Man Lost At Sea Survived On Ketchup For 24 Days
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"I had no food. There was only a bottle of ketchup that was on the boat, garlic powder and Maggi. So I mixed it up with some water for me to survive 24 days in the sea," Elvis Francois said.
A man from the Caribbean island of Dominica says he survived 24 days lost at sea in a sailboat by eating ketchup before being rescued in Colombian waters, the country's naval authority said.
"I had no food. There was only a bottle of ketchup that was on the boat, garlic powder and (bouillon cubes) Maggi. So I mixed it up with some water for me to survive 24 days in the sea," Elvis Francois, 47, said in English in a video released by the Colombian Navy.
The islander had the word "help" carved on the hull of the boat when he was found 120 nautical miles northwest of Puerto Bolivar in the northern department of La Guajira.
Mr Francois said he saw other boats pass by and tried to flag them down, even lighting a fire on his vessel, but they did not see him.
