Watch: Fishermen rescued after five days adrift in cool box
Two fishermen were rescued after drifting at sea for five days inside a cool box following a loss of contact with their cooperative. The men were found alive and received medical evaluations before being reunited with their families.
Why it matters
This is a human-interest survival story highlighting the dangers of commercial fishing and the effectiveness of maritime search and rescue operations.
Naval authorities began the search for the men, aged 53 and 32, after their fishing cooperative lost contact with them on 15 August and sent out a distress call.
The two men were found alive and floating inside a cool box, ordinarily used to store caught fish on a fishing boat.
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