Five people who had been adrift for three months were rescued in the Pacific Ocean. Their boat got caught in a storm and went off course. At the end of July, nine people traveled by boat from Fire Island in Micronesia to the neighboring island of Chai. The route was supposed to take only an hour. But on the way, the boat ran into a storm and lost its course. The current carried people 3,400 miles (about 5,472 km) from their destination. Three months later, they were spotted by residents of Fanning Island in Kiribati. Now the pastor of one of the local churches is taking care of them. The fate of the other four people on board is still unknown. The US Coast Guard in Micronesia has been searching for the missing all this time. Rescuers searched 25,000 nautical miles of ocean, but the search was unsuccessful. The rescue operation ended on August 9. The survivors themselves have not yet spoken about what they had to endure during the three months of drifting on the boat. Also, it is not known what happened to the four missing passengers on the boat.

Five people who had been adrift for three months were rescued in the Pacific Ocean. Their boat got caught in a storm and went off course. At the end of July, nine people traveled by boat from Fire Island in Micronesia to the neighboring island of Chai. The route was supposed to take only an hour. But on the way, the boat ran into a storm and lost its course. The current carried people 3,400 miles (about 5,472 km) from their destination. Three months later, they were spotted by residents of Fanning Island in Kiribati. Now the pastor of one of the local churches is taking care of them. The fate of the other four people on board is still unknown. The US Coast Guard in Micronesia has been searching for the missing all this time. Rescuers searched 25,000 nautical miles of ocean, but the search was unsuccessful. The rescue operation ended on August 9. The survivors themselves have not yet spoken about what they had to endure during the three months of drifting on the boat. Also, it is not known what happened to the four missing passengers on the boat.