article_snippet.sent: In February 2012, two friends asked 18-year-old Adrian Vasquez whether 18-year-old Adrian Vasquez wanted to tag along on an overnight fishing expedition.
article_snippet.sent: 18-year-old Adrian Vasquez said yes, and the three set off from the Panama town of San Carlos on a small boat, 18-year-old Adrian Vasquez's mother, Nilsa de la Cruz, recalled.
article_snippet.sent: And, with no tools and scant navigational experience, the trio didn't know what to do, according to 18-year-old Adrian Vasquez's mother.
article_snippet.sent: Vasquez's mother calls Panama teen's return 'a miracle' Vazquez ate raw fish and drank rainwater as currents swept Vazquez boat, the Fifty Cents, further and further from the coast and into the Pacific Ocean.
article_snippet.sent: Somewhere along the way, Vazquez two companions died.
article_snippet.sent: Adm. Freddy Garcia Calle saying 18-year-old Adrian Vasquez threw their bodies into the sea "because their had become badly decomposed.
article_snippet.sent: The Ecuadorian navy came in and picked up the teenage survivor, who'd lost 20 pounds and showed "severe signs of dehydration and lack of nutrition," according to Garcia Calle.