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Chiara Fiorillo

Sailor named Elvis lost at sea lives off ketchup and rainwater for 24 days before rescue

A man who was lost at sea for 24 days said he survived by eating ketchup on a sailboat before emergency services finally rescued him.

Elvis Francois, 47, scrawled the word "help" in English on the boat's hull, in the hope that a passing plane might see him.

He was eventually found 120 nautical miles northwest of La Guajira peninsula in Colombia and then escorted to the port city of Cartagena with the help of a passing container ship.

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