The Pacific Ocean is the largest water mass on the planet, covering one-third of the total surface of the earth, that is, even if you combine all the lands of the earth together, the pacific ocean will still be larger than Earth's combined land area. Now think for a moment that if you are left alone for only one day in the midst of this deserted ocean where there is only and only water for thousands of km everywhere, where there are so many unknown dangers waiting for you every moment. So what would you feel like in such a situation and what would be your state of mind during this tough situation? 99 percent of us will probably give up thinking that it is impossible to get rid of the ocean that is spread over thousands of km, but there are some people who hope to live in a situation where people like us have zero percent chances of survival. Today we will tell you the story of one such person who, with his unbeaten courage and strong will, forced a vast ocean like the Pacific Ocean to kneel down.
The name of this incredible man is Jose Salvador Alvarenga, who was a highly experienced Mexican fisherman who often used to visit the Pacific Ocean for fishing as a profession. As usual, on 17 November 2012, after completing all his preparations, Alvarenga left for his journey from Costa Azul village in Mexico along with a friend, Ezequiel Cordoba. The boat on which both of them were going for fishing was only 7 meters long, it did not even have a roof over it nor did it have any small room. There was a small icebox in the boat in which they had to keep fish and a single outboard motor was attached to drive the boat. But that day, the mood of the ocean seemed to have changed a lot, like a terrible storm is going to happen in the next few hours. But by now they had reached 120 km away from the shore. At 1 o'clock in the night, both of them were caught in the grip of a terrible storm, due to the storm, they cut the nets they had laid for fishing and left them in the ocean and they started driving the boat towards the shore quickly. For six hours, Alvarenga drove the boat continuously to the shore and they were now only 24 km away from the shore and could able to see the peaks of the mountains on the ground.
But then the motor driving the boat appeared to be damaged, but the radio installed in the boat was still working and with the help of the radio, they told their location to their boss. But then the battery of his boat's radio also went down and his radio was also turned off. Now think how frustrated both of them must have been at that time, they both could not take the boat anywhere and they lost contact with the outside world too. The land was close by but the wind moving in the opposite direction started to float their boat away from the shore and their boat started moving towards the deep ocean. Their boss sent a search team to find them and the search operation was carried out for four days, but both of them were not found anywhere. And then conceding defeat, his boss stopped searching for them. In five days, the wind drifted them 450 km away from the shore and now they had the only blue sea all around and their boat was too small in that big ocean, which was not easily possible to find its location from the sky. They had neither a flare gun or any such device by which they could ask for help by sending a signal.
In such a situation, their food was raw fish, turtles, and small birds. They found some plastic bottles floating in the water which they collected and whenever it rained, they would store rainwater in those bottles. But when it doesn't rain, they had to satisfy their thirst by drinking the blood of turtles or by drinking their own urine. Four months passed in the same way but no one had discovered them yet. During this time, Alvarenga's friend Cordoba gave up hope of living and he also stopped eating and as a result, his body weakened. Cordoba became so weak and sick by eating raw food that his life ended by refusing to eat more. Now you might imagine what would have been running in Alvarenga's mind after losing his friend Cordoba, who was his only support in the big ocean there. Now Alvarenga was left alone in the vast pacific ocean, and four days after his friend's death, Alvarenga also gave up hope of living and thought of committing suicide. But Alvarenga's strong religious faith was not allowing him to do so. But then Alvarenga tried to fight for life and somehow continue to keep himself alive.
During that time, Alvarenga was in the part of the pacific ocean where ships used to come only occasionally. After about 8 months a cargo ship passed from there, Alvarenga made a gesture by standing up but the ship went straight away and nobody noticed the Alvarenga. It was a really disappointing time for him because the moment he was waiting for so long could not even help him. So far in 11 months, Alvarenga had traveled 8000 km in his small boat, and in this journey, he faced harsh sunshine and many storms. Finally, on 30 January 2014, he saw coconuts floating in the water and birds flying in the sky, Alvarenga understood that the ground was nearby. And then he found a Tile Islet, a small island that is part of Ebon Atoll, he jumped from his boat and swam to the shore. After staying in water for 438 days, he got the chance of putting his steps back on the land. He saw a house on that island and knocked on the door of the house. This moment was one of the most beautiful moments of Alvarenga's life in which he was ready to meet a human after so many months. This island was in the middle of the ocean, if he had also missed that island, then he would have to travel another 5000 km and look for the next land. Later a few days, Alvarenga came home and wrote a book on this terrible journey of his life. Unknowingly, Alvarenga made a world record of living in the ocean for 438 days, which no human would want to break.
But then the motor driving the boat appeared to be damaged, but the radio installed in the boat was still working and with the help of the radio, they told their location to their boss. But then the battery of his boat's radio also went down and his radio was also turned off. Now think how frustrated both of them must have been at that time, they both could not take the boat anywhere and they lost contact with the outside world too. The land was close by but the wind moving in the opposite direction started to float their boat away from the shore and their boat started moving towards the deep ocean. Their boss sent a search team to find them and the search operation was carried out for four days, but both of them were not found anywhere. And then conceding defeat, his boss stopped searching for them. In five days, the wind drifted them 450 km away from the shore and now they had the only blue sea all around and their boat was too small in that big ocean, which was not easily possible to find its location from the sky. They had neither a flare gun or any such device by which they could ask for help by sending a signal.
In such a situation, their food was raw fish, turtles, and small birds. They found some plastic bottles floating in the water which they collected and whenever it rained, they would store rainwater in those bottles. But when it doesn't rain, they had to satisfy their thirst by drinking the blood of turtles or by drinking their own urine. Four months passed in the same way but no one had discovered them yet. During this time, Alvarenga's friend Cordoba gave up hope of living and he also stopped eating and as a result, his body weakened. Cordoba became so weak and sick by eating raw food that his life ended by refusing to eat more. Now you might imagine what would have been running in Alvarenga's mind after losing his friend Cordoba, who was his only support in the big ocean there. Now Alvarenga was left alone in the vast pacific ocean, and four days after his friend's death, Alvarenga also gave up hope of living and thought of committing suicide. But Alvarenga's strong religious faith was not allowing him to do so. But then Alvarenga tried to fight for life and somehow continue to keep himself alive.
During that time, Alvarenga was in the part of the pacific ocean where ships used to come only occasionally. After about 8 months a cargo ship passed from there, Alvarenga made a gesture by standing up but the ship went straight away and nobody noticed the Alvarenga. It was a really disappointing time for him because the moment he was waiting for so long could not even help him. So far in 11 months, Alvarenga had traveled 8000 km in his small boat, and in this journey, he faced harsh sunshine and many storms. Finally, on 30 January 2014, he saw coconuts floating in the water and birds flying in the sky, Alvarenga understood that the ground was nearby. And then he found a Tile Islet, a small island that is part of Ebon Atoll, he jumped from his boat and swam to the shore. After staying in water for 438 days, he got the chance of putting his steps back on the land. He saw a house on that island and knocked on the door of the house. This moment was one of the most beautiful moments of Alvarenga's life in which he was ready to meet a human after so many months. This island was in the middle of the ocean, if he had also missed that island, then he would have to travel another 5000 km and look for the next land. Later a few days, Alvarenga came home and wrote a book on this terrible journey of his life. Unknowingly, Alvarenga made a world record of living in the ocean for 438 days, which no human would want to break.
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