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Four stowaways who survived a 14-day crossing of the Atlantic perched above a cargo ship’s rudder have given details of their perilous journey.

The men hid onboard the ship in Nigeria believing it would be sailing for Europe. They were shocked to realise two weeks later that they had arrived at Vitoria, a port in southeastern Brazil, after their 5,600km (3,500 miles) ordeal.

To prevent themselves from falling into the water, the men had rigged up a net around the rudder and tied themselves to it with a rope. After ten days at sea, they ran out of food and drink. They resorted to drinking their own urine to survive.

Roman Ebimene Friday, said his journey began on June 27, when a friend rowed him up to the stern of the Liberian-flagged Ken Wave, in Lagos, and left him by the rudder. He was both surprised and frightened to find three other men already there, waiting for the ship to depart. He feared they might push him into the water.

During the journey he said he saw sharks and whales following the ship. He also said all the men were constantly worried they might be spotted by the crew of the ship. “We taught ourselves never to make a noise,” he said.

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