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Influencer Luciana Dangond and her friend Ger\u00f3nimo Ibarra were found on June 29 near the Rosario Islands, an archipelago in Colombia, roughly 20 hours after they had disappeared on jet skis off the coast of Punta Bar\u00fa<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
The pair had rented jet skis, which stopped working when they were roughly 2 kilometers from shore<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
In interviews with press, Dangond and Ibarra recounted their harrowing 20 hours at sea \u2014 describing how they feared for their lives as they desperately tried to call for help<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
An influencer and her friend have been rescued after they were stranded for nearly a day at sea.<\/p>\n
Luciana Dangond, a 20-year-old content creator, and her friend Ger\u00f3nimo Ibarra, 18, were found on June 29 near the Rosario Islands, an archipelago in Colombia, roughly 20 hours after they had disappeared on jet skis off the coast of Punta Bar\u00fa, a peninsula in the country, reported local outlet Blu Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n Citing the Colombian Navy, the outlet reported that Dangond and Ibarra’s relatives said they had rented jet skis and had last been seen on June 28 around 2:30 p.m. After a rescue mission \u2014\u00a0which included three navy ships, a maritime patrol aircraft, a helicopter and five Coast Guard rapid reaction units \u2014\u00a0the pair were discovered around 11 a.m. the next day, per Blu Radio.<\/p>\n \u201cThank God Ger\u00f3nimo Ibarra and Luciana Dandong have appeared safe and sound,\u201d wrote Dumek Turbay, mayor of Cartagena, Colombia, in a June 29 translated statement<\/a> on X, adding that they were receiving medical care.<\/p>\n \u201cI am especially grateful to the Bar\u00fa community, which immediately upon learning of the disappearance mobilized, united in their search,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt was fundamental in finding them.\u201d<\/p>\n Across Instagram<\/a> and TikTok<\/a>, Dangond maintains a following of over 40,000, known for sharing lifestyle content.<\/p>\n In interviews with press after they were rescued, Dangond and Ibarra recounted their harrowing 20 hours at sea \u2014\u00a0describing how they feared for their lives as they desperately tried to call for help.<\/p>\n