These Stranded Teens Lived A Real Life 'Lord of the Flies'

Land Ho!

After drifting for what felt like forever (though was only about eight days), the boys came across a tiny island. Sure, it wasn't the sprawling civilization they had hoped to discover, but it was land. Laying about 102 miles southwest of Tonga, the boys stumbled across a giant, rocky island known today as 'Ata. The desolate rock would become their new home... 

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