Colombian army radios sent out a keyword last week that announced four children had been found alive after 40 days missing in the jungle: miracle, miracle, miracle. The siblings aged 1 to 13, members of the Huitoto Indigenous community, had been travelling with their mother on a small plane when it crashed into the Amazon jungle on May 1. The children’s father told reporters over the weekend that their mother survived for four days after the crash before telling the children to leave. Officials praised Lesly Mucutuy, 13, for ensuring her siblings’ survival – she took fariña, or cassava flour, from the plane and used her knowledge of the rainforest’s fruits. Rescue teams passed within 20 to 50 metres of the children before special forces found them, while a military rescue dog called Wilson reportedly spent time with the children before going missing. The children are now recovering at a military hospital in Bogotá – the NYT says Lesly’s nine year-old sister Soleiny is talking a lot while Tien, aged five, is asking for books to read. Two of the children’s birthdays passed while they were in the jungle. The whole country is now celebrating.