't have a 60ft yacht, but at the same time, 3 kids go out on a 10ft boat in the ocean the same way 4 out of shape drinking buddies decide to climb a mountain here in the States. No way we'll get any snow up there, and the batteries in the GPS are sure to last, and we don't need to hang the food from a tree so a bear doesn't get it, of course not....same thing here. Let's go fishing on our day off, yeah that sounds like fun. Engine is fine, Oars? nah...
You're comparing apples to horse apples. They're not close to the same thing at all. That young man's second thought was as to whether he'd still have a job. Didn't you read the article?
He has no GPS with batteries nor any mountain-climbing gear nor the luxury to travel to a mountain to climb it. His friend had a boat and they went fishing for a single day. No one maintained the engine (no money for such luxuries) and it died on the way in, no survival gear, no extra food, no extra water, no radio, no oars, and two of them lost their lives as a result.
Your post belongs with the rest of the idiotic posts, collapsed for its stupidity.
Sounds like a great work ethic. Call your mom first and then call your employer. Too bad this type of ethic is lost on many people today. I'd like to hire him.
Jobs are scare in those countries. Why do you think they are coming here? They went fishing to help supplement their meager diets because they don't get paid squat. His job was most likely already taken permanently by someone else and the employer probably doesn't give a rat's arse about the kid and his survival story. Every day is a survival story for these people.
You remind me of when President Dimwit W Bush thought the woman who was working 3 jobs was a great American. He didn't get it and clearly you don't get it, either, JPhelps. Work ethic? More like trying to stave off starvation.
Mack gets it. I get it. Are you so unread that you cannot understand what it's like in other countries? He's lost his job and will likely never get another. He likely supports his mother and she'll now go hungry, too. I understood his intense desperation. It was perfectly clear in the article. How sad that you're so obtuse. We're still so much better off than 90% of the world and yet so few understand.
Peridot, h mitchell,
Common sense doesn't cost anything. You don't have to be well off to have it.......
was he wearing a hoodie?
The boy is so lucky to be alive. God takes whom he wants and it just was not his time. Prayers to the family of his friends who did not make it.
You make no sense. He's lucky to be alive - agreed. 'god takes whom he wants, and it was just not his time' That sounds like it's a bad thing. So what is it was he lucky or unlucky, that your miserable god left him alive. What about the 2 young men. I bet if they had been given the choice, they would have chosen life. But no, god came along and took them. What a crock of bs
They knew he had been gone 28 days when they asked, "Who is Trayvon Martin", and he had no idea! lol
best. post. period.
Congratulations to Nevereclipsed and happymomofone,
Those are two of the most inane and insensitive comments I have ever read...including some of my own. And boy is that saying something.
Mr Lloyd Braun,
Lighten up.
I couldn't even imagine being a little boat anywhere much less adrift.
Thank heavens he lived to speak about it but what happened to the other two men?
They were not mentioned that doesn't sound like good news.
MAY GOD GIVE THE FAMILY MEMBERS THE STRENGTH TO GO THROUGH THIS REALLY TOUGH TIME NOW AND FOR ALL TIME AS I AM SURE HE WILL!!!
They died..............it's mentioned
His friends and what happened to them are mentioned in the article. Maybe you should have read the article, and not just the headline.
I couldn't even imagine being a little boat adrift as well...
Can we all just please take a race break?
LetsGo,
No one mentioned race on this thread until you did.
If god is going to go to the trouble of helping the families through this tough time, why didn't he just work a 'miracle' and let all 3 live. You have no idea how stupid you sound.
Its about time they found that kid from LOST