A Peruvian fisherman has been found alive in the Pacific Ocean after spending 95 days lost at sea, Peru\u2019s state news agency Andina reported Saturday. <\/p>\n
M\u00e1ximo Napa Castro, 61, set off on his fishing boat on December 7 from Marcona, a coastal town in the south of the country, but bad weather caused him to stray from his course and lose direction, according to Andina. <\/p>\n
He was found on March 11 by an Ecuadorian fishing boat in waters off the coast of northern Peru, heavily dehydrated and in critical condition, the agency said. <\/p>\n
After his rescue, Napa Castro told local media in a tearful interview that he managed to survive by drinking rainwater he collected on the boat and eating insects, birds and a turtle. <\/p>\n
He spent the last 15 days without eating, Reuters reported. <\/p>\n
Napa Castro told local media he kept thinking about his family to \u201chold on\u201d to life. <\/p>\n
\u201cI said I didn\u2019t want to die for my mother. I had a granddaughter who is a few months old, I held on to her. Every day I thought of my mother,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
The fisherman\u2019s daughter In\u00e9s Napa Torres thanked the Ecuadorian fishermen for saving her dad\u2019s life. <\/p>\n
\u201cThank you, Ecuadorian brothers, for rescuing my dad Gat\u00f3n, God bless you,\u201d she said in a Facebook post. <\/p>\n
Napa Castro\u2019s family and groups of fishermen had been searching for him for three months. \u201cEvery day is anguish for the whole family and I understand my grandmother\u2019s pain because as a mother I understand her (\u2026) We never thought we would go through this situation, I wouldn\u2019t wish it on anyone, we will not lose hope, Dad, of finding you,\u201d his daughter wrote on March 3 on Facebook. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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