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“I want to walk but my feet hurt”: What children rescued in the jungle have said to their relatives

Little by little, details of the state of mind and health of the four children who lasted 39 days lost in the jungle of Caquetá, in Colombiaafter they survived a plane crash.

His relatives, who traveled to Bogotá, came to the Central Military Hospital and managed to see them for a short period of time. His uncle Dairo Juvenal Mucutuy He said he managed to have a brief dialogue with one of them.

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“The only one who spoke to me said: ‘man, I want to walk, but my feet hurt.’ That was all he told me.”recounted Mucutuy to Snail News.

It was a happy and sad moment, because I saw the children leave the territory with that health and look at them again like that, it was sad, but also wonderful.”he added.

Similarly, Fidencio Valencia, the children’s great-uncle, assured that the children could not sleep.

“Their clothes tore, they rotted, they no longer had shoes. They walked on the toe of flip flops they were sick, they were exhausted ”, assured.

Valencia added that the minors managed to hear the calls of the rescuers but, apparently out of fear, They chose to hide.

They were afraid of the dogs over there, screaming. They hid in the logs, that’s what they did, runhe added.

The kids are Lesly Jacobombaire Mucutuy13 years old; Soleiny Jacobombaire Mucutuy9 years old; Tien Noriel Ronoque Mucutuy4 years old, and Cristin Neriman Ranoque Mucutuy.

General Pedro Sánchez, who was one of those in charge of leading the search, spoke with CityTv, explained the relief the rescuers felt.

”I felt, on the one hand, a peace in my soul for having done the right thing, for not having fainted despite how adverse it was to find them and the impotence we felt, but I also felt joy in my heart because these four minors were returning to the where they should be.” maintained the General.

According to his story, they found some footprints that “had a logical sequence” and that led them to better target the search. before making the discoverythey would have already been a few meters from finding the minors, but the situation was complicated by the immensity of the jungle and the difficulty of seeing in the distance.

Source: Elcomercio

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