THIS IS THE
STORY OF A MAN WHO CREATED A WORLD RECORD BY LIVING AND FIGHTING THE WAR OF
DEATH IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, FOR 438 DAYS, AND RETURNED ALIVE AFTER 14 MONTHS.
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Pacific Ocean |
Friends, this
is the story of a man who created a world record by living and fighting the war
of death in the Pacific Ocean, a sea free from all parts of the world, for 438
days and returned alive after 14 months, and as soon as he returned, he
committed suicide. The complete story is known in this article.
People start
sweating as soon as they hear the name of the Pacific Ocean, but there is 71
percent water in the world, which is divided into four oceans: the Pacific,
Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic oceans. The Pacific Ocean is the largest of all.
It is so big that a small part of the land, which is divided into 165000000
square kilometers. This single ocean can swallow 148000000 square miles. There
are only a few islands in this ocean, which are very small, and some are such
islands on which, till today, no human being has been. Now, if by mistake any
human being gets lost in the Pacific Ocean, then it is not possible to search for
them.
The name of the
man who stayed alive for 14 months in the Pacific Ocean was “Jose Salvador
Alvarenga”. This man had a small boat of 7 feet on which one could not even
take a straight seat and this guy remained alive on this boat for 14 months, he
also faced the cruelty of the ocean and made a world record which no human
being has been able to break till date, he was only compelled by fate that he
got caught in this difficulty.
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Jose Salvador Alvarenga |
This is the
story of 17th November 2012, who was a 36-year-old experienced fisherman who
lived in a village in Costa Azul, Mexico. On 17th November 2012, he went
fishing with his friends. He could not catch any fish by going too far on his 7-foot
boat because the boat was very small and had only 1 engine and 1 fridge, so he
could catch only a few fish, and both decided to return in 30 hours. Both of
them left. They are throwing their fishing net in the sea, 120 kilometers away
from the coast of Mexico. Suddenly, when a dangerous sea storm is seen coming
towards them, then to save time they leave the net itself and drive the boat at
full speed. For six hours, they were only 20 kilometers away from the shore
when the boat's engine suddenly broke down. They could also see the shore, and
their village was also quite far behind due to the storm. They had a radio
device through which they sent their location to their boss and started waiting
for the answer. Their luck turned out to be so bad that the battery of the
radio device also died. On one side, they were watching the shore, and on the
other side, they were watching the storm, which was reaching there with its
full intensity. It was coming towards them.
The intensity
of the winds, along with the storm, was so strong that their boat started
moving away from the shore. In no time, their boat moved away from the shore,
and moving fast, they started to move in the other direction. By the time their
message reached their boss, it was already too late. He sent a search party to
catch them, but every moment passed as the boat went farther away. Due to the
intensity of the storm, these people were neither able to see anything nor
could they understand where they were now, which way they go, and which way was
the shore. It is a matter of surprise that in just 5 days that the boat had
gone 450 kilometers away from the shore. Being a small boat, it was becoming
even more difficult for them to row. Neither did they have any flare nor any
such thing with which they could ignite the fire so that they could give a
signal to someone. Looking at each other, both started thinking in their mind
that it is now difficult to survive. The food had also been finished two days
ago, and they did not have any equipment or material to catch fish because they
had lost their fishing net.
Both of them
were in a bad condition when suddenly a bird came and sat on their boat. Both
of them look at each other and attack the bird, but are unable to catch it.
Both of them knew that the bird would come again. After some time, another bird
comes and sits on the boat. This time, both of them make a plan and catch the
bird, and in this way, to quench their hunger, they catch and eat birds.
Drinking sea water can cause death of a person, so they collect rain water in a
bottle. They started collecting food by eating, which kept they remained alive,
but when there was no rain then they used to drink the blood of fish and
turtles, but when they were unsuccessful in catching them.
Days passed,
and then months passed, and we cannot even imagine the mental torture that
these two were going through. Finally, Jose's companion could not bear that
torcher and after 4 months he committed suicide and now Jose was alone on the
boat, there was water all around him, seeing which there was no hope left for
his life, but he got upset with his condition and started living his life as if
he could be seen on the map, then Jose was immersed in that part of the Pacific
which is considered to be the silent part of the world because only cargo ships
pass through here to Mexico He had missed the shore for more than 6 months;
during this time Jose had also lost his companion, due to this he had become
very frustrated.
One day, Jose
sees a cargo ship in the distant ocean. In the last 6 months, he saw this faraway
ship. On seeing this scene, he gets a hope of staying alive again. Jose tried
to point towards the cargo ship as far as possible, but unfortunately, the ship
was so far that he could not see Joe. And as he looked, the ship started
disappearing from Jose's sight, and he started thinking that martyr, it is
written in my fate to die. Friends just think for 6 months if you are in such a
place in the world where you cannot even see another human being, and if How
would you feel if after a long time someone sees you and he is not able to see
you and it passes away after 11 months Jose had travelled 8000 kilometers on his
small boat, the clothes had also become torn and now Jose had only to wear an
underwear to protect himself from sunlight.
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Fourteen Months |
Finally he fell
when fate was kind to Jose and on 30 January 2014, after 14 months, Jose saw
coconuts falling in the water nearby and he realized that this is the sign of
this thing, that there was an island nearby from which the coconuts were
falling and falling, after a little time in reality he saw an island but he was
afraid that this island might get lost in it, due to which he jumped into the
water and by swimming reached the island, after 14 months Jose had set foot on
some land for the first time and he landed on the island When he asked, after
seeing this scene, he definitely started
to crying and on the island he
saw a small beach house in which the local
was there and in just 438 days Jose had contact with a human being for
the first time this island was a remote island of martial island which is
called Ebonie island and that island was 11000 km away from Jose's starting
point Jose was lucky that he reached this island if he missed this island, his
next stop would be in Philippines which was also 5000 km away from this island
Jose was sent to his home from there so on reaching home Jose got into more
trouble after returning Jose wrote a book in the name of 438 days It was
published, but Jose was accused of killing his friend and a case was filed
against him; the same friend who committed suicide according to Jose, after
seeing so much, came back alive; the person who could not explain himself was
sent to jail; Jose committed suicide out of distress and this way this story
gets completed. I hope you liked this story because this story is based on
reality, and thank you for visiting our website to read such amazing stories.
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