ARE BEING TREATED IN HOSPITAL

AFTER SURVIVING FOUR DAYS IN

THE JUNGLE AFTER AN AIRPLANE

CRASH.

ONCE IS THE MOTHER SURVIVED,

BUT DIED FOUR DAYS LATER.

THE AGES ARE 11 MONTHS TO 13

YEARS OLD AND THEY WERE RESCUED

FRIDAY.

WE HAVE A REPORTER AND

RESEARCHER FOR THE INDIES

BUREAU OF THE "THE NEW YORK

TIMES" AND SHE HAS BEEN

FOLLOWING THE STORY FROM

COLUMBIA.

THIS IS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE

STORY.

I THINK THE FIRST THING PEOPLE

WONDER IS HOW ARE THESE YOUNG

CHILDREN, INCLUDING ONE WHO WAS

UNDER THE AGE OF ONE-YEAR-OLD

AND TURNED ONE WHILE IN THE

JUNGLE.

HOW THEY SURVIVE FOR 70 DAYS ON

THEIR OWN.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

TWO CHILDREN HAD BIRTHDAYS

DURING THIS ORDEAL IN THE

JUNGLE.

THE OTHER TURNED FIVE.

A LOT OF DETAILS ARE STILL

COMING OUT ABOUT HOW THEY

SURVIVED.

THE CHILDREN ARE IN THE

HOSPITAL RECOVERING.

WE KNOW THEY LIVE ON AN

INDIGENOUS RESERVE IN A REMOTE

AREA IN THE AMAZON.

THERE USE TO AN INFORMANT LIKE

THIS.

RELATIVES HAVE SET THE 13-YEAR-

OLD GIRL LESLIE KNEW THE JUNGLE

WELL AND THEY WOULD HAVE KNOWN

HOW TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES IN

AN ENVIRONMENT WITH THIS.

MORE SO THAN YOUR AVERAGE KID

FROM THE CITY.

SO FAR THE DETAILS THAT HAVE

COME OUT ARE THAT THEY SURVIVED

ON CASSAVA FLOUR.

THEY HAD IT WITH THEM ON THE

PLANE.

EATING FRUITS IN THE AMAZON

JUNGLE THAT THEY FOUND.

THE KIDS SAID THEY HID IN TREE

TRUNKS DURING RAIN STORMS.

WHICH THIS AREA SEES A LOT OF.

>> AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THEY

WILL BE IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A

FEW WEEKS.

DO WE KNOW HOW THEY ARE DOING

>> OFFICIALS HAVE SAID THEY ARE

IN REMARKABLY GOOD HEALTH.

AS FAR AS INJURIES GO, THEY

HAVE A FEW CUTS AND SCRAPES,

BUT NOTHING MORE.

NUTRITIONALLY, THEY HAVE A WAY

TO GO.

THEY HAVE NOT BEEN EATING WELL.

THE LAST WE HEARD THEY WERE NOT

YET EATING SOLID FOOD.

THEY WERE BEING REHYDRATED.

IT TAKES A WHILE TO REINTRODUCE

FOOD INTO THE BODY AFTER NOT úB

THIS TIME.

THEY SAID THEY ARE EXPECTED TO

MAKE A FULL RECOVERY AND ARE

DOING AMICABLY WELL THEY ARE

ASKING TO PLAY AND READ.

THEY ARE CHATTING.

IT IS ENCOURAGING.

>> WHAT ABOUT THEIR DAD?

WHAT IS HE ASKING FOR FROM THE

COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT?

>> THE FATHER- THE CHILDREN AND

THE MOTHER WERE ON THE AIRPLANE

BECAUSE THE FATHER HAD FLED THE

AREA BECAUSE OF THREATS FROM

ARMED GROUPS.

HE THOUGHT HIS LIFE WAS UNDER

RISK.

THEY WERE GOING TO JOIN HIM AND

ULTIMATELY LIVE IN GOT TO WITH

HIM.

HE IS SAYING HE IS STILL UNDER

THREAT FROM A DISSIDENT GROUP.

THE LARGEST INSURGENT GROUP IN

COLUMBIA UNTIL 2016 WHEN THERE

WAS A LANDMARK PIECE DEAL.

THEY DISARMED AND THERE ARE

SMALL FACTIONS THAT EXIST AS A

LEGAL GROUPS.

>> THIS STORY HAS CAPTURED THE

ATTENTION OF THE WORLD.

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WITHOUT

POINT MUST BE LIKE IN COLUMBIA.

>> OVERWHELMING JOY AND RELIEF.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW EVERY

DETAIL.

ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THREE WEEKS

AGO THERE WAS CONFUSION.

PRESIDENT GUSTAVO PETRO TWEETED

THE CHILDREN WERE FOUND AND HAD

TO RETRACT IT BECAUSE IT TURNED

OUT IT CAME FROM AND MAKE AN

ACCURATE OR INCOMPLETE

INFORMATION FROM THE CHILD

WELFARE AGENCY.

IT TURNED OUT THEY HAD NOT BEEN

FOUND.

AND INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF

TENSION.

PEOPLE WERE CONFUSED AND ANGRY.

THERE WAS MORE PRESSURE TO FIND

THE CHILDREN ALIVE.

ALL OF THE TIME AUTHORITIES

INSISTED THAT THEY WERE ALIVE.

EVEN A BABY WAS FOUND ALIVE AND

IN GOOD HEALTH AND THAT IS

REMARKABLE.

THE COUNTRY IS