Heinz wants to buy a boat for the man who was rescued at sea, where he survived for nearly a month on nothing but ketchup and seasonings.
spotted Francois’ boat from the air 120 nautical miles northwest of La Guajira peninsula last month. Francois had scrawled the word "help" on the boat’s hull, which officials said was key to his rescue. His boat was taken to the port city of Cartagena by a passing container ship.
Francois, of the island nation of Dominica, claimed to have survived 24 days adrift in the Caribbean with nothing butCastaway Elvis Francois is attended to by Colombian Navy members after he was rescued near the department of La Guajira, at the port of Cartagena, Colombia, on Jan. 16, 2023. Francois told Colombian authorities that his ordeal began in December when currents swept the sailboat out to sea while he was making repairs off the island of St. Martin in the Netherlands Antilles.
The navy said Francois received a medical check on shore and was handed over to immigration authorities for his return home to Dominica.
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