He got lost at sea for 24 days... and survived thanks to a bottle of "Ketchup"
A man from the Caribbean island of Dominica has been saved from a bottle of ketchup after being missing at sea for 24 days.
A video clip published by the Caribbean maritime authorities showed Elvis François, after he escaped death, in good health after undergoing medical examinations.
Earlier, Elvis Francois, 47, said that he had not had food throughout his time in the water, and he had a bottle of ketchup in his boat, as well as garlic powder and bouillon cubes, so he mixed it with some water as food so that he could survive. alive, according to The Straits Times.
François was repairing a sailboat off a port on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten, in the Netherlands Antilles, last December, when the weather turned bad and it was swept out to sea.
Francois also indicated, according to Al Arabiya.net, that he had carved the word "ask for help" on the hull of his boat in the hope that someone would find and rescue it, until it was found 120 nautical miles northwest of Puerto Bolivar, in the northern province of La Guajira.
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