;D   8)   They will have something to tell there kids and grandkids.   ;D

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Three teens who have been missing in the South Pacific for 50 days — and were already eulogized in a memorial service — have been found alive by a New Zealand fishing boat.

The boys — two 15-year-olds and a 14-year-old — disappeared while attempting to row between two islands in the New Zealand territory of Tokelau in early October and were given up for dead after an extensive search involving New Zealand's air force.

Their craft had drifted 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) to a desolate part of the Pacific northeast of Fiji, when the crew of a tuna boat saw them frantically waving for help on Wednesday afternoon.

"All they could say was `thank you very much for stopping,'" Tai Fredricsen, first mate of the San Nikuna, said.

"In a physical sense, they look very physically depleted, but mentally ... very high," told New Zealand's National Radio on Thursday.

The boys, Samuel Pelesa and Filo Filo, both 15, and Edward Nasau, 14, will be taken to a hospital in the Fiji capital of Suva on Friday.

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Damn!!!
That age, and yet had the presence of mind to fin for themselves.
Something tells me the parents taught these kids well in survival, unlike the Xbox generation here.

Quote from: Solar on November 25, 2010, 03:35:23 PM
Damn!!!
That age, and yet had the presence of mind to fin for themselves.
Something tells me the parents taught these kids well in survival, unlike the Xbox generation here.

Hey...my 2 could get anything done with their cell phones... ;D ;D ;D

Quote from: Solars Toy on November 25, 2010, 03:47:55 PM
Hey...my 2 could get anything done with their cell phones... ;D ;D ;D

yeah, between that and a box of Tampons they, can hunt, hike, cook, fish, according to the side panel.
They should do just fine on their own... ::)