They almost had justice. Shame they lived.
Five fishermen who survived 55 days adrift by drinking rain and parboiling passing fish arrive in Galapagos
Submitted 1 month ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to globalnews@lemmy.zip
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/americas/ecuador-fishermen-55-days-adrift-galapagos-latam-intl
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jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 month ago
O_R_I_O_N@lemm.ee 1 month ago
They’re just fishemen. What’s your fucking problem?
jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 month ago
They’re fishermen. They’re murderers.
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Shame there’s not more information on what they had with them.
I assume their boat was barely sea-worthy to start with but they probably left port with the expectation of staying at sea for several days at least. They also obviously had the gear to catch and cook fish.
It’s a big deal, and a life threatening situation, but not an epic feat of survival.
felixwhynot@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I really want to know more about the parboiled fish. Like… how? Why just parboil?
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Yeah who knows. It might have been a translation issue. They might have had very rudimentary cooking stuff so maybe the best they could do was to boil it for a couple of minutes.
rbos@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Saving fuel, perhaps. Or maybe they used a solar cooker. Jerry rigged even. Boiling water is hard but heating it to fish-safe temperature would be much easier.
Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Article said they were drinking rusted water whatever that means. Safe to assume they didn’t have shit
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I guess they drained some water from the radiator on the engine.
LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 1 month ago
55 days is a lot though if you were only prepared for a few. Plus the fear must have been nuts.
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Yeah. That’s kind of what I was saying. It’s a big deal and a life threatening situation but it’s nothing compared to the oceanic survival hall of fame.
Bligh’s voyage after the mutiny of the bounty is kind of the feat by which others are measured:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutiny_on_the_Bounty#Bligh'…
Navigation by dead reckoning, no supplies, hostile natives et cetera.