Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Venezuelan mother died while saving her children after a boat they were on capsized this month. While drifting on a lifeboat for ...

Mariely Chacón, 40, of Venezuela, was aboard the Thor on September 3 along with her six-year-old son, two-year-old daughter, husband and nanny for a pleasure cruise from Higuerote to Tortuga Island in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The mother suffered organ failure due to electrolyte depletion, authorities say (Twitter/ INEA) A shipwrecked woman in Venezuela ...

A shipwrecked mum-of-two drank her own urine so she could breastfeed her children to keep them alive for four days after their boat was smashed apart by a monster wave. Mariely Chacon, 40, sacrificed ...

Mariely Chacon, 40, breastfed her two children to stop them from becoming dangerously dehydrated (Picture: Mariely Chacon / INEA) A mum-of-two trapped on a boat was forced to drink her own urine so ...

A DESPERATE mum-of-two drank her own urine to keep her two kids alive by breastfeeding them after their boat was smashed apart by a wave during an outing with pals. Mariely Chacon, 40, sacrificed her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A brave mother has gone to extreme lengths and ultimately sacrificed herself to give her two children a fighting chance of ...

A Shipwrecked woman drank her own urine so she could continue to breast feed her children and keep them alive. When rescued, the children were found holding their dead mother after floating at sea on ...

A Venezuelan mother died while saving her children after a boat they were on capsized this month. While drifting on a lifeboat for days, Mariely Chacón drank her own urine to breastfeed her kids.

Two children have been rescued after they were found clinging to their dead mother - who saved their lives by drinking her own urine so she could breastfeed them after they drifted out to sea. Mariely ...

A DESPERATE mum-of-two drank her own urine to keep her two kids alive by breastfeeding them after their boat was smashed apart by a wave during an outing with pals. Mariely Chacon, 40, sacrificed her ...

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