The father, Mr Jones, said he had a real fear that they were going to capsize, especially when he saw the first ship, he explained that at on point he had to tell everyone to keep still because he was worried that in the excitement of trying to see a the passing ship the would stand up and capsize the dinghy.
Lyn, the mother of the family, explained to us that over the course of the thirty-seven days they developed scurf and boils on their skin that pained them when they moved.
After lighting the flares, Mr Jones was afraid that the ship was not turning towards them, but in fact just wobbling in the waves. He spoke of how his wife and sons were brimming with excitement at the prospect of being rescued.
Luxuries on boat
How family bonded with crew members
Final summary – they wouldn’t have been saved without this boat – emotion in there to relate to the reader – feelings eg. Determination.
At another point during their journey, they began to run low on water and food, and later said ‘we had to adjust our ideas to the notion that fresh water could be used for other things beside drinking’, when confronted with a fresh water shower on the ship that rescued them.
The father of the family told reporters that he said ‘I shall remember the taste of that beautiful liquid to the end of my days’ in reference to a tin of orange juice, given to him by sailors aboard the ‘Tokamaru 1’, to highlight how dehydrated the family became.
Thankfully they were saved when a Japanese fishing vessel, sailing through the Pacific Ocean, noticed their flares.
