Four children who rescued 40 days after their plane crashed in the Colombian jungle were able to survive by eating cassava flour and fruit.
A human footprint spotted in the Colombian jungle has given fresh hope on the whereabouts of four children missing following a plane crash in southern Colombia almost one month ago. that killed their mother May 1 stayed alive for more than a month before their rescue in the Colombian jungle by eating cassava flour and jungle fruits, officials and family said.
The children were taken to a hospital in the country’s capital of Bogota where they are expected to remain for at least two weeks. "In general, the condition of the children is acceptable," Defense Minister Iván Velásquez told reporters, adding that they were being rehydrated but could not eat solid food yet.
They were rescued about three miles from the crash in a clearing near where rescuers had searched a couple of times but had missed them by hundreds of meters. The chidren's aunt told a Colombian radio station the children are dehydrated with mosquito bites but are otherwise"fine."
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