At just 19 years old, Aldi Novel Adilang set out to work on a small wooden fishing hut anchored off the coast of Indonesia — a lonely job miles from shore, with only the sea and sky for company. 🌅

Then came the storm. 💨
Winds howled, waves roared, and in one terrifying night, the ropes anchoring his hut snapped. Aldi was swept into the open ocean, drifting farther and farther away from everything he knew. 💔

For 49 days, he fought to survive on a fragile platform barely big enough to stand on. He caught fish with his bare hands, drank seawater filtered through his T-shirt, and burned pieces of his hut each time he spotted a ship — praying someone would see the smoke. 🚢🔥

Ten ships passed. None noticed. Still, he didn’t give up. 🌧️
On the 49th day, weak, sunburned, and starving, Aldi saw a tanker in the distance. Summoning the last of his strength, he jumped into the waves and swam toward hope. 🙏💦

The crew pulled him aboard — alive, trembling, and in tears. When he finally returned home, the boy the ocean tried to claim had become a living miracle — proof that even in the darkest storms, hope can outlast the sea. 💙🌈🕊️