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| American family missing in Amazon river pirate attack are found safe | American family missing in Amazon river pirate attack are found safe |
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| A Californian couple and their two daughters who had been missing since Sunday when pirates attacked their boat in the Amazon river delta area have been found alive. | A Californian couple and their two daughters who had been missing since Sunday when pirates attacked their boat in the Amazon river delta area have been found alive. |
| Except for insect bites and scratches, Adam and Emily Harteau and their daughters, aged three and seven, were in good condition, law enforcement officials in Brazil’s northern state of Pará said on Wednesday. The family will spend the night in a hospital in the small city of Breves, not far from where they were found. | Except for insect bites and scratches, Adam and Emily Harteau and their daughters, aged three and seven, were in good condition, law enforcement officials in Brazil’s northern state of Pará said on Wednesday. The family will spend the night in a hospital in the small city of Breves, not far from where they were found. |
| The Harteaus were headed to Breves when gunmen boarded the boat they were on and forced it to go to the city of Porto dos Dias, said Sergio Chene, a spokesman for Para’s public safety department. | The Harteaus were headed to Breves when gunmen boarded the boat they were on and forced it to go to the city of Porto dos Dias, said Sergio Chene, a spokesman for Para’s public safety department. |
| The crew and passengers were held hostage for several hours and stripped of their belongings before the pirates fled, Chene said. But when police arrived there was no sign of the Harteaus. They later found the van the family had been using in their journey abandoned in the jungle. | The crew and passengers were held hostage for several hours and stripped of their belongings before the pirates fled, Chene said. But when police arrived there was no sign of the Harteaus. They later found the van the family had been using in their journey abandoned in the jungle. |
| Colby Guillory, a Los Angeles resident acting as a family spokesman, said friends and relatives think the Harteaus decided to flee the boat to get away from the pirates and had been walking in the jungle since. “Me knowing Adam, he probably took it upon himself to save his family,” Guillory said. “We just know that sometime between pirates overtaking the boat and leaving the boat, [the Harteaus] went missing. We think they jumped.” | Colby Guillory, a Los Angeles resident acting as a family spokesman, said friends and relatives think the Harteaus decided to flee the boat to get away from the pirates and had been walking in the jungle since. “Me knowing Adam, he probably took it upon himself to save his family,” Guillory said. “We just know that sometime between pirates overtaking the boat and leaving the boat, [the Harteaus] went missing. We think they jumped.” |
| “We just can’t wait to have them home,” he said. | “We just can’t wait to have them home,” he said. |
| Adam Harteau’s brother, Keith Harteau, told the Associated Press earlier the attack happened as the family was on its way to move back to California. They were set to arrive in Los Angeles on 15 November. | Adam Harteau’s brother, Keith Harteau, told the Associated Press earlier the attack happened as the family was on its way to move back to California. They were set to arrive in Los Angeles on 15 November. |
| Keith Harteau said the couple wanted to be closer to home and for their girls to be near their family. “It was their time to get a little bit of foundation,” he said. | Keith Harteau said the couple wanted to be closer to home and for their girls to be near their family. “It was their time to get a little bit of foundation,” he said. |
| He said Emily Harteau grew up in Sacramento and Adam grew up in Juniper Hills in the San Gabriel Mountains just north-east of Los Angeles. | He said Emily Harteau grew up in Sacramento and Adam grew up in Juniper Hills in the San Gabriel Mountains just north-east of Los Angeles. |
| The Harteaus had recently been living in the southern Brazil city of Florianopolis. They have been using a website to document their journey around South America, which began in 2012 as a plan to travel to Patagonia in their Volkswagen van and return to California one year later. | The Harteaus had recently been living in the southern Brazil city of Florianopolis. They have been using a website to document their journey around South America, which began in 2012 as a plan to travel to Patagonia in their Volkswagen van and return to California one year later. |
| But the Harteaus fell in love with South America and have been there since after they “decided to embrace a future unknown and the rewards of slow travel”, according to their site, which says Adam is an artist and Emily a fashion designer. | But the Harteaus fell in love with South America and have been there since after they “decided to embrace a future unknown and the rewards of slow travel”, according to their site, which says Adam is an artist and Emily a fashion designer. |
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