Peruvian fisherman rescued after 95 days at sea survived on diet of cockroaches, fish and turtle blood

CNN
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A Peruvian fisherman who was rescued after 95 days lost at sea told CNN that his faith and his desire to see his family again kept him going – along with a diet of cockroaches, birds, fish and the occasional turtle.

“Firstly, it was my faith in God. Because I spoke to him for many days. Because I let him know how important my family was. My mother, my brother, my children,” Máximo Napa Castro – who goes by the name of Gatón – said in an interview with CNN’s Jimena De La Quintana.

Keeping hope alive wasn’t easy. His morale dwindled along with his food supply. It reached a point where he thought he didn’t want to live anymore.

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