Teenager Survives 49 Days at Sea Adrift in a Fishing Hut
An Indonesian teenager has survived a harrowing journey at sea after spending 49 days adrift in the Pacific Ocean. The young man was rescued a few weeks back after spending more than a month and a half aboard a fishing hut that had come loose from its moorings and was blown out to open waters during a massive storm. 19-year old Aldi Novel Adilang already led a fairly secluded life even before he was sent drifting into the ocean. The young man's job was to maintain a fishing trap located 125 km (77 miles) off the Indonesian coast. That meant that he lived in a small floating hut, which was anchored in place. While there, he would see another human just once a week and could communicate back to shore using only a walkie-talkie. It was a way to earn a living, even if the conditions were not particularly great. On July 14, a storm blew through breaking the anchor that held his little hut in place and sending him adrift on the ocean. He spent the next several weeks fighting to survive,...