Spanish coastguard after making a risky journey from
Morocco eight years ago on a packed wooden boat won
400,000 euros ($437,000) in Spain’s annual Christmas
lottery, local media reported Wednesday.
The man, identified only by his first name Ngame, was one
of the holders of one of the 1,600 tickets with the winning
number in the draw draw.
He made an illegal entry into Europe with his wife.
“I just can’t believe this, I can tell you that on some
days we do not have five euros between the two of
us,” he told the newspaper which published a photo
of Ngame holding his winning ticket.
Ngame and his wife arrived eight years ago in the resort
island of Tenerife, a part of Spain’s Canary Islands in the
Atlantic off the coast of Morocco. They were taken there
after being rescued by Spain’s coast guard when the boat
they were travelling in ran into trouble.
“There were 65 people on that boat. I want to give
thanks to Spaniards and the Spanish government for
rescuing me when I was in the sea,” he told the
newspaper.
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