Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode I will be discussing the case of Jose Salvador Alvarenga, a man whose boat was caught in a storm that resulted in him being adrift in the Pacific ocean for 438 days until he washed up on shore in the Marshall Islands.
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Sources:
438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea - Jonathan Franklin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Salvador_Alvarenga
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/07/fisherman-lost-at-sea-436-days-book-extract
https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/04/438-days-lost-at-sea-jose-salvador-alvarenga.html