"Four children, including a 12-month old baby, have been found alive after they survived a plane crash and then managed to fend for themselves in a remote jungle..."

"... in Colombia for nearly six weeks. The siblings, who showed signs of severe insect bites and dehydration, are believed to have sustained and protected themselves by gathering fruit and building small shelters. A search force of almost 150 people, including special forces commandos and indigenous volunteers, had spent a month searching the impenetrable rain-soaked terrain. They were close to giving up when the remarkable discovery was made. 'Miracle! Miracle! Miracle!' rescuers said they shouted when they found the children."

 
The London Times reports.

It was almost two weeks before the wreckage of the aeroplane was found hanging in the forest. Inside the fuselage were the three bodies of the adults: the children’s mother, the pilot, Hernando Murcia Morales, and indigenous leader Hernán Mendoza Hernández. But there was no sign of the children....

Near the crash site search teams found discarded fruits that seemed to have been eaten by humans, some small footprints, a baby’s bottle, and even a makeshift shelter made of sticks....

Rescuers laced the terrain with 11,000 metres of wide tape, dubbed the “ribbon of life” by officials, and attached as many as 600 whistles to it.... 

President Petro said it was the children’s knowledge of the forest, passed on by their late mother, that was the key to their survival. “Their learning from indigenous families and their learning of living in the jungle has saved them” he said. "They are children of the jungle, and now they are also children of Colombia."

The children belong to the Huitoto ethnic group, about 8,500 of whom live along the middle courses of the Caqueta and Putumayo rivers in southern Colombia.... Their identity as a people of the deep interior is embedded in their origin mythology. Their primal tree or “talking pole” was infested by worms sent by the “People of the Mouth of the River,” which brought pestilence and mocked them. A great war ensued in which the “People of the Centre” - the Huitoto - were ultimately victorious.

I can't copy the whole thing, but it's a fantastic story. There were also 2 dogs involved and a grandmother whose recorded voice was played through loud speakers, saying, in the children's native language: "They are looking for you. Stay where you are, so they can come to you."

Yes, if they had stayed where they were, with the plane, they would have been found in 2 weeks, but it took 6 weeks. How wonderful that they took care of each other for so long — Lesly Mucutuy, 13, Soleiny Mucutuy, 9, Tien Ronoque Mucutuy, 4, and the baby Cristin Neriman Ranoque Mucutuy, 12 months.