Found: Three men in a boat after seven weeks adrift
19/02/2005 - 13:34:18Three men were rescued after seven weeks adrift in an open dinghy in the Pacific Ocean off the island nation of Kiribati, it was announced today.
Officials in Sydney, Australia, said the three men – an Australian and two others whose nationalities were not immediately known – were “OK but tired”.
A fishing vessel found 22-year-old Benjamin Tooki, who holds both Australian and Kiribati passports, and two companions near Kiribati’s outer island of Tabiteuea.
They disappeared on January 2 while travelling in an open aluminum dinghy between Kiribati’s Maiana and Tarawa Islands.
The South Pacific archipelago of Kiribati straddles the equator and the international dateline midway between Australia and Hawaii.
