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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Rafqa Touma

From months on a remote island to bear-infested mountains: four ‘miracle’ child survival stories

Colombian military personnel help four children who survived 40 days in the Amazon jungle after their plane crashed.
Colombian military personnel help four children who survived 40 days in the Amazon jungle after their plane crashed. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Forty days after their plane crashed into the Colombian Amazon jungle, four Indigenous children have been rescued – found malnourished, covered in insect bites, but alive.

The siblings from the Huioto Indigenous community – aged 13, nine, four and 11-months – survived one of the most uninhabitable parts of the country in a remarkable feat of resilience against heavy storms, predatory animals, and armed groups.

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