Family Rescued in Pacific After Sailing 'Where God Led Us'

[crooked_halo]

A leap of faith that sent an Arizona family bound for the South Pacific in a sailboat has returned them in an airplane after a harrowing ordeal at sea that saw them adrift and nearly out of food in one of the remotest stretches of ocean on the planet

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I'm so glad someone submitted this

[chaya]

can we all just take a moment to appreciate the fact that they were almost rescued by Canadians

Re: I'm so glad someone submitted this

[crooked_halo]

Oh god, yes! Not to mention that they were rescued by Venezuelans and flown him on US tax dollars. Darn those taxes!

Re: I'm so glad someone submitted this

[world_dancer]

What, they didn't relocate to Chile? I mean, that is "where God led them."

Re: I'm so glad someone submitted this

[spiritoftherain]

Too many illegal immigrants there, probably!

[tabaqui]

Oh for fuck's sake. At least those poor little kids didn't get hurt/die.

[crooked_halo]

I totally agree. I really hope there is at least an investigation into the fact that these people took children on a dangerous journey with what sounds like little to no preparation. I'm so thankful that they were rescued but dearly hope that these kids are not allowed to stay with parents who thought that this was an intelligent idea.

[moonshaz]

This! Those poor kids, my God, somebody really SHOULD do something.

[chimbleysweep]

[crooked_halo]

That gif is flawless!

[chimbleysweep]

[sorchekyrkby]

SO MUCH HAROLD LLOYD LOVE

[mastadge]

Jesus, please tell your followers that it's fine if they want to compete for the Darwin Award, but maybe suggest that they please leave their children out of it.

[seishin]

Ia

[nycscribbler]

Does it still count as a Darwin if you bred, but take the kids down with you in your blaze of fail?

[tigerdreams]

It would if harming innocents didn't disqualify you from a Darwin Award. But I think the way things turned out would leave them eligible for an Honorable Mention.

[aviv_b]

I hope the Venezuelans and the U.S. government bill them for the rescue. Because I'm sure they wouldn't want to be takers not givers.

[tinylegacies]

that was my first thought

[romp]

Seriously. Why are they even still citizens of the US?

[nikoel]

They probably don't have any skills that would get them into another country so they did this idiotic thing instead.