After drifting at sea for 67 days, Pichugin plans to return to Buryatia to his family
46-year-old Mikhail Pichugin, who drifted in the Sea of Okhotsk for 67 days on a boat with the bodies of his brother and nephew, plans to return to Buryatia to his family after recovery. The man’s plans were revealed Telegram-Shot channel.
Pichugin himself believes that he survived on the boat “thanks to God’s help.” Doctors assess his condition as satisfactory – the man has already talked with his mother and wife.
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Earlier, the first footage of Pichugin from intensive care appeared online. In these photos, Pichugin talks to doctors while lying in a hospital bed and signs documents.
On the night of Wednesday, October 15, a boat with Pichugin, who was the only one of the three people on board to remain alive, was noticed by fishermen in the Sea of Okhotsk. The man, along with his brother and nephew, disappeared in early August – they went to the Shantar Islands and humpback whales; the travelers decided to sail along a non-existent tourist route. The boat with Pichugin and the bodies of his two relatives was found more than two months later, a thousand kilometers from the city of Okha, where the Russians began their route.
Pichugin, previously, was able to live on the open sea thanks to his excess weight and food supplies. The surviving man also told details about the last days of the life of his brother, who lost his son during the drift. The relative, according to him, screamed and tried to jump out of the ship. Pichugin had to pull his brother out of the water, change his clothes and warm him up.
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