A story similar to the movie “Cast Away”, one of the most famous films of American actor Tom Hanks, was embodied on the ground on a remote island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, where two men from the Solomon Islands survived, after being lost in the ocean waters for 29 days, and the secret of their steadfastness came alive. Thanks to eating coconuts and oranges, before saving them off the coast of Papua New Guinea at a distance of 400 km, according to Sky News.
The report says that the two men were traveling by sea from one island to another, when a 7-meter storm hit their boat, a few hours after the start of their journey on 3 September.
The story is very similar to the movie “Cast Away”, released in 2000, which tells the story of a man lost on a remote island for 4 years, before he is found in the middle of the ocean..
The coast of Guinea where they were found
In the true story, the land no longer appeared in the eyes of Levi Nanjikana and Junior Colony, while the weather was dominated by heavy rain, thick black clouds and strong winds, Nanjikana revealed in statements to Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation television..
Nanjikana explained that the battery of their geographical device (GPS) ran out, and at nightfall they decided to turn off the engine to save fuel, and spent their first night in heavy rain, while strong winds swept them further away from the coast..
During the first 9 days, the two held out by eating an orange they had brought with them previously, and after they ran out of fruits, they survived thanks to the rain water and coconuts..
They were collecting rainwater with a cloth bag and starting the boat’s engine when they saw coconuts on the surface of the water. “After days of prayers, God inspired us to build a sailing navigation mechanism… that follows the direction of the wind,” and like the story of the two men, actor Tom Hanks decided In the movie “Cast Away”, sailing after the construction of a small navigation boat, to be found by a giant transport steamer days later in the middle of the ocean.
The two men ended up in Papua New Guinea, where they saw a fisherman and started the engine to rush towards him, but the fuel had run out..