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Christopher Bucktin

Heartbreaking first words of kids rescued from Amazon after surviving for 40 days

The first words of the children who survived for nearly six weeks in the Amazon rainforest after their plane crashed have been revealed by rescuers.

Lesly Jacombaire Mucutuy, 13, Soleiny Jacombaire Mucutuy, nine, Tien Noriel Ronoque Mucutuy, five, and one-year-old Cristin Neriman Ranoque Mucutuy were last night being monitored and treated at a military hospital in Colombia.

A Colombian air force video showed a helicopter using lines to pull the youngsters up because it was not possible to land in the dense rainforest. Cristin, in a thermal blanket, was seen being offered water.

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