Sri Lanka, Nov. 10 -- The five survivors, including three men and two teenage boys, reached a nearby village after following the sound of church bells.

Five people, including two teenage boys, have survived nearly 100 days at sea after a small boat carrying nine family members drifted more than 3,000 miles (around 4828 Km) across the Pacific Ocean. The family had set out on a one-hour journey between islands in Micronesia on July 30, but a storm pushed their 20-foot boat off course. During the journey, four family members, including a child, died, and the survivors were forced to throw their bodies into the sea, reported PEOPLE.

The survivors reached Fanning Island in Kiribati on November 1, where local residents helped them after they ...