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The four children aged 13, 9, 5 and a 1 year old were found safe and sound on Friday in the Colombian jungle after their plane crashed on May 1. Since then, we know more about the ordeal they experienced.
An incredible moment, an unexpected rescue, filmed by one of the rescuers. soleiny9 years old, and Tien, 5 years old, appear very thin, with haggard eyes. Their little sister, Christina1 year old, is tight in the arms of a rescuer. After 40 days wandering in the jungle, they are dehydrated. The first emergency is to give them something to drink. The evening of their rescue, the children were transferred, by military plane, to a hospital in Bogotá.
“Their mom stayed alive for 4 days”
They speak little, but deliver some details of their ordeal. “All the eldest told me was that their mom was alive for four days. And before she died, she would have said ‘Go find your father'”reports Manuel Miller Ranoquethe father of two of the children. The children are still hospitalized, but their lives are now out of danger.