4 youngsters found alive after 40 days deep in the Amazon Jungle
incredible Story of Survival in Colombia four children found alive after 40 days deep in the Amazon jungle they were found on Friday after a long and intensive search the siblings range in age from just one year to 13 years old they were traveling with their mother when their small plane crashed on May 1st tonight what they did to stay alive here's ABC's Arena Roy the incredible images of four children siblings found alive deep in the Amazon jungle 40 days after a plane crash the Colombian Army and local indigenous people searching desperately for weeks to find 13-year-old Leslie nine-year-old Solani seven-year-old Tian noriel and the youngest Christine just a year old the jungle's dense canopy complicating efforts from the air rescue teams turning to Clues like Footprints and half-eaten fruit the bodies of three adults traveling with the children including their mother and the pilot were recovered weeks ago but the children nowhere to be found Crews dropping packages of food near the crash site in hopes of helping them survive then finally they were spotted less than two miles from where their Cessna went down May 1st after its engine failed their Uncle Friday Overjoyed upon learning they were still alive wait officials say because the siblings are from the Amazon the 13 year old had some knowledge of how to survive in the tropical terrain a relative tells us that they are weak but doing fine overall with that is good news incredible story Arena thank you hi everyone George Stephanopoulos here