She has been working at PEOPLE since 2017. A Florida family leapt into action after learning that one of their own had gone missing at sea — and a now-viral video captured their ecstatic ...

By Michael Levenson For 95 days, Máximo Napa Castro, 61, was alone and lost at sea, praying to God and clinging to the hope that he would one day see his mother again. Without food or water ...

Lost at sea films bring a new level of suspense and terror due to the vastness of the ocean and the isolation of its characters. Many of these films are based on true ...

to help each other,” said Máximo Napa Castro — known as “Gatón” — a Peruvian fisherman who never lost his faith while being stranded at sea for 95 days until he was finally rescued off ...

Finding such a vessel is a "very difficult search," according to The New York Times, and sea rescues have been historically rare. How do such vessels get lost, and why are they so difficult to find?

The sailors were aboard a 32-foot sailboat named "Hot Chocolate," which left Connecticut bound for North Carolina.