Five Survivors Rescued on Remote Pacific Island After 3 Months Lost at Sea

New York Times4 November 2026, 22:54 UTCKiribati

A boat in Micronesia went missing in July. This weekend, five of its passengers landed, unclothed and emaciated, on an island in Kiribati — more than 3,000 miles away.

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