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Bogotá: Lost for 40 days in Colombia AmazonFour Aboriginal children survived by eating seeds, roots and plants that they knew were edible thanks to their upbringing. This is due in part to the local knowledge of the Aboriginal adults involved in the research alongside them Colombian forces They were found alive.
The four siblings, ages 1 to 13, survived a small plane crash on May 1 that claimed the lives of the pilot, their mother, and a third adult. The “children of the bush,” as their grandfather calls them, survived by eating the yucca flour that was on board the stricken plane, and scavenging through relief packages dropped by search helicopters. They were also eating seeds, fruits, roots and plants they identified as edible from their Amazonian upbringing, said Luis Acosta of the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC). “We have a special connection to nature,” said Javier Betancourt, another ONIC leader. “The world needs this kind of special relationship with nature, for the benefit of those like the indigenous people who live in and care for the forest.”
The two brothers were recovering in a military hospital in the capital, Bogota, and were said to be in good health and in good spirits on Saturday, when they were visited by President Gustavo Petro and other officials. Defense Secretary Ivan Velasquez praised 13-year-old Leslie Mokotoi for ensuring the group’s survival. “We have to recognize not only her courage, but also her leadership,” he said. “It was because of her that her three younger brothers were able to stay by her side, with her care, with her knowledge of the forest.” Astrid Caceres, director of the childcare agency, said Solini, Leslie’s 9-year-old sister, “talks a lot”. Asking to read books, added Tian, 5, while the one-year-old “has a calmness working with nurses that you can’t imagine.”
Manuel Ranock, the father of the two young children, said on Sunday that the eldest Leslie told him their mother was alive for about four days after the crash. Before her death, Ranock said, the mother would likely have told them, “Go away,” apparently telling them to leave the wreck site to survive. He did not provide more details.
More than 80 Aboriginal volunteers joined about 100 soldiers in what was dubbed the “Operation HopeWhile the soldiers planned the details of the operations, indigenous knowledge was used to adapt to the jungle conditions. Army helicopters broadcast recordings of the children’s grandmother telling them in the Huitotu indigenous language to stay in one place. Two of the children’s birthdays were spent during their time in the jungle. Tian reached 5, and the youngest, Christine, is 1. “It’s too late to celebrate birthdays,” Cassiri said.
The four siblings, ages 1 to 13, survived a small plane crash on May 1 that claimed the lives of the pilot, their mother, and a third adult. The “children of the bush,” as their grandfather calls them, survived by eating the yucca flour that was on board the stricken plane, and scavenging through relief packages dropped by search helicopters. They were also eating seeds, fruits, roots and plants they identified as edible from their Amazonian upbringing, said Luis Acosta of the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC). “We have a special connection to nature,” said Javier Betancourt, another ONIC leader. “The world needs this kind of special relationship with nature, for the benefit of those like the indigenous people who live in and care for the forest.”
The two brothers were recovering in a military hospital in the capital, Bogota, and were said to be in good health and in good spirits on Saturday, when they were visited by President Gustavo Petro and other officials. Defense Secretary Ivan Velasquez praised 13-year-old Leslie Mokotoi for ensuring the group’s survival. “We have to recognize not only her courage, but also her leadership,” he said. “It was because of her that her three younger brothers were able to stay by her side, with her care, with her knowledge of the forest.” Astrid Caceres, director of the childcare agency, said Solini, Leslie’s 9-year-old sister, “talks a lot”. Asking to read books, added Tian, 5, while the one-year-old “has a calmness working with nurses that you can’t imagine.”
Manuel Ranock, the father of the two young children, said on Sunday that the eldest Leslie told him their mother was alive for about four days after the crash. Before her death, Ranock said, the mother would likely have told them, “Go away,” apparently telling them to leave the wreck site to survive. He did not provide more details.
More than 80 Aboriginal volunteers joined about 100 soldiers in what was dubbed the “Operation HopeWhile the soldiers planned the details of the operations, indigenous knowledge was used to adapt to the jungle conditions. Army helicopters broadcast recordings of the children’s grandmother telling them in the Huitotu indigenous language to stay in one place. Two of the children’s birthdays were spent during their time in the jungle. Tian reached 5, and the youngest, Christine, is 1. “It’s too late to celebrate birthdays,” Cassiri said.
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