In early 2014, a man in a boat 1)..............(be/found) drifting in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The man 2).........(claim) that he 3)................(be/lost) at sea for an amazing 13 months! At first, no one 4)................(believe) him. Hoe.............(he/survive) without food and water? He said that for all that time he 6).........(eat) sea birds and fish and drinking rain water. It 7)........(seem) an incredible story, but it was true. The Mexican government 8)..............(be/contacted) and they said that, indeed, a firsherman, Jose Salvador Alvarenga, 9)................(be/reported) missing for over a year. Amazingly, Jose 10)......(tell) the truth.