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Three teenagers who survived on rainwater and a seagull during 50 days adrift off their remote Pacific territory of Tokelau were in Fiji on Friday after what was hailed as a "miracle" rescue.

The boys, who had resorted to sipping seawater when the rain stopped, would not have survived much longer, said Tai Fredricsen, the first mate on the New Zealand-based tuna vessel San Nikunau, which found the trio.
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Date: 2010-11-28 08:17 am (UTC)
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John Caldwell in his book "Desperate Voyage" tells how miraculously survived a swim in the same places in 1946

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