This is an edited extract from 438 days by jonathan franklin, featured on the guardian and republished here with permission from jonathan franklin. Alvarenga managed to call his boss on a twoway radio and ask for help before the. It is the longest documented story of survival at sea. Inside the miraculous survival and dramatic rescue of the chilean miners, 2011 meticulously recreates the harrowing voyage of salvador alvarenga, a fisherman whose boat lost motor power hours after leaving the coast of mexico and was cast adrift upon the. When it comes to entertainment, there are so many different types that seem to keep us on the edge of our seats.
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