José Salvador Alvarenga is a Salvadoran fisherman who was found on 30 January 2014, aged 36 or 37,[nb 1] in the Marshall Islands after spending 13 months adrift in a fishing boat in the Pacific Ocean.[7] He survived on a diet of raw fish, turtles, small birds, sharks, and rainwater.[8] He swam to shore at Tile Islet, a small island that is part of Ebon Atoll, on January 30.[9] Two locals, Emi Libokmeto and Russel Laikidrik, found him naked, clutching a knife and shouting in Spanish.[10] He was treated in a hospital in Majuro[5][11] before flying to his family home in El Salvador on February 10.[12]
Alvarenga's story was heavily reported worldwide despite initial criticism from skeptics. He is the first person in recorded history to have survived in a small boat lost at sea for more than a year
After 11 days in hospital, Alvarenga was deemed healthy enough to return to El Salvador. However, he was diagnosed with anemia, had trouble sleeping and developed a fear of water. In 2015, he gave a series of interviews to the journalist Jonathan Franklin about his ordeal, who published his story as the book 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea.[17]
Shortly after the release of his book, the family of Ezequiel Córdoba sued Alvarenga for one million dollars, claiming he survived by eating their relative. Alvarenga's lawyer has denied this accusation lol!!
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