Panamanian Fisherman Rescued 27 Days after... - Thank You Easy Rider!

Are you sure master Caymmi, that is sweet to die in the sea ?

Fernando Costa

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The life of the Panamanian Adrian Alexis Vasquez, age 18, returned to a fixed direction. After being adrift for 27 days in international waters he was rescued on Thursday 22 March by a

tuna ship of Ecuador, 640 nautical miles off the coast of Panama. The last time Nitza de la Cruz, Adrian's mother, knew anything about her son was when he went fishing on 24 February 2012 together with two companions aboard the boat Fifty Cent. He wanted to earn some money to buy some new Nike sneakers for Easter. The story changed at 4:00 pm on Thursday, when Yamaxín, Adrian's best friend, passed a call he had received from the ship Duarte V, located 640 nautical miles from Panama, after being rescued.

- Santi, son, is that you? - asked his excited mother. "Yes, mom, I'm fine," was the answer she got from across the phone, and upon remembering this moment she broke down in tears of joy combined with sadness. And no wonder. Elvis Oropesa, 30, and Fernando Osorio, 16, who went fishing with Santi, as Adrian in known to his friends in the area of Rio Hato, Anton district, were not in the boat when the latter was rescued.

POSSIBLE CAUSES OF THE SHIPWRECK - Nitza said that both Fernando and Santi would never have gotten into a boat alone and this time they did it together with Elvis, who occasionally performed this task. It appears they took the wrong route and instead of directing the boat to the... LINK