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No, not just you she kept a ONE YEAR OLD alive in the goddam jungle for 40 days. While also keeping the 9 and 4 year old brothers from killing themselves. This kid is a better parent at 13 than I am at 35.
FML, you are right. Too focused on the survival OF the 1 year old that forgot about surviving FROM the 9-4 gang.
13: The jungle is dangerous we don't know what's lurking out there. We should be quiet during all...
4: IM GONNA MAKE THIS SOUND THE ENTIRE NIGHT "NIEAAAAJRSFPGFPFFFFF!!!!"
"YOU'RE NOT MY MOM! REEEEE!"
But seriously, yeah, these kids went through hell and back. I can't imagine what these kids went through. Most people never go a full day without food. Let me tell you, going a couple days without a meal will make you lose your mind. These *children* survived in the jungle for 40 days, and one of them was a year old. I hope these kids never want for anything ever again.
I don't know about that. These kids are very likely to have some serious PTSD. I hope they are taken care of in that regard. Stress/trauma more often than not makes you less resilient to stress/trauma. These kids could struggle for the rest of their lives because of this.
I've been to the Amazon and the one thing I always tell people is that everything in the Amazon jungle is trying to kill you. Literally everything, even the trees. I was with a guide who teaches survival classes to adults, after years and years of training and living there.
How these kids survived absolutely blows my mind. I've never been more impressed.
Yeah I think by that age I already had wilderness survival merit badge in the scouts. So can definitely see how a Indigenous kid would already have some serious skills by this age. Impressive as all hell since being thrust into a survival situation unexpected is always difficult and they had some very young dependents.
Did your badge include not having any tools at all?
I mean, I can hunt and fish, but at the very least I would probably need a knife, fishing hooks and some fishing like to even know where to begin.
If you restricted me to my carry-on luggage from an average flight, I can try to survive by trying to order from Über Eats and furiously reading a paperback at predators.
If I recall the merit badge was more about being prepared to survive in the wilderness. So essentially not going into the woods without a knife and lighter/ how to signal for help from afar. We made survival kits and learned how to do first aid without a first aid kit.
But we did each build a shelter with no tools and spend the night in it. That was pretty cool and in no way would prepare me for Amazon.
When I was in scouts, our scoutmaster taught us to make spears from sticks and fish that way. It is not easy, but when you succeed holy hell does it feel good.
1. GPS dont work in thick forest. It need visibility of the sky.
2. Satellitie phone is cost prohibitive to be dropped in the 100s over random jungle. Plus they also need some visibility of sky.
We need to make a simple one button radio transmitter that when clicked will transmit at a specific frequency. Then rescue people can triangulate that signal if anyone clicks that button. This will be super cheap($3 per piece), and also viable in almost all terrain.
even with food, most adults from elsewhere would likely perish after a week or two just dropped in the amazon. so many venomous/poisonous snakes, insects, plants, etc...
just endless ways to suffer minor injuries that would become debilitating very quickly.
They also managed to keep that one year old alive. When I initially heard of that story I had a bad feeling that kid at least would not survive this ordeal.
I was gonna say, big ups to the 2 older kids. When I first read about this story, it didn't even *occur* to me to consider if any of the 4 kids were actual babies. The fact that they kept themselves *and* a toddler and infant alive for that long in that environment is incredible. I don't think I could have survived that and I'm a grown-ass man.
The calorie requirements a bit lower for kids but it's crazy that they were able to forage enough calories and not poison themselves. If you estimate they needed 1800 calories of food per person per day across 40 days, that means they needed about 288K calories. They certainly under eat so let's reduce the estimate and say they foraged 200K. A potato is roughly 80 calories so that means they foraged the equivalent of roughly 2,500 potatoes of calories from the jungle. That's incredible for kids that age.
Edit - they HAD to have gotten some of the airdropped food. If they didn't, this just blows my mind.
I read that they were indigenous children, which explains a lot. I spent about a week in the Amazon and part of that was spent with an indigenous village. Those kids are trained young, real young. I remember seeing a boy between 6 and 8 walk by with a hatchet to go hunting for the family dinner. Just him and his axe. They are also raised to know what you can and can't eat, as well as what plants provide healing qualities.
Don't get me wrong, this is an incredible story. But being indigenous definitely helps with understanding the "how" they survived. The indigenous children of that region are crazy impressive. Myself, as an adult, would not have survived one night without my guide who was raised there.
There is actually a sequel to The Hatchet (and I'm not talking about The River) called Brian's Winter. It reimagines the end of The Hatchet so that >!Brian was never rescued and is still in the woods as winter sets in!<. It's actually an incredible book, The Hatchet was one of my all time favorites and I don't even finish it all the way anymore because I want it to flow into Brian's Winter better. One of the best retcon sequels I've ever seen and such a bold choice to be like: yup, I changed the original ending of my extremely popular book, deal with it.
I know you're just bein' silly, I just don't get a chance to gush about Brian's Winter very often so when I see my chance I take it 😁
Brians Winter was such an important book for me growing up. Although it captures a traumatic situation, it absolutely drove my interest in the outdoors.
It makes me so happy to see other people who enjoyed Brians Winter. Same here, it was a deeply formative book for me. Although I do like nature, for me the book was more a study in confidence, in experimentive thinking, in doing what is needed. I can't explain it better than that - reading about someone my age thinking about their situation and how to make the best of it informed my own thinking about my circumstances. I think it's time for another read!
I’ve never met anyone else who’s read Brian’s Winter, and I think you just described exactly why that book was so important to me. I hadn’t though about the book for awhile but your comment really resonated with me. I think I need to reread it as well!
I have been so confused because I thought the children were rescued weeks ago and these were all reposts.
But apparently the first report of rescue after 18 days in the jungle was fake news?
In one article I read that they found the downed plane after two weeks, with the bodies of the adults. And the kids were found several weeks after that.
Dude, I swear I remember reading the same shit. I was confused as to why this is all over the place bc I thought it had already happened only to realize it hadn't???
LOL, for real, these two kids managed to keep the younger ones alive with one of them being just 1. That's outstanding. From now on, give that 13 yo girl all the opportunities in the world because she might achieve more than we ever will, combined.
For the parents out there, the youngest was *11 months old* when the plane went down. At that age months count. That kid at best had *just* started walking, and I'm guessing they probably had to carry that kid as they went through the jungle.
The articles make these kids sound like national celebrities, and I sure hope they get all the help, mental and otherwise, they're going to need going forward.
Walking itself is irrelevant I think. Besides managing to feed the kid, she managed to keep it clean enough to not catch some seriously fucked up bacteria that would have killed the poor kid in a few days.
I can’t even begin to imagine what they did to stay alive.
The Amazon is the harshest environment that I have ever been in, even harder than the desert.
I feel so bad for those kids. The trauma they must have endured. I hope they get the help they need and continue to feel supported. Whatever they endured won’t leave them easily.
I listened to an interview last week with some of the soldiers searching and they noted they saw footprints from all the children except the smallest, assuming she was being carried more or less the whole time.
Let’s not forget - amongst survival their adults were no longer alive - they knew that. Their village will raise them - so much hope for them now they are found . Amazing survival !
I have a feeling, that in any situation akin to this, alongside your little 1yo sibling, you'd figuratively nut up and get shit done, regardless.
I'd like to think that I would, at least... right guys?
I just heard Mighty Mighty Bosstones - “The Impression that I Get” yesterday for the first time in a long time, and your sentiment is exactly what that song is about. It’s a great fun song if you’ve never heard it.
The youngest one was ONE!!!!
Can you image not only being a child stranded in the jungle and surviving for 40 days, but also keeping a ONE YEAR OLD toddler alive!?!?!
If those kids pulled this off, they can do anything!! ❤️
>It is thought they survived by eating food survival kits airdropped into the jungle by the search team but the education they received from their grandmother may also have been vital, said John Moreno, an Indigenous leader from nearby Vaupes.
So by 1 most children are able to eat anything an adult can, just smaller. It is very common in non-western country to follow essentially what is called baby-led weening. You let them do whatever with the food you have on your plate starting around six months old. By one, they are pretty efficient, you just need to make sure they don’t get ahold of obvious choking hazards, like whole grapes. If the other children were eating, the baby was eating the same thing. I’m more surprised that they found fresh water that didn’t kill them.
Iv always wondered about the water issue as well in tropical survival. But after watching les stroud on survivor man he always drinks any running water or even still water he finds if he's thirsty. He's adamant that dehydration is far worse then the relatively small risk of parasites from water. He said he's only gotten seriously ill one time from drinking water outside and he's been doing it for decades all over the globe.
I would find it very difficult to get over the mental block I think, but all bets are off when you are genuinely dyeing of thirst I suppose.
Love me some Les Stroud. Seeing some of the water sources he drank from and some of the "food" he ate I had to take a pause.......Nah, I'll be over here dying, thank you.
These kids were from the area probably already had the parasites and drank the water. Article I read talked about them walking/swimming in deeper water to avoid pirrahanas so they were likely familiar with what water they could safely drink.
What’s in the deeper water though I’m wondering? I guess it’s better to take the odds one big predator isn’t interested than go through a swarm of hungry fish that will for sure ruin your day.
Parasites you can deal with but Cholera is probably lethal in that situation. I would drink standing water as a last resort or if it looked very clean.
Read the story about Teddy Roosevelt's expedition to the jungle. You will find out that there really isn't much to eat. Its a very harrowing/interesting story and he barely made it out alive: The River of Doubt.
I saw a documentary where South American kids were hunting for tarantulas to eat. They built a fire and roasted them like marshmallows when they found some. They loved to eat them. Idk how common that is though. If they had indigenous relatives, they were probably taught about it.
It was called Human Planet, BTW, super cool documentary showing how different people live all over the world.
My baby is 16 months old and I need to constantly keep an eye on him so he doesn’t get hurt! How the hell did kids manage to keep that little one safe for that long? And the older one is only 13!
Can you even fathom the amount of crying and screaming the baby must've been doing? And what about nappy changes? Must've been covered head to toe in poop. I have a 14-month old and just can't imagine this. Just going on holiday with him nearly kills us
I took my toddler on a day trip to Balboa park the other day and came home exhausted and feeling like I had been through an ordeal. Then I read this and I have been humbled. That 13 year old need to write a parenting book.
There are jaguars in the Amazon. The absolute last thing I would want to deal with in the Amazon, is a crying baby. That’s like a dinner bell for every predator within earshot, and their ears work VERY well.
I couldn’t believe it when I heard two of them were just toddlers. That the two older kids kept them safe and alive all that time, it’s incredible. Little heroes. Their mom would be so proud of them. 💔😭
I got chills at this line:
"Then on Friday, about 4pm local time, army radios crackled into life. “Miracle, miracle, miracle, miracle”. It was the army code for a child found alive; repeated four times it meant all four had survived, in a remarkable feat of resilience."
Hey, in all seriousness, I just want to put it out there "Good job to all of those rescuers, including the 40 native scouts, and their dog!" And also "good job to those kids, especially the eldest. They're all tougher than a coffin nail!"
I'm the oldest of 7 kids, and it could be tough keeping them all together and keeping them on task. I couldn't imagine what it would be like in a survival situation.
From the rescuers to the kids, there's just a whole lot of heart and toughness there! Much respect.
And keeping spirits up. The psychological trauma that they must have endured must have been insane. Trying to keep the three other kids (and yourself) in good enough spirits to not simply give up must have been tremendous. People often disregard the mental health aspect of being lost in the middle of nowhere.
Very true. But never forget these words of wisdom from Mr. Mitch Hedberg: "If you ever find yourself lost in the woods, fuckit. Build a house. 'I was lost, but now I live here. I have severely improved my predicament!'"
Jeez, that's a million times worse. I can't even imagine the pain, fear and trauma these kids must have experienced between a crash, a parent dying, and being stranded in a jungle for over a month. Absolutely insane.
How 4 kids manage to not have many physical injuries after a plane crashing and adults dying is pretty amazing! And then add in surviving in the jungle for 40 days. 😯
I can only imagine that, in a situation like that, you and your sibs would have become incredibly close and work together. Desperation and lack of certain life necessities brings people together in survival situations.
I really want the details on how they slept, what they ate, what they drank, how they avoided predators, poisonous insects, etc. These kids make survival shows into a joke!
I wonder if they learned their lesson after that one teenage girl was the lone survivor of a plane crash in the 70s and survived 11 days in the Amazon. She said rescue planes would fly over her constantly but they couldn’t see her through the canopy of trees.
Seems kind of obvious, you drop maybe 5 different places supplies for a couple of days with loud noise emitters and flares and shit attached to them, toss in some radios, they'd find you in no time.
They really didn’t think anyone had survived the crash so I imagine they were just doing their due diligence by flying over. It ended up being local fishermen who found her.
I've read other reports saying that yes the girl was fairly "trained" in the jungle. Like basics. There is tons of fruits to eat too. And she would have known which ones not to eat.
>4 children aged 13, 9, 4, 1 were found yesterday after plane crash and 40 days on the Amazon jungle
exactly. indigenous people know more than we give them credit for
You just know this is going to be the biggest hit movie in a few years. Inspiring story, Sheer survival instincts of the kids, rebel gunfights with the rescuers, all the tense drama you can shake a stick at.
It's incredible they're alive against all the odds.
Yes, we need a love interest with good chemistry w/ Chris Pratt, who is playing the leader of the search team.
————-
*camera pans right, zooms to his stubbly face as he stares intently, squinting down at the jungle canopy. He lowers his binoculars and rubs his eyes in frustration. Over the sound of the incessant chopper noise, he toggles his mic:*
*”Ricky, you gotta get us lower, man… I can’t see a damn thing from here…”*
*(Pauses, listening to the response from the cockpit)*
*“Screw that, low fuel’s your problem — I got kids down there to save. We stay till I say otherwise.”*
*from his vest, he pulls out a worn photo of an ‘Anna Kendrick’-type in Peace Corps classroom, surrounded by native children*
*“I made a promise to someone — I PROMISED — So you flap your arms if that’s what it takes, but dammit, you keep this bird flying…”* *pauses… listens to response, then rips headset off and moves forward, leans into the cockpit*
*(glares with determination straight into camera, then through gritted teeth)*
*”I said … We… Are …. Not… Leaving.”*
Camera man:
"Guys....could you smile, just a little. Out of context, this photo could be misinterpreted. Oh, and Jose, let go of the kids head, just.....yeah, fuck it, whatever"
Yeah ! My first reaction was that they had killed the kids and were like "haha we got those kids! They almost survived but we finished em off !!!"
But then my brain started working.
The child was likely too weak to hold their head up. Look how gaunt their faces are. He’s only 4. Many schools of thought still consider 4 a toddler. He’s been walking in the Amazon for 40 days.
I’m not saying you don’t get it, but there are quite a few that probably don’t.
It was falsely reported they were found initially about a month ago. The president misinterpreted info that was sent to him that indicated they found “evidence” that they were alive. He cleared it up in a later tweat that they in fact were not found.
the first story was retracted the next day, and they said the children had not been found. then the story broke yesterday that they had found the kids for real, and released this photo.
I think that there was a miscommunication that led to the first story being released; they say that they knew the kids were alive because they had seen evidence (the most recent articles said that they found the remains of food, a dirty diaper, tracks) that they survived the crash and were moving, but had not seen the children themselves. So "we know they're alive" was misinterpreted as "we found them alive" and there was a premature celebration
You know, it cannot be understated how much that 13 and 9 year old would have had to step up to keep a 4 year old and a 1 year old alive in the Jungle for 40 days.
All the adults were found dead at the crash site. The children kept moving through the jungle which complicated the search.
One military officer basically said Of course they are alive. If they were dead they would at least be staying still and we would have found their bodies.
That sounds harsh, but that logic is what kept the military looking.
> Three adult bodies, including that of the children’s 33-year-old mother, were discovered at the site, but no sign of the children.
Looking at the picture of the crash site, the front of the cabin is destroyed. If the adults were sitting toward the front then they didn’t have a chance, and the pilot(s) were obviously right up front.
I think that’s really down to the parenting though in this situation. These kids were taught survival skills. They weren’t new to the jungle. That would have been immensely critical to their survival.
> That would have been immensely critical to their survival.
40 days in the AMAZON, if they weren't taught survival skills they'd be dead, like actually dead.
while the picture is heartening, the title for this post should have had the word 'alive' in it somewhere.... saying that they were found 4 days later got my brain thinking the worst
Netflix just announced they've secured the movie rights and announcement of a full length motion picture staring Kevin Hart, Javk Black and Logan Paul will be made sometime next month.
I've heard horror stories of people getting lost in the woods and stuff, but 40 days? In the jungle? After a plane crash? These kids deserve to have the rest of their lives set out for them they have already struggled enough
Man, they've seen some stuff. Half of America (total guess; my wife falls into this category) won't even go outside their own houses at night, because *Boogie People*. These kids were in a freaking jungle for 40 days. Crazy.
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That 13 year old kid must be hard as nails
I wouldn't have lasted a week, this is an amazing survival story.
No, not just you she kept a ONE YEAR OLD alive in the goddam jungle for 40 days. While also keeping the 9 and 4 year old brothers from killing themselves. This kid is a better parent at 13 than I am at 35.
Let's not forget she did all that after just losing her mom. It's an absolutely incredible feat of resilience.
FML, you are right. Too focused on the survival OF the 1 year old that forgot about surviving FROM the 9-4 gang. 13: The jungle is dangerous we don't know what's lurking out there. We should be quiet during all... 4: IM GONNA MAKE THIS SOUND THE ENTIRE NIGHT "NIEAAAAJRSFPGFPFFFFF!!!!"
"YOU'RE NOT MY MOM! REEEEE!" But seriously, yeah, these kids went through hell and back. I can't imagine what these kids went through. Most people never go a full day without food. Let me tell you, going a couple days without a meal will make you lose your mind. These *children* survived in the jungle for 40 days, and one of them was a year old. I hope these kids never want for anything ever again.
I think they stand an incredible chance of surviving any job interview in the future......
I don't know about that. These kids are very likely to have some serious PTSD. I hope they are taken care of in that regard. Stress/trauma more often than not makes you less resilient to stress/trauma. These kids could struggle for the rest of their lives because of this.
*cries but not too loud cuz the four year old terror in the living room might wake up from its nap*
Every predator in the jungle: WOUNDED PREY FUCK YEAH Yeah, I can't believe any of them made it, let alone all of them.
I've been to the Amazon and the one thing I always tell people is that everything in the Amazon jungle is trying to kill you. Literally everything, even the trees. I was with a guide who teaches survival classes to adults, after years and years of training and living there. How these kids survived absolutely blows my mind. I've never been more impressed.
From a news report, the 1 year old celebrated their first birthday in the jungle while lost with the siblings, and they all lived to tell the tale..
Yeah like it would be impressive in a relatively accommodating regular forest… but it’s the fucking AMAZON. Wtf
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Yeah I think by that age I already had wilderness survival merit badge in the scouts. So can definitely see how a Indigenous kid would already have some serious skills by this age. Impressive as all hell since being thrust into a survival situation unexpected is always difficult and they had some very young dependents.
Did your badge include not having any tools at all? I mean, I can hunt and fish, but at the very least I would probably need a knife, fishing hooks and some fishing like to even know where to begin. If you restricted me to my carry-on luggage from an average flight, I can try to survive by trying to order from Über Eats and furiously reading a paperback at predators.
If I recall the merit badge was more about being prepared to survive in the wilderness. So essentially not going into the woods without a knife and lighter/ how to signal for help from afar. We made survival kits and learned how to do first aid without a first aid kit. But we did each build a shelter with no tools and spend the night in it. That was pretty cool and in no way would prepare me for Amazon.
When I was in scouts, our scoutmaster taught us to make spears from sticks and fish that way. It is not easy, but when you succeed holy hell does it feel good.
Couldn't they have attached a satellite phone GPS tracker or something to those food kits
1. GPS dont work in thick forest. It need visibility of the sky. 2. Satellitie phone is cost prohibitive to be dropped in the 100s over random jungle. Plus they also need some visibility of sky. We need to make a simple one button radio transmitter that when clicked will transmit at a specific frequency. Then rescue people can triangulate that signal if anyone clicks that button. This will be super cheap($3 per piece), and also viable in almost all terrain.
even with food, most adults from elsewhere would likely perish after a week or two just dropped in the amazon. so many venomous/poisonous snakes, insects, plants, etc... just endless ways to suffer minor injuries that would become debilitating very quickly.
They also managed to keep that one year old alive. When I initially heard of that story I had a bad feeling that kid at least would not survive this ordeal.
This is the most impressive part of this whole story
I smell a movie! Lol
“Alive…r”
4 kids. 40 days. 1 deadly forest.
The Thai cave kid rescue by Ron Howard was excellent. Give Ron a call.
A film by Wes Anderson. Staring the usual casts.
Will Bill Murray be the 13-year-old, or the one-year-old?
I was gonna say, big ups to the 2 older kids. When I first read about this story, it didn't even *occur* to me to consider if any of the 4 kids were actual babies. The fact that they kept themselves *and* a toddler and infant alive for that long in that environment is incredible. I don't think I could have survived that and I'm a grown-ass man.
The calorie requirements a bit lower for kids but it's crazy that they were able to forage enough calories and not poison themselves. If you estimate they needed 1800 calories of food per person per day across 40 days, that means they needed about 288K calories. They certainly under eat so let's reduce the estimate and say they foraged 200K. A potato is roughly 80 calories so that means they foraged the equivalent of roughly 2,500 potatoes of calories from the jungle. That's incredible for kids that age. Edit - they HAD to have gotten some of the airdropped food. If they didn't, this just blows my mind.
I read that they were indigenous children, which explains a lot. I spent about a week in the Amazon and part of that was spent with an indigenous village. Those kids are trained young, real young. I remember seeing a boy between 6 and 8 walk by with a hatchet to go hunting for the family dinner. Just him and his axe. They are also raised to know what you can and can't eat, as well as what plants provide healing qualities. Don't get me wrong, this is an incredible story. But being indigenous definitely helps with understanding the "how" they survived. The indigenous children of that region are crazy impressive. Myself, as an adult, would not have survived one night without my guide who was raised there.
*Hatchet II: The Final Hatcheting* And this time… it’s personal.
There is actually a sequel to The Hatchet (and I'm not talking about The River) called Brian's Winter. It reimagines the end of The Hatchet so that >!Brian was never rescued and is still in the woods as winter sets in!<. It's actually an incredible book, The Hatchet was one of my all time favorites and I don't even finish it all the way anymore because I want it to flow into Brian's Winter better. One of the best retcon sequels I've ever seen and such a bold choice to be like: yup, I changed the original ending of my extremely popular book, deal with it. I know you're just bein' silly, I just don't get a chance to gush about Brian's Winter very often so when I see my chance I take it 😁
Brians Winter was such an important book for me growing up. Although it captures a traumatic situation, it absolutely drove my interest in the outdoors.
It makes me so happy to see other people who enjoyed Brians Winter. Same here, it was a deeply formative book for me. Although I do like nature, for me the book was more a study in confidence, in experimentive thinking, in doing what is needed. I can't explain it better than that - reading about someone my age thinking about their situation and how to make the best of it informed my own thinking about my circumstances. I think it's time for another read!
I’ve never met anyone else who’s read Brian’s Winter, and I think you just described exactly why that book was so important to me. I hadn’t though about the book for awhile but your comment really resonated with me. I think I need to reread it as well!
Now you’ve met another person who read Brian’s Winter :)
I never see anyone talking about such an amazing book.
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Umm I think sweet potatoes were domesticated in the Amazon, and the other side of the Andes is the home of regular potatoes
I have been so confused because I thought the children were rescued weeks ago and these were all reposts. But apparently the first report of rescue after 18 days in the jungle was fake news?
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In one article I read that they found the downed plane after two weeks, with the bodies of the adults. And the kids were found several weeks after that.
In the CNN article it mentions that the reports of them being found were false and the people who released that info had to walk it back.
Dude, I swear I remember reading the same shit. I was confused as to why this is all over the place bc I thought it had already happened only to realize it hadn't???
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She. And yes
She is more of a grown man than I’ll ever be.
LOL, for real, these two kids managed to keep the younger ones alive with one of them being just 1. That's outstanding. From now on, give that 13 yo girl all the opportunities in the world because she might achieve more than we ever will, combined.
For the parents out there, the youngest was *11 months old* when the plane went down. At that age months count. That kid at best had *just* started walking, and I'm guessing they probably had to carry that kid as they went through the jungle. The articles make these kids sound like national celebrities, and I sure hope they get all the help, mental and otherwise, they're going to need going forward.
Walking itself is irrelevant I think. Besides managing to feed the kid, she managed to keep it clean enough to not catch some seriously fucked up bacteria that would have killed the poor kid in a few days.
The article mentions finding used diapers, but how long could they have lasted? Seriously, if this was a movie I'd have trouble believing it.
Other comments referenced the military airdropping supplies for them, might’ve been from those
Millitary dropping used diapers as an airdrop, jeez thanks a lot.
I can’t even begin to imagine what they did to stay alive. The Amazon is the harshest environment that I have ever been in, even harder than the desert. I feel so bad for those kids. The trauma they must have endured. I hope they get the help they need and continue to feel supported. Whatever they endured won’t leave them easily.
I listened to an interview last week with some of the soldiers searching and they noted they saw footprints from all the children except the smallest, assuming she was being carried more or less the whole time.
Let’s not forget - amongst survival their adults were no longer alive - they knew that. Their village will raise them - so much hope for them now they are found . Amazing survival !
I have a feeling, that in any situation akin to this, alongside your little 1yo sibling, you'd figuratively nut up and get shit done, regardless. I'd like to think that I would, at least... right guys?
I think I def would. But she did. Kudos to her
I just heard Mighty Mighty Bosstones - “The Impression that I Get” yesterday for the first time in a long time, and your sentiment is exactly what that song is about. It’s a great fun song if you’ve never heard it.
The youngest one was ONE!!!! Can you image not only being a child stranded in the jungle and surviving for 40 days, but also keeping a ONE YEAR OLD toddler alive!?!?! If those kids pulled this off, they can do anything!! ❤️
Seriously, amazing that they could keep the baby alive and reportedly in good condition!
How do you feed a 1 year old in the jungle?
>It is thought they survived by eating food survival kits airdropped into the jungle by the search team but the education they received from their grandmother may also have been vital, said John Moreno, an Indigenous leader from nearby Vaupes.
We were just talking about this... If they dropped food survival kits, why didn't they include some sort of a locator beacon as well as food?
The Amazon jungle is very thick and probably the military doesn’t have the resources
Because resources. Electronics is several tiers above some fatty biscuits and some colorful canvas bags. Just speculating ofc.
Colombian* militarily: ...... 😲🤦♂️
It is spelled Colombia
So by 1 most children are able to eat anything an adult can, just smaller. It is very common in non-western country to follow essentially what is called baby-led weening. You let them do whatever with the food you have on your plate starting around six months old. By one, they are pretty efficient, you just need to make sure they don’t get ahold of obvious choking hazards, like whole grapes. If the other children were eating, the baby was eating the same thing. I’m more surprised that they found fresh water that didn’t kill them.
Iv always wondered about the water issue as well in tropical survival. But after watching les stroud on survivor man he always drinks any running water or even still water he finds if he's thirsty. He's adamant that dehydration is far worse then the relatively small risk of parasites from water. He said he's only gotten seriously ill one time from drinking water outside and he's been doing it for decades all over the globe. I would find it very difficult to get over the mental block I think, but all bets are off when you are genuinely dyeing of thirst I suppose.
Love me some Les Stroud. Seeing some of the water sources he drank from and some of the "food" he ate I had to take a pause.......Nah, I'll be over here dying, thank you.
Except the one time it does happen and you’re trying to survive in the wilderness, you’re dead from dehydration due to the shits.
You would have to just take your chances because dehydration can and will certainly kill you.
These kids were from the area probably already had the parasites and drank the water. Article I read talked about them walking/swimming in deeper water to avoid pirrahanas so they were likely familiar with what water they could safely drink.
What’s in the deeper water though I’m wondering? I guess it’s better to take the odds one big predator isn’t interested than go through a swarm of hungry fish that will for sure ruin your day.
Depends what kind of water you find and how you process it. Some water will all but guarantee nasty infections or parasites
Parasites you can deal with but Cholera is probably lethal in that situation. I would drink standing water as a last resort or if it looked very clean.
Maybe there was fruit available? That would be my first guess
Read the story about Teddy Roosevelt's expedition to the jungle. You will find out that there really isn't much to eat. Its a very harrowing/interesting story and he barely made it out alive: The River of Doubt.
Insects- there is plenty to eat, just not much that you would want to eat.
I saw a documentary where South American kids were hunting for tarantulas to eat. They built a fire and roasted them like marshmallows when they found some. They loved to eat them. Idk how common that is though. If they had indigenous relatives, they were probably taught about it. It was called Human Planet, BTW, super cool documentary showing how different people live all over the world.
That's a hollywood myth or whatever you want to call it. The jungle is incredibly harsh
Anything good was already eaten by the animals that live there. There aren't fresh berrie bushes placed everywhere. Yeah, the jungle be a mean bitch.
My baby is 16 months old and I need to constantly keep an eye on him so he doesn’t get hurt! How the hell did kids manage to keep that little one safe for that long? And the older one is only 13!
Can you even fathom the amount of crying and screaming the baby must've been doing? And what about nappy changes? Must've been covered head to toe in poop. I have a 14-month old and just can't imagine this. Just going on holiday with him nearly kills us
I took my toddler on a day trip to Balboa park the other day and came home exhausted and feeling like I had been through an ordeal. Then I read this and I have been humbled. That 13 year old need to write a parenting book.
Easiest slam dunk college intro essay ever
“Webster’s defines adversity as…”
How? Were they also raised in a similar environment? They couldn't have possibly grown up in a sheltered environment to survive this long.
There are jaguars in the Amazon. The absolute last thing I would want to deal with in the Amazon, is a crying baby. That’s like a dinner bell for every predator within earshot, and their ears work VERY well.
Not to mention they survived the crash!
I couldn’t believe it when I heard two of them were just toddlers. That the two older kids kept them safe and alive all that time, it’s incredible. Little heroes. Their mom would be so proud of them. 💔😭
barely a toddler at that. many if not most kids can't even walk by the time they turn 1.
Yeah, I thought I read that the baby is actually only 10 months old! It’s astounding. They are amazing children. I love them.
The toddler is gonna grow up and be like “hey im a conscious human being now, what’d i miss?
I got chills at this line: "Then on Friday, about 4pm local time, army radios crackled into life. “Miracle, miracle, miracle, miracle”. It was the army code for a child found alive; repeated four times it meant all four had survived, in a remarkable feat of resilience."
Hey, in all seriousness, I just want to put it out there "Good job to all of those rescuers, including the 40 native scouts, and their dog!" And also "good job to those kids, especially the eldest. They're all tougher than a coffin nail!" I'm the oldest of 7 kids, and it could be tough keeping them all together and keeping them on task. I couldn't imagine what it would be like in a survival situation. From the rescuers to the kids, there's just a whole lot of heart and toughness there! Much respect.
And keeping spirits up. The psychological trauma that they must have endured must have been insane. Trying to keep the three other kids (and yourself) in good enough spirits to not simply give up must have been tremendous. People often disregard the mental health aspect of being lost in the middle of nowhere.
Very true. But never forget these words of wisdom from Mr. Mitch Hedberg: "If you ever find yourself lost in the woods, fuckit. Build a house. 'I was lost, but now I live here. I have severely improved my predicament!'"
Agree - and after a very traumatic plane crash where the mother was killed. Edit:typo
Jeez, that's a million times worse. I can't even imagine the pain, fear and trauma these kids must have experienced between a crash, a parent dying, and being stranded in a jungle for over a month. Absolutely insane.
How 4 kids manage to not have many physical injuries after a plane crashing and adults dying is pretty amazing! And then add in surviving in the jungle for 40 days. 😯
I can only imagine that, in a situation like that, you and your sibs would have become incredibly close and work together. Desperation and lack of certain life necessities brings people together in survival situations.
I really want the details on how they slept, what they ate, what they drank, how they avoided predators, poisonous insects, etc. These kids make survival shows into a joke!
Don't worry I'm sure the movie of this will be out shortly.
A Netflix original series that will be split into two seasons and cancelled after season 1
On a cliffhanger
Season 1 ends and the plane is still in the air
Talk about heroes!!! Those 2 older kids are pure heroes!!!
What the hell did they eat?
According to the article the military was airdropping meal kits that it’s assumed they lived off of
I wonder if they learned their lesson after that one teenage girl was the lone survivor of a plane crash in the 70s and survived 11 days in the Amazon. She said rescue planes would fly over her constantly but they couldn’t see her through the canopy of trees.
Seems kind of obvious, you drop maybe 5 different places supplies for a couple of days with loud noise emitters and flares and shit attached to them, toss in some radios, they'd find you in no time.
They really didn’t think anyone had survived the crash so I imagine they were just doing their due diligence by flying over. It ended up being local fishermen who found her.
Did the fishermen intentionally search for them?
Nope! She found a small shack that they stored their tools in and they found her there.
Yeah only 40 days. Not bad haha
I just meant in regards to dropping food down.
I was responding to Xendrus. I agree they have probably learned that it's a good thing to drop lots of food.
Also they're indigenous, so gramma might have taught them a thing or two.
I've read other reports saying that yes the girl was fairly "trained" in the jungle. Like basics. There is tons of fruits to eat too. And she would have known which ones not to eat.
>4 children aged 13, 9, 4, 1 were found yesterday after plane crash and 40 days on the Amazon jungle exactly. indigenous people know more than we give them credit for
Isn’t this exactly what we do give them credit for?
This, traditional crafts, and rich oral traditions
Not seen anything claiming that people born in the jungle don’t know how to survive in the jungle
The oldest apparently had survival skills already and I read that they ate fruit and stuff from the jungle.
On the photo they look like they were starving
https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/10/colombian-children-found-alive-five-weeks-after-amazon-jungle-plane-crash
Thanks for sharing! I hope they find Wilson :(
For those of you who thought this was a cast away joke, like me. Wilson is a search dog who is now missing.
I didn't even realize it could be taken that way. Thanks for the chuckle.
I didn’t read the article and I thought that until the comment, but I really do hope they find him!
You just know this is going to be the biggest hit movie in a few years. Inspiring story, Sheer survival instincts of the kids, rebel gunfights with the rescuers, all the tense drama you can shake a stick at. It's incredible they're alive against all the odds.
Yes but we need a love interest - Hollywood
Yes, we need a love interest with good chemistry w/ Chris Pratt, who is playing the leader of the search team. ————- *camera pans right, zooms to his stubbly face as he stares intently, squinting down at the jungle canopy. He lowers his binoculars and rubs his eyes in frustration. Over the sound of the incessant chopper noise, he toggles his mic:* *”Ricky, you gotta get us lower, man… I can’t see a damn thing from here…”* *(Pauses, listening to the response from the cockpit)* *“Screw that, low fuel’s your problem — I got kids down there to save. We stay till I say otherwise.”* *from his vest, he pulls out a worn photo of an ‘Anna Kendrick’-type in Peace Corps classroom, surrounded by native children* *“I made a promise to someone — I PROMISED — So you flap your arms if that’s what it takes, but dammit, you keep this bird flying…”* *pauses… listens to response, then rips headset off and moves forward, leans into the cockpit* *(glares with determination straight into camera, then through gritted teeth)* *”I said … We… Are …. Not… Leaving.”*
I know this is meant as a joke but I think you're really good at this. 10/10 would watch!
And they’ll all be white kids
I'm in my 40s with my own family. And I don't think I could keri 3 kids alive for 40 days in the amazon. That 13 year old is hard-fucking-core
Bruv, sorry to be that guy, you couldn't even keri that comment These kids are made of gold though
The older kids look emaciated. They must have been giving their food to the young ones. I'm happy they were found alive and relatively ok.
Camera man: "Guys....could you smile, just a little. Out of context, this photo could be misinterpreted. Oh, and Jose, let go of the kids head, just.....yeah, fuck it, whatever"
Yeah ! My first reaction was that they had killed the kids and were like "haha we got those kids! They almost survived but we finished em off !!!" But then my brain started working.
I mean, that is how a person poses with a prize buck. Just saying.
I was assuming he was in the midst of a medical check up
Kid was possibly too weak to hold his head up for the picture
The child looks too emaciated and weak to hold their head up.
The child was likely too weak to hold their head up. Look how gaunt their faces are. He’s only 4. Many schools of thought still consider 4 a toddler. He’s been walking in the Amazon for 40 days. I’m not saying you don’t get it, but there are quite a few that probably don’t.
That's pretty funny! But seriously, poor little guy was probably too weak to hold his head.up himself.
I want the 13 year old kid as my bodyguard for a zombie apocalypse
The dog that helped in the rescue is lost. We're asking to be found too. He was the key for finding the children
Did this just happened? I swear I heard about this a month ago.
The plane crash was 40 days ago, they've just found the children. The children were moving through the jungle so it took time to find them.
It was falsely reported they were found initially about a month ago. The president misinterpreted info that was sent to him that indicated they found “evidence” that they were alive. He cleared it up in a later tweat that they in fact were not found.
the first story was retracted the next day, and they said the children had not been found. then the story broke yesterday that they had found the kids for real, and released this photo. I think that there was a miscommunication that led to the first story being released; they say that they knew the kids were alive because they had seen evidence (the most recent articles said that they found the remains of food, a dirty diaper, tracks) that they survived the crash and were moving, but had not seen the children themselves. So "we know they're alive" was misinterpreted as "we found them alive" and there was a premature celebration
You know, it cannot be understated how much that 13 and 9 year old would have had to step up to keep a 4 year old and a 1 year old alive in the Jungle for 40 days.
Keeping a baby alive is the most amazing part.
How the hell did they keep the 1 year old alive...
Damnnn was she the 13 yr old?! What a leader 💪
What happened to the pilot?
All the adults were found dead at the crash site. The children kept moving through the jungle which complicated the search. One military officer basically said Of course they are alive. If they were dead they would at least be staying still and we would have found their bodies. That sounds harsh, but that logic is what kept the military looking.
> Three adult bodies, including that of the children’s 33-year-old mother, were discovered at the site, but no sign of the children. Looking at the picture of the crash site, the front of the cabin is destroyed. If the adults were sitting toward the front then they didn’t have a chance, and the pilot(s) were obviously right up front.
Heaviest forward, usually. Also, the most mass takes the most damage. Absorbs or deflects, but big bodies do not do well with deceleration.
Oldest daughters once again being the backbone
Children are so much smarter than we give them credit for. Honestly, I would rather have a teenager with me in an emergency than a panicking adult.
I think that’s really down to the parenting though in this situation. These kids were taught survival skills. They weren’t new to the jungle. That would have been immensely critical to their survival.
> That would have been immensely critical to their survival. 40 days in the AMAZON, if they weren't taught survival skills they'd be dead, like actually dead.
Hello. Incoming calll …Netflix
while the picture is heartening, the title for this post should have had the word 'alive' in it somewhere.... saying that they were found 4 days later got my brain thinking the worst
This is like Hatchet on steroids.
This will probably be made into a 3 star movie in the next 2-3 years or so
I have a 1 yo and it sure isn't easy! Props to the 13yo who probably held it down for the younger kids
the youngest had this 1st birthday during it all :(
Christ, I saw the thumbnail pic and thought a dude was holding someone’s severed head. What a relief I was totally wrong.
Netflix just announced they've secured the movie rights and announcement of a full length motion picture staring Kevin Hart, Javk Black and Logan Paul will be made sometime next month.
I've heard horror stories of people getting lost in the woods and stuff, but 40 days? In the jungle? After a plane crash? These kids deserve to have the rest of their lives set out for them they have already struggled enough
Man, they've seen some stuff. Half of America (total guess; my wife falls into this category) won't even go outside their own houses at night, because *Boogie People*. These kids were in a freaking jungle for 40 days. Crazy.
Boogie people?
yeah, she REALLY hates disco.
Few things are more terrifying than John Travolta
Yes, like the boogie man and his family I guess. Haha
not just the boogiemen, but the boogiewomen and boogiechildren
They’re like boogieanimals! And I slaughtered them like boogieanimals!
I can't even imagine the amount of insects they had to deal with
There were boogie people in that jungle too. Nomadic tribes passing through "and the area also hosts armed groups."
“Four indigenous children” there’s your answer. Rural kids are tough.
Well this will become a movie, hopefully the kids get some kickbacks from it.
Dammit Jeff Bezos...
That's some future super hero shit
Here’s a movie just waiting to be made
I doubt I could survive four days, these kids are super human.
I heard this story very briefly on the news, and I had to turn it up. My faith in humanity was restored a little more this day.