Video: Man rescued after two months adrift at sea; brother and nephew did not survive. Photo: Far East Transport Prosecutor’s Office
A man was rescued after spending two months adrift in the Sea of Okhotsk, without food or water. The rescue occurred off the coast of Kamchatka, but tragically, his brother and nephew, who were with him on the boat, did not survive.
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Mikhail Pichugin, his brother Sergei, and Sergei’s 15-year-old son Ilya set off on August 9 on a trip from Cape Perovsky in Khabarovsk Territory to the Okha district in the Sakhalin region of Russia.
The group did not reach their destination, although they were equipped with enough food and water supplies for only one week.
Yesterday, the crew of the ship “Angel” spotted the boat drifting in the Sea of Okhotsk. Mikhail was immediately rescued and given food, but he is in a severely weakened condition.
According to the Far East Transport Prosecutor’s Office, he was found in a state of severe exhaustion.
Authorities have opened a criminal case for violation of safety rules in water transport, resulting in the death of two or more people. The investigation aims to clarify the circumstances of the tragic incident.
Source and images: Far East Transport Prosecutor’s Office. This content was created with the help of AI and reviewed by the editorial team.
