Story highlights Colombian man, 29, rescued by freighter and brought to Honolulu by Coast Guard

Man was in 23-foot skiff, adrift for more than two months

Survivor says 3 companions perished at sea

(CNN) He spent two months adrift in the Pacific and saw three of his companions die -- and the Coast Guard is calling him "fortunate."

That's the story of a 29-year-old Colombian mariner who arrived in Honolulu on Wednesday, according to a U.S. Coast Guard press release.

The Coast Guard said the man, whose name was not given, was picked up on April 26 by a Panamanian freighter about 2,150 miles southeast of Hilo, Hawaii.

The man told the crew of the 618-foot-long bulk carrier Nikkei Verde that he and three companions had set out from Colombia's Pacific coast more than two months earlier in a 23-foot skiff.

When the motor on the small vessel died, the men drifted, catching and eating fish and seagulls to survive, the Coast Guard said the man reported.

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