The Colombian general who led the search operations for the four children rescued safe and sound on Friday after 40 days of wandering through the Amazon jungle in southeastern Colombia will become godfather to the youngest of the brothers.
On the medical plane that was bringing the children back to Bogotá, “Don Manuel, the father of the children, told me: ‘General, I want you to be the godfather of my daughter, the little one,'” he told a local chain. . General Pedro Sánchez television channel.
“For me it is an honor,” the officer commented to the camera, visibly moved, with his right hand over his heart.
40 days in the jungle at just one year
“We only have a nine-year-old son. I have always wanted to adopt another child. This morning when I got home, I told my wife that it was a reality, we are going to have a daughter, call her that, even if she has another last name,” said General Pedro Sánchez.
Little Cristin, who turned one year old during the four brothers’ trip in the jungle, arouses particular empathy from the public, with her large black eyes in her thin face.
“It is what is felt in the heart, in the blood and in the depths of the soul,” launched General Sánchez.
“This morning I told my 9-year-old son: ‘Alejandro, you are going to take care of a one-year-old girl, we found the children in the jungle.’ And he told me: ‘OK, dad, that’s how I’m going to do it,’” concluded the senior Air Force officer, whose charismatic face dressed in a large burgundy beret has been on the front page of the Colombian media since the beginning of the whole story.
Another general sponsoring one of the children
Another general, commander of the special forces, will be the godfather of Tien Noriel, the 5-year-old boy of the brothers, according to the same Colombian media.
Lesly (13), Soleiny (9), Tien Noriel (5) and Cristin (1) were found alive Friday afternoon by rescuers while wandering alone in the jungle since the May 1 crash of a small Cessna 206 plane in the one they were traveling traveling with his mother, the pilot and a relative. All three adults died in the accident.
Ground search operations, supported by helicopters, mobilized around 100 ground commandos, supported by 84 indigenous volunteers.
Source: BFM TV
