Two Brazilian children who disappeared in the Amazon rainforest for four weeks were miraculously found alive.
Glauco, seven, and Gleison Ferreira, age nine, left their home in the Lago Capanã nature reserve in the Brazilian state of Amazonas to search for small birds on February 18.
After they were unable to return home, authorities began an extensive search in the rainforest in the northwest of the country, but canceled it on Feb. 26.
Incredibly, they were found Wednesday night nearly four miles from their home by a tree cutter, who heard one of the children screaming at the sound of his chainsaw.
The man found the two children lying on the rainforest floor, hungry and painfully thin, with abrasions on their skin. They told their parents that they had not eaten anything while they were lost and that they had only survived by drinking rainwater.
Claudionor Ribeiro Ferreira, the father of the minors tearfully told the television station Band Jornalismo: “When I saw my children, I was moved”.
The tree cutter found the two children lying on the floor of the rainforest, both in severe conditions.
Glauco and Gleison were rushed to the hospital near Manicore, where they are treated for severe malnutrition, dehydration and skin abrasions.
They were flown yesterday morning to an ICU in the regional capital Manaus.
A search party of more than 250 people, which had continued to search for the children after the official efforts ended, celebrated as the children were moved to safety.
Lost during the turbulent Amazon rainy season, the brothers had an arduous task to get around, not to mention the search for food and clean water.
They will not be fed properly until they gain enough weight to process solids, local media reported.
Brazil is home to nearly two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest, which covers much of the northwestern region of the country.
Last year, a crashed pilot lost 25.4 kg over a 36-day period lost in the Amazon.
Antonio Sena, 36, lost control of his plane following a mechanical failure shortly after takeoff.
It was finally found by a group of chestnut collectors in the Pará region.
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