Nicaragua.
An old man out 72 years that he was alone in his boat and adrift in the sea Caribe He was rescued by a fishing boat crossing his route, the Nicaraguan Army
The man was identified by the Nicaraguan Navy What Rafael Hodgson Hamilton, From Colombia
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According to official information, Hodgson Hamilton was adrift among the archipelago of Corn Island, in Nicaraguan waters, and that of Saint Andrew, from Colombiawhen he was rescued by the fishing boat Procaribe, on February 26.
According to the report of the Nicaraguan Army, the Colombian was “out of control due to technical defects in the engine”, but he did not give details about the number of days he was at sea.
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According to official information, Hodgson Hamilton was the sole occupant of the boat “Irnelia” at the time he was rescued.
The rescue took place at 47 nautical miles (87 kilometers) northwest of Corn Island, in the direction of San Andrés, according to military authorities, who have not specified whether the man was originally from the said Colombian archipelago.
The old man was turned over by Procaribe’s crew to authorities in the Caribbean Naval District of the Nicaraguan Navy, who provided him with primary care and then transferred him to Ethel Kandler Hospital on Corn Island, the Nicaraguan army reported.
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The Nicaraguan authorities indicated that the man “will later be transferred to the Navy of the Republic of Colombia”.
That same day, two Brazilian tourists were rescued by the Nicaraguan navy near Corn Island, who had also been adrift in their kayaks as a result of a storm.
Shipwrecks in the Caribbean Sea occur with some regularity off Nicaragua, due to large waves caused by strong winds, especially between December and early March, due to the predominance of high pressures in the atmosphere. EFE