Two young brothers have been rescued from a remote part of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest after being lost for nearly four weeks. The children – aged 7 and 9 – were found near their hometown of Manicoré by a local on Thursday, their father told local media. The boys – who are indigenous Mura, who live in central and eastern Amazonas, Brazil – had been lost for 27 days. The father said the search was “difficult” and involved police, firefighters and Funai, the government protection agency for indigenous people. He told local media he lost hope his sons would be found alive when a local farmer – who was also a friend of the boys’ father – found the children lying on his property. The eldest screamed when he saw someone approaching him, the father said. Rocineia Lima, a social worker handling the case, detailed the boys’ fight to survive and said they were working together to be found. at one point), the younger brother couldn’t walk, so he had to fetch some fruit for them to eat. But it got to a point where the eldest couldn’t walk either,” Lima told CNN. Lima said the farmer was “opening a road in the forest where he has a walnut plantation. (He) then heard one of the children crying,” she said. “He (the farmer) was really moved when he found them,” Lima added. The boys were last seen times on February 18, when they entered the forest to hunt, CNN Brasil reported.About 260 people were involved in the search to find them, Lima said.The brothers were suffering from malnutrition, dehydration and skin lesions The boys survived their stay in the forest by drinking rain and water from the river and eating a wild fruit called sorva, a representative of the Amazonas State Department of Health told CNN. Their skin was covered in insect bites and scratches from tree branches, the health official said.The boys were airlifted to an intensive care unit in Manaus – about 205 miles from the where they were found – with their parents on Thursday.During the trip, their condition com started to improve, CNN Brasil reported. Pediatrician Eugenio Tavares told CNN Brasil the boys are in “serious” but “stable” condition, given their experience. “They are malnourished and have skin, ear and back infections,” Tavares said. “The respiratory rate is normal; they are not coughing. The kidneys were a problem, but they are working very well again. We have to deal with the remaining infections and the careful feeding to see if they will tolerate the progressive diet and to gain weight.” By Friday, the children had shown “tremendous improvement” in their treatment, according to the health department official, who added that the boys should soon be able to eat solid foods. A team of doctors, including psychologists, nutritionists and physiotherapists are caring for the boys, the representative said.
Two young brothers were rescued from a remote part of Brazil the Amazon forest after being lost for almost four weeks.
The children – aged 7 and 9 – were found near their hometown of Manicoré by a local resident on Thursday, their father told local media. The boys – who are indigenous Mura, who live in central and eastern Amazonas, Brazil – had been lost for 27 days.
The father said the search was ‘difficult’ and involved police, firefighters and Funai, the government’s protection agency. Native. He told local media he lost hope his sons would be found alive when a local farmer – who was also a friend of the boys’ father – found the children lying on his property. The eldest screamed when he saw someone approaching him, the father said.
Rocineia Lima, a social worker handling the case, detailed the boys’ fight to survive and said they were working together to be found.
“The older brother said that (at one point) the younger brother couldn’t walk, so he had to go get some fruit for them to eat. But it got to a point where the older brother couldn’t. no more walking either,” Lima said. told CNN.
Lima said the farmer was “opening a road in the forest where he has a walnut plantation. (He) then heard one of the children crying,” she said.
“He (the farmer) was really moved when he found them,” Lima added.
The boys were last seen on February 18, when they entered the forest to hunt, CNN Brasil reported. About 260 people participated in the search to find them, Lima said.
The brothers suffered from malnutrition, dehydration and skin lesions, a representative from the Amazonas state health department told CNN.
The boys survived their stay in the forest by drinking rain and river water and eating a wild fruit called sorv. Their skin was covered in insect bites and scratches from tree branches, the health representative said.
The boys were airlifted to an intensive care unit in Manaus – about 205 miles from where they were found – with their parents on Thursday. During the trip, their condition began to improve, CNN Brasil reported.
Pediatrician Eugenio Tavares told CNN Brasil the boys were in “serious” but “stable” condition, given their experience.
“They are malnourished and have skin, ear and back infections,” Tavares said. “The respiratory rate is normal; they are not coughing. The kidneys were a problem, but they are working very well again. We have to deal with the remaining infections and the careful feeding to see if they will tolerate the progressive diet and to gain weight.”
By Friday, the children had shown “tremendous improvement” in their treatment, according to the health department official, who added that the boys should soon be able to eat solid foods.
A team of doctors, including psychologists, nutritionists and physiotherapists, are caring for the boys, the representative said.
