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Miraculous Survival: Three Missing Fishermen Found After Five Days
- Thu, Jul 28 2011 08:50:17 PM
Miraculous Survival: Three Missing Fishermen Found After Five Days
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (PS)
Mangalore, Jul 28: Three local fishermen who went missing five days ago have been located, rescued and brought to Pudiyapu Port in Calicut, 30 km off Kannur coast on Thursday July 28 at around 5 pm.
Bengre residents Francis Frank (23) and Manohar Puthran (41), and Deralakatte resident Vincy (40) went missing and a case was registered in Panambur police station on July 26.
The fishermen ventured into the sea by Jai Panduranga country boat belonging to Laxman of Bengre on July 23. They departed at 1 pm and sent an SMS at 6 pm that the engine of their boat had stopped working. Thereafter, there was no news of them and their mobile phones were also switched off.
Police had no information about them except that they were 13 nautical miles away from the coast. Francis Frank had also called his sister Lavina Frank and said that they were in difficulty.
On Thursday they were rescued by another fishing boat of Kerala. They will be brought to the city on Friday July 29 afternoon. They were in a battered physical and mental condition at the time of rescue, it is learnt.