Amazing Sea Rescue
It may not be Thanksgiving in New Zealand, but this qualifies as a Thanksgiving miracle none the less. Two New Zealand teens missing at sea for 50 days are found alive. There families had given up hope and even held memorial services before the great news arrived.
Their craft had drifted 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) to a desolate part of the Pacific northeast of Fiji, when the crew of a tuna boat saw them frantically waving for help on Wednesday afternoon.
"All they could say was `thank you very much for stopping,'" Tai Fredricsen, first mate of the San Nikuna, said.
"In a physical sense, they look very physically depleted, but mentally ... very high," told New Zealand's National Radio on Thursday.
The boys had apparently survived by capturing rain water in their boat, catching fish and even eating a seagull once. I can already see the TV special ..."Thanksgiving Miracle at Sea"
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