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4 children who survived 40 days in Colombia jungle reunited with families

Colombia,Culture

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Four young children found alive in Colombian jungle after more than 5 weeks Four Indigenous children have been reunited with relatives after surviving an Amazon plane crash that killed three adults and then braved the jungle for 40 days before being found alive by Colombian soldiers. The siblings, aged 13, nine, five and one, are "very weak" but "happy to see their family", said their grandfather, Fidencio Valencia, according to BBC News. Cassava flour and some familiarity with the rainforest's fruits were key to the children's extraordinary survival in an...

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