El Salvador Castaway Anxious to Return Home After Year Adrift

Freshly shaved but still weak and exhausted.....Jose Salvador Alvarenga makes his second media appearance since he washed ashore in the Marshall islands one week ago. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) CASTAWAY JOSE SALVADOR ALVERENGA SAYING: "I want to thank the government of this place for their support to my friends. My friends they supported me thanks for taking care of me. I feel much better .. nothing else." Alvarenga, seen here emerging from a patrol boat claims he spent more than a year adrift in the Pacific Ocean. Here being helped by a male nurse the 37 year old says he survived by catching fish and birds with his bare hands. Alvarenga told officials...

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