TIL: Real life castaway drifted into the Pacific Ocean for 13 months surviving off rainwater, fish, and sea turtles. Several large ships saw him but refused to help him. He eventually drifted to land.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/13/castaway-jose-salvador-alvarenga-el-salvador-return-home



Submitted March 24, 2015 at 11:42AM by dopadelic http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/303t9y/til_real_life_castaway_drifted_into_the_pacific/