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so i mixed it up with some water so i had it with me to survive the 24 days on the sea. elvis s maritime odyssey began when he was repairing a sailboat at a port in saint martin, part of the leeward islands. bad weather swept him out into the caribbean sea, where he tried to use his mobile phone to call for help, but he couldn t get a signal. eventually he attracted the attention of a passing plane using a mirror and was picked up near the colombian port of puerto bolivar. 24 days, no land, nobody to talk to, don t know what to do, don t know where you are. it was rough. sometimes i lose hope. i think about my family. quite the ordeal, quite the survivor. being alone at sea must have been tough, but it was preferable to the alternative. tim allman, bbc news.
A man from the Caribbean island of Dominica says he survived 24 days lost at sea in a sailboat by eating ketchup before being rescued in Colombian waters, the country's naval authority said.
"I had no food. There was only a bottle of ketchup that was on the boat, garlic powder and (bouillon cubes