Two children found on the high seas hugging their mother’s corpse

Two minors were rescued at sea, clinging to the body of their deceased mother, after their boat sank on September 3 in Venezuela.

As reported by the Venezuelan media, the Intermarine Z29 boat sailed Friday, September 3 from Higuerote to the island of La Tortuga. On board were eight people: four members of the same family and four other companions.

The ‘El Nacional’ newspaper reported that the group was expected on the island by friends, who initially thought that their guests had not left in their boat.

However, not finding the boat, on Monday, September 6, they reported the eight people missing.

The missing were identified as David Camblor (6 years), María Beatriz Camblor (2 years), Remis David Camblor, Mariely Beatriz Chacón Marroquín, Verónica Martínez, José Javier Marcano Narváez, Alejandro Osorio Graterol and Vianney Dos Santos Morales.

Authorities have started a series of overflights to find the missing in the area. In one of these flyovers, authorities observed four of the missing persons, two minors and two women in the boat.

However, the scene they encountered was tragic. One of the women was in an empty cooler, while the two miners clung to the body of their deceased mother in a small lifeboat.

According to ‘El Nacional’, the mother of the miners died in the chariot due to dehydration.

The other woman and children were rescued and taken to health centers, where they are recovering from dehydration and several first degree burns. The other four people have not been found by Venezuelan authorities.

According to one of the rescued women, who is said to be the minors’ babysitter, the boat “was going in the opposite direction to the direction of the waves” causing the boat to split in two and then sank.