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THREE Guayaguayare fishermen lost at sea for the last five days survived by eating raw fish, drinking rainwater, and creating a paddle with pieces of wood and two bucket covers.
Shaquille Charles, Frank Anthony Sandy, and Walter Whiteman paddled day and night through the "middle of nowhere" until they made it to the waters off Morne Diablo on Tuesday morning.
Up to late Tuesday evening Charles, Sandy, and Whiteman were being treated at the Mayaro District Health Facility after they collapsed on arrival at their hometown of Guayaguayare.
Medical sources said the men were dehydrated and had to be given intravenous fluids immediately.
Last Friday around 3 pm, the fishermen left the Guayaguayare fishing port in a boat.
When the three failed to return home, their families reported them missing to the Mayaro police on Saturday.
Relatives, friends, and fishermen said they did not give up hope of finding the men.
Whiteman's sister Makeda said they prayed and searched the sea every day.
“And today (Tuesday) when I heard the news that my brother and his friends were found, I breathed a sigh of relief. We had never given up hope. It is a miracle. Their bodies are weak and they were in a dehydrated state but they are alive and safe. We are so happy.”
She said she believed it was a miracle that the three survived "when they told us that they had to eat raw fish which they had caught from the day, and drink rainwater.
"They said they were not about to die. They fought to survive and they did well. They wanted to reunite with their families.”
Makeda said their years as fishermen also allowed them to be innovative and make their own paddles.
“They had to use what they had in the boat, and luckily there were two bucket covers and a piece of stick which they broke in half to make two paddles. They had to turn on their 'survival mode,' which they did.”
She said if they had not come together to find ways to survive and instead begun to panic, they might have starved at sea.
“They are very brave men. I am so happy that they are safe. They are all thankful to be alive.”
Charles's sister Kardashar, who spoke briefly to her brother before he was taken to the health facility, said after days of paddling, the fishermen arrived off Morne Diablo on Tuesday morning.
“Shaquille said that there were other fishermen who saw them and assisted them at Morne Diablo. They were given drinking water and they were given a cellphone to call their relatives.”
After the news that the men had been found, other fishermen from Guayaguayare immediately left the village and journeyed to Morne Diablo to bring their friends home.
Ryan Jones said he later learned from the men that their pirogue had had a mechanical difficulty and could not restart.
“The boat began to drift and they had to act fast. The area where they had drifted to did not even have (cellphone) service, so they could not call for help. Their survival story is really a miracle.”
Jones said while the Coast Guard may have given up the search, fishermen from Guayaguayare and across TT were persistent. He said the men could have been found earlier if they had received more assistance from law-enforcement agencies.
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