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In 1966 Six Teenagers Survived 15 Months on a Desert Island

In 1966 Six Teenagers Survived 15 Months on a Desert Island

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TitleIn 1966 Six Teenagers Survived 15 Months on a Desert Island
Authorviewsaddict
Duration0:30
File FormatMP3 / MP4
Original URL https://youtube.com/watch?v=3IqF9F_OY-k

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In 1965, six Tongan teenagers decided to escape the monotony of their lives at an Anglican boarding school in Nuku'alofa by “borrow” a 24-foot boat. Their goal was to reach Fiji or New Zealand, but a storm quickly destroyed the boat, leaving them drifting at sea for eight days without food or water, trying desperately to catch fish and collect rainwater in coconut shells. Just as hope seemed lost, they spotted the uninhabited island of 'Ata, located at the southernmost tip of the Tonga archipelago.

'Ata is a deserted island located at the southernmost tip of the Tonga archipelago, about 160 kilometers southwest of Tongatapu.

Despite the hardships, they established a system with rules and conflict-resolution law based on temporary separation and prayer. Their close family bonds and Tongan culture were crucial to their survival. After 15 months, their salvation came in an unexpected way: Australian captain Peter Warner noticed signs of smoke and discovered six long-haired, naked boys swimming toward his boat. Initially skeptical, Warner verified their story with local authorities, discovering that they had been presumed dead, with funerals already held for them. But this wasn’t the end of the boys’ adventure, because, when they arrived back in Nuku‘alofa police boarded Peter’s boat, arrested the boys and threw them in jail. Mr Taniela Uhila, whose sailing boat the boys had “borrowed” 15 months earlier, was still furious, and he’d decided to press charges.

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