Lesly, aged 13, Soleiny 9, Tien 4, and baby Cristin went missing following a plane crash which killed their mother and other adults. They were found alive after forty days, wandering in the Amazon. Colombia’s president said the children had demonstrated an example of ‘total survival that will be remembered in history’. Authorities located them after hearing Tien crying. They were very weak and gaunt when flown by air ambulance to Bogota. ‘We never stopped looking for them until the miracle came’, tweeted the Colombian defence ministry. Their grandfather said, ‘The hope of finding them kept us alive. When we found them we felt joy and grateful to God.’