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Five Survivors Rescued on Remote Kiribati Island After Three Months Lost at Sea

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After 3 Months Lost at Sea, Five Survivors Are Rescued on Remote Island
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Summary

A boat in Micronesia went missing in July. Five of its passengers later landed on an island in Kiribati, more than 3,000 miles away, after three months lost at sea. According to the New York Times, they arrived unclothed and emaciated. The Sydney Morning Herald described the drift as a 4,800-kilometre odyssey and said the five were thousands of kilometres from where the boat was lost.

This continues an earlier story: Five people rescued in South Pacific after months adrift, four still missing

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  1. New York Times

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    Reports that five passengers of a Micronesian boat that went missing in July landed, unclothed and emaciated, on an island in Kiribati more than 3,000 miles away, after three months lost at sea.

  2. Sydney Morning Herald

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    Reports that five people survived a three-month, 4,800-kilometre odyssey lost at sea, after a Micronesian boat went missing in July and five of its passengers landed, unclothed and emaciated, on an island in Kiribati.

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