'A miracle from God': 4 children survived 40 days in jungle

BOGOTA, Colombia (NewsNation) — Colombian authorities rescued three children and a baby in Colombia’s Amazon jungle after they survived a deadly plane crash. The children spent 40 days in the jungle, where snakes and other dangerous predators live.

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro says the children’s mother and two pilots died in a plane crash on May 1 due to engine failure after issuing a Mayday alert. The plane fell off the radar, prompting an intensive search for the children whose ages range from 11 months to 13 years old.

The missing children became the sole focus of a massive rescue operation. Colombia’s Army sent 150 soldiers to search for the missing children and to work with locals in the area.

The bodies of their mother...