438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea
Salvador Alvarenga set sail off the coast of Mexico for a fishing trip and because of a storm drifted across 7,000 miles of the Pacific in a tiny boat for 14 months, or 438 days. Thus, the title of this survival story, which details how he lived in a small boat for more than a year, including fending off pernicious shark attacks, catching fish with an improvised fishnet, and using fish vertebrae as sewing needles for new clothes.
Through interviews with Alvarenga, search-and-rescue officials, the medical team that nursed him back to health, and the couple who found him on the Marshall Islands, this remarkable true story demonstrates one man’s resilience in the face of death and utter isolation.
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