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Chinese boy rescued after drifting on kayak for 24 hours

A 10-year-old boy in China secretly went fishing on a kayak and got lost at sea, but miraculously survived after drifting for 24 hours. He was rescued by a group of fishermen in southern China’s Hainan province.

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