The Colombia plane crash children's mother told them to leave and find help for them to survive, the father of the four kids told reporters.
Rescuers found the siblings, aged one, five, nine, and 13, who have been missing for more than a month deep within the Amazon jungle, last June 9, Friday.
Colombia Plane Crash Mother Told Kids to Leave, Find Help
As per a report by BBC, the mother of the four kids, Magdalena Mucutuy, who died in the plane crash, urged her lovely children to leave her for survival. She also told them to find help as she tragically lay dying after the accident, the father of the kids, Manual Ranoque, told reports. He notes that their eldest daughter told him about it, telling them to "get out."
Their father also disclosed that Magdalena was still alive for the first four days, according to his 13-year-old girl. He told reporters, "Before she died, their mother told them something like, 'You guys get out of here.'"
According to The Independent UK, the mother asked the young minds to leave the crash site of the plane for them to survive.
Besides that, she left a heartfelt message to her kids. She tells them, "You guys are going to see the kind of man your dad is, and [he is] going to show you the same kind of great love that I have shown you."
One of the members of the search group, Henvy Guerrero, told reporters that the four kids who miraculously survived the crash were found in two small bags. It contained clothes, two mobile phones, a flashlight, a towel, a soda bottle, and a music box.
Guerrero revealed to the reporters that the kids utilized the bottle to collect water in the jungle to quench their thirst. The kids immediately complained to the rescuers that they were famished. He disclosed that "they wanted to eat rice pudding, they wanted to eat bread."
Plane Crash Kids Found Alive After More Than a Month
Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced on Friday that the missing children from the Colombia plane crash have survived. Rescuers stumbled upon them deep within the Amazon jungle after five weeks of grueling search.
According to CNN, Indigenous leader Lucho Acosta finally found the missing children after hearing the youngest child cry in the jungle. He says the young minds are "we very weak" and "tired."
The plane that crashed in the middle of the Amazon forest, a small Cessna 208B, carried 13 people, including four children and their mother. The only survivors of the accident were the four kids.
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