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The oldest sister, Lesly, whose courage has been hailed by
authorities as key to the children's survival, pulled the
youngest child, Cristin, from the plane, grandfather Narciso
Mucutuy said in videos posted by the defense ministry.
"When she looked and saw that her mother was dead, she saw the
feet of her littlest sister where the three dead were and she
pulled her out," Mucutuy said at the Bogota military hospital
where the children are being treated.
The children spent four days near the wreckage, he said, eating
flour that had been onboard, before wandering from the site.
Lesly was exhausted by the time they were rescued, Mucutuy
added. The children used large leaves and branches to shelter
from the rain, he said, and spent time with one of the military
rescue dogs sent to look for them.
The dog, Wilson, remains missing and an operation to find him is
ongoing.
The children are recovering satisfactorily, the child welfare
agency said, and have been able to see some family members, as
well as draw and talk.
"The children are well, they are stable and following their
medical treatment," said agency official Adriana Velasquez in a
video posted on Twitter.
Rescuers told Colombia's public broadcaster in an interview on
Sunday that the children hugged them and said they were hungry
when they were found. The boy told them their mother was dead,
the rescuers said.
The father of the two youngest siblings has said the children
will tell their own story about the ordeal.
(Reporting by Julia Symmes Cobb; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
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