This is how Christine, the youngest of the children found in the Columbia jungle, survived.

“As she was playing with the girl she realized she had the bottle, and she gave it little by little until it was finished, well, from there to the water… pure water, pure water,” Mukudui said. He said in an interview published by the Colombian Ministry of Defense.

Baby Christine Neriman turns one year old in Ranok Mukutui forest.

“The day before yesterday, when they found her, she says she couldn’t walk anymore, she was already very tired, very tired, so they sat in a place hugging, and there she had the little girl between her legs. , when she found them.” said grandfather Mukutui who visited his grandchildren at a hospital in Bogotá.

Minor, 13, was found alive with his brothers Leslie; Solini, 9 years old; and Tien Noriel, who turned 5 during the search period.

Leslie Mukutty told her grandfather that they spent four days around the wreckage of the crashed plane, but when no one came to rescue them, they decided to go into the forest.

He “They waited around the plane for four days to see if someone would come to pick them up. But seeing that four days had passed there, they set off. But she said she didn’t know where she was going,” said the man.

The grandfather said that the children were scared when they heard the sound like helicopters and that’s why they were quiet. “When the helicopter sounded, they were afraid, under the great pillars, under a palace. And the army passed by while the people were looking for her. She said that ten meters had passed and they were staying. Still she covered the boy’s mouth, so that he would not cry, so that he would not make a sound.

With information from Fernando Ramos, Stefano Pozzebon, Ruba Alhenawi, Maria Plaza and Heather Chen