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Post by scumbuster on Jul 18, 2023 4:49:40 GMT -5
Colombian children who survived five weeks in jungle released from hospital BOGOTA (Reuters) - Four Colombian Indigenous children who survived a plane crash in the country's Amazon region and lived for more than five weeks in the jungle have been released from hospital after a 34-day stay, the government said on Friday. The children, aged 1 through 13, survived the May 1 crash that killed their mother and two other adults and were found last month. The Indigenous children's knowledge of the jungle, as well as the eldest sister's courage, have been credited by officials with saving their lives. "They have recovered size and weight, really they are very well," Astrid Caceres, the director of the country's child welfare institute, told journalists. "The second phase of caring and protecting them begins." The siblings will remain under the care of the institute because of a "complex family situation," she said, and final custody arrangements for them will be decided in six months. "We're entering a transitional phase for the protection of the children," Caceres added. Both the father of the two youngest children and their mother's family have told media they want custody. us.yahoo.com/news/colombian-children-survived-five-weeks-214203852.html
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Post by wildstubby on Jul 18, 2023 17:35:03 GMT -5
Yeah, that Wahoo news report doesn't say anything about the kids taking refuge with the rebel group in jungle. Funny how that got all hushed up!
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Post by búfalo on Jul 18, 2023 17:46:05 GMT -5
So did they or not?
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Post by wildstubby on Jul 19, 2023 12:10:56 GMT -5
búfalo said: It seems that part of the story got expunged from the internet, buf. I remember us discussing it and I had found a news outlet that was reporting it but that 'disappeared'. Also some rumors about the kid's father being somewhat strange but nothing more since they were found. Though the pols made a lot of hay with it for about 2 weeks!
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Post by búfalo on Jul 19, 2023 13:45:08 GMT -5
Gotcha!
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