Adrift resort workers survive only on mineral water during three-day ordeal


From left: Muhammad Firdaus, Fauzi and Mohd Hafiz.

KUALA TERENGGANU (Bernama): Three resort workers who drifted at sea for three days before they were rescued by Thai fishermen on Saturday (Aug 3), survived only on mineral water during the ordeal.

Fauzi Mohamad, 40, said he and his friends, Mohamad Hafiz Abd Rahim, 22, and Muhammad Firdaus Mohd Awalluddin, 25, were adrift for about 72 hours before they were spotted by the Thai fishing boat.

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