ATE HUMAN FLESH TO SURVIVE

PORT-AU-PRINCE (HAITI)
FIVE MIGRANTS RESCUED AFTER 15 DAYS LOST AT SEA ATE THEIR DEAD COMRADES TO STAY ALIVE, A DOMINICIAN OFFICIAL HAS SAID.

DOMINICAN MINISTER OF TOURISM FRANCISCO IAVIAR GARCIA SAID THE REMAINING
FOUR, PART OF A TOTAL OF 33 DOMININICICAN MIGRANTS TRYING TO REACH PUERTO
RICO BY BOAT, TOLD HIM THEY ATE FROM THE CORPSE OF THE LAST MAN TO DIE, REPORTED THE DAILY MAIL.

AFTER 15 DAYS, WITH HIS BODY DEHYDRATED AND NEAR STARVING, MR GREGORIO MARIA MARIZAN FINALLY TOOK HIS FISHERMAN'S KNIFE.

"WE CUT FROM HIS LEG AND CHEST." MR MARIZAN, 31, TOLD AP FROM HOSPITAL ON MONDAY. "WE CUT LITTLE PIECES AND SWALLOWED THEM LIKE PILLS. IT'S LIKE BEEF, ALMOST THE SAME."

EATING THOSE WHO PERISHED WAS NOT AN IDEA THAT CAME EASILY, SAID THE RECOVERING FISHERMAN. "IMAGINE, 15 DAYS WITHOUT FOOD, WITHOUT WATER. WE HAD TO EAT HIM , TO SAVE OUR OWN LIVES," MR MARIZAN SAID