FIVE AGAINST THE SEA by Ron Arias (Peru)
In 1988 Ron Arias (Peru 1963-65), Senior Writer for People Magazine, interviewed five Costa Rican fishermen as they were rescued by a Japanese fishing boat in the Pacific after five months lost at sea and wrote a cover story for People. They had drifted closer to Japan than Costa Rica in Central America. This was a weekend fishing event for these friends, which turned into five months of near death on a day by day basis. Their small day boat, the Cairo, was not equipped for five months at sea, no water, and only the basic food for a weekend. But they had each other and believed their families would be waiting; they had to survive! The men collected rain water to drink, caught fish and birds for food. Ron’s cover story became a book about their ordeal, Five Against the Sea and was translated into Spanish as Cinco contra el Mar.
Awesome John…very proud of him!
For those who want to see the video doc done by Teletica Canal 7 last year, here’s the site: http://www.teletica.com/noticias/26930-Cinco-contra-el-mar.note.aspx
Still amazed by what these guys did in surviving all the ocean’s perils, including themselves.
llamame pues, Guillermo de Sicaya
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