80 migrants dead after a month adrift

They drifted in the Atlantic for 26 days, battling waves, thirst, and hunger; over 80 migrants lost their lives, while 44 survived. They had set off on August 7 from the coast of The Gambia—more than 1,600 kilometers away from the Canary Islands—aboard a *cayuco* (a type of traditional fishing boat).
Three survivors were urgently airlifted to safety by helicopter. The others reached land around 3 a.m. yesterday. All were exhausted, dehydrated, and in a state of shock. "They were veritable living corpses, like zombies. They kept collapsing and couldn't stay on their feet. Most were hallucinating, and some even tried to strike us," a rescuer said in a statement published by Euronews.