Heinz plans to give a new boat to a man who says he survived 24 days stranded at sea by eating ketchup after tracking him down
Elvis Francois told Insider on Saturday he'd heard from many people that Heinz was trying to find him, but he didn't have a phone. Insider has viewed a copy of his photo ID to verify his identity.
"I knew Elvis lived in the community near me and I took a drive to go and look for him – and found him," Emerline Anselm, the CEO of Emo News, told Insider. with Francois on Thursday to show that he'd been located and that he was not an impersonator."I would say I'm a kind of mysterious person; I like to travel," he said in the video.
Francois said he felt"quite excited. Depending on the size of the boat I could use the boat to do fishing or tours of the Caribbean."
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