Colombian ‘miracle’ children found alive 40 days after Amazon jungle plane crash

Colombian ‘miracle’ children found alive 40 days after Amazon jungle plane crash

The Indigenous children – one of whom was just 11 months old – are thought to have eaten food dropped by rescuers and used their own ancestral knowledge

Mat Youkee in Bogotá and agencies

Malnourished and covered in insect bites, four Indigenous children were rescued alive from the Colombian Amazon on Friday afternoon, 40 days after the plane they were travelling in crashed into the jungle.

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