an incredible story of survival. four children found alive in the colombian jungle after more than a month living in the wilderness. the children were missing 40 days following last month s plane crash in the amazon. colombia s president broke the news on twitter, sharing a photo with a message, a joy for the whole country. how are they doing? do we know anything more about how in the world they survived? reporter: yes, we know a little bit more today because a few hours ago a relative of the four children by the way, we are in front of the central military hospital in bogota where the children spent the night. their family traveled overnight to stay close with them in this
is really an incredible story of survival. four children including an infant recovering in the hospital after surviving 40 days lost in the amazon jungle. the children s family members are seen here hugging and laughing when they heard the good news. that was yesterday. the president of colombia calling it, quote, the gift of life. cnn s reporter talked to some of the family members and has more on the harrowing rescue. reporter: alex, here in the central military hospital in bogata where they have arrived in the early hours on saturday, we ve seen a procession of the main institutions of the country, the president of colombia arrived here to personally meet and greet the four children a few hours ago. but also the relatives of the four children. their father and their grandparents are here in bogata to stay with them. and we were able to speak with
a 70-year-old man after 18 days, we found him alive. he s alive to this day. but it s more i m worried more now about the physicality of what they re going through. the mental state is something, it seems like they i don t know how long they waited and how long they stayed at the plane, but at some point they decided to move. they were in survival mode. mentally speaking, terrific. but physically speaking now, it s getting to be a long time. i m worried more about that. you wouldn t think hypothermia could affect you in the jungle, but days of pouring rain and dark, long nights, you can become quite chilled down to the point of hypothermia in a situation like that. the way the whole story has unfolded has been bizarre. you had the president of colombia who had tweeted all children had been found. that tweet was deleted. you had another welfare official from the country saying she was confident the children were found alive, but going off a
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