In a heartbreaking story, a heroic mother used her unconditional love for her children to allow herself to lay down her life so they may continue to live out theirs.
On September 11, 2021, a funeral was held in Caracas, Venezuela’s capital, for the 40-year-old mother of two, Mariely Chacón. This burial followed a tragic scene where Chacón was found in a tiny lifeboat with her children clutching her lifeless body.
Officials from INEA stated that this mother managed to help her 6-year-old son Jose David and her 2-year-old daughter Maria Beatriz Camblor Chacón survive by drinking her own urine and breastfeeding them.
![Mariely Chacón and her two children [left]; A cruise ship out at sea [right]. | Source: twitter.com/balleralert twitter.com/inea_venezuela](https://centralrecorder.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Mother-Gives-Her-Life-to-Save-Her-Children-after-Shipwreck.jpg "Brave Mom Sacrificed Her Life to Save Her Children after Shipwreck – She Breastfed Them for Days")
Chacón, her kids, and their 25-year-old nanny Verónica Martinez, who was also found alive, ended up drifting in the open waters after September 3, 2021, when a giant wave wrecked the pleasure cruise they were on. Her dad Humberto Chacónexpressed:
“[It was] simply a family trip to entertain the children.”
It was only four days later when officials found the four adrift. The children were taken to a medical facility in Caracas, where they were reportedly treated for physical issues and injuries, and trauma related to the incident.
The nanny was also treated for burns in the first degree as well as dehydration. Martinez was found in an empty iceboxin an assumable attempt to escape the scathing heat and dehydration.
Her 29-year-old son, blind in both eyes, found her as he followed her cries for help.
It has been officially confirmed that the 40-year-old mother herself passed away from organ failure from dehydration. According to estimates, she died within three to four hours of rescuers finding her.
The children, mother, and nanny were four out of nine people on the cruise, none of which had been found. INEA has stated:
“We share the pain of the families of the victims of this terrible tragedy.”
Amongst the missing casualties is Jose and Maria’s father, Remis Clambor. Sadly, a spokesperson for INEA expressedthe chances of finding these individuals are low.
As this selfless mother embodied, the love people tend to have for their families sometimes defies human understanding. The mother was saved by her child in one instance.
New York City was devastated by Hurricane Ida. 47-year-old Danette Rivera, attempting to escape from the storm, ran to her basement. Moments later, it quickly began filling up with water, almost touching the ceiling, with Rivera unable to escape.
The son of Rivera’s 29-year-old blindness, followed Rivera’s cries and pulled her out through the basement’s open window. Although it may sound cliché, the old saying that family comes first is true in both these cases.