Indonesian adrift at sea for 23 days rescued

ZAMBOANGA CITY: A fisherman rescued an Indonesian whose floating cottage had drifted far into Tawi-Tawi province in southern Mindanao where he spent 23 days at sea.

Army Captain Jo-ann Petinglay, spokesman for the Western Mindanao Command, said Erens Fiter was recovered late Monday afternoon and spent a day with his rescuer Idris Elsan, a fisherman, before being handed over to the police in the town of Simunul.