After 3 Months Lost at Sea, Five Survivors Are Rescued on Remote Island

Headline from New York Times · First reported Nov 4, 7:30 PM ET (8h ago) · Updated Nov 5, 2:26 AM ET · 3 sources, 3 articles

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A boat in Micronesia went missing in July. This weekend, five of its passengers landed, unclothed and emaciated, on an island in Kiribati — more than 3,000 miles away.

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Left · New York TimesAfter 3 Months Lost at Sea, Five Survivors Are Rescued on Remote IslandRight · Times of IndiaNine people set out for a one-hour boat trip in Micronesia; three months and 5,400 km later, villagers in Kiribati rescued five survivors

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The IndependentLeft-CenterMixed·Nov 5, 2:26 AM ET

Five people rescued after three months adrift at sea in 20ft boat

A short one-hour journey turns into months-long ordeal of death and starvation for nine passengers

New York TimesLeft-CenterHigh·Nov 4, 7:30 PM ET

After 3 Months Lost at Sea, Five Survivors Are Rescued on Remote Island

A boat in Micronesia went missing in July. This weekend, five of its passengers landed, unclothed and emaciated, on an island in Kiribati — more than 3,000 miles away.

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Times of IndiaRight-CenterMixed·Nov 5, 1:36 AM ET

Nine people set out for a one-hour boat trip in Micronesia; three months and 5,400 km later, villagers in Kiribati rescued five survivors

In July, a boat with nine individuals vanished during its voyage between islands in Micronesia. The US Coast Guard launched a ten-day search, but no clues were found. Miraculously, nearly three months later, five survivors emerged on a Kiribati island, a staggering 5,400 kilometers from where they…

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