Solo Davey du Plessis Amazon attack "horrendous to the worst degree"

His mother, Robyn Wolff, gave the following report on Facebook about the gunmen who had opened fire on Davey;

"He was shot at in his kayak. He fell out. Could not move his arm. They shot at him again, he swam to get away. He has bullets in his spine, face, neck skull arms. This boy then stayed in the water thinking it's over, but an instinct made him run, he ran for about 5 km to get help; he had to drag his leg and his arms had lost all feeling."

"He found people on the other side of the river, he tried to call for help, but no sound came out as he had been shot in the neck. They eventually saw him and wanted money to help him, he got some help, but further along he was left in a boat for 4 hours, he had no money, eventually after coughing up blood, which would not stop, they got scared and helped him, they wrapped him in plastic and blankets and not sure what happened from there, all I know Davey said to me."

"Last night he thought it was all over. He said to me, he is amazed he survived and ran all that way and is safe in hospital. His face is numb, he can't hear properly, he has bullets all over his body."

"I don't know how anyone can survive that. It is so hard as his mother to hear what he went through, this is horrendous to the worst degree. Davey is very emotional and can't believe he is alive."

"I have so many wonderful people helping me, and calling me from all over the world. Thank you."

"This boy is a hero, and to endure this savage, horrific attack, I will never know. Saddens me to the core. I cannot sleep, I keep thinking what my son went through, and how he survived. There is no braver person that I know. He has courage that I don't even know where it comes from."

"This story is so horrific; I am traumatized beyond redemption right now."

South African Brewery has stepped in to help get Davey on a plane and got him a private clinic in Lima, the capital of Peru. He was flown to Lima overnight. They also organized support people in Peru.

His mother gives details, "We have had someone at his side, even on the airplane. Gustavo Noriega is with him now. He said Davey has lots of doctors and nurses taking care of him, he is going into a specialized unit to be monitored all the time, and the surgeons a will take the next steps soon."

The purposed route is broken into a three-stage journey that will ensure Davey completes the adventure from Source to Sea of the Amazon River, beginning in the Peruvian Andean Mountains and finishing on the Brazilian Atlantic coastline.