Stories of residents fighting for instant noodles and drift cookies from a shipwreck on the Siak River

PEKANBARU, KOMPAS.com – Siak River in the city of Pekanbaru, Riau, suddenly crowded from 06.00 WIB, Friday (05/15/2020).

The reason is that a Putra Sejahtera (KLM) motorized sailboat laden with supplies and a number of construction items sank in the port of the H Bul people in Jalan Tanjung Batu, Pesisir Village, Limapuluh District, Pekanbaru.

Residents flocked to the river not just to see the sinking ship. However, residents look for food derived from the sinking ship.

Thousands of Indomie packages and hundreds of boxes and cookies were washed. Indomie packages and cookies were scattered in the river.

As Kompas.com saw, not a few residents entered the river to take food that was washed away. Until 10:00 WIB, residents were busy drinking Indomie in the river.

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Various ways to take Indomie

Some used canoes, boat motors, and some were even willing to flood the river to save Indomie and the cookies.

Eating river-washed food is like an unexpected fortune for residents.

“Instead of walking away, we better keep it,” Joni Ambon said as she laughed as she chatted with Kompas.com on the scene on Friday.

This 40-year-old man was also seen taking part in some indomie and cookies that still accumulated on the riverbank.

According to him, it is a pity that the food is drifting.

Joni said that as soon as they received the news that the food-laden ship sank, residents immediately rushed to the Siak River.

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Thousands of residents arrived

Around 6:30 a.m., West Indonesian time, he said, the number of residents struggling to take indomi and drift crackers was incalculable.

Both residents next to the port of the H Bul people, and residents in front of them, almost all enter the river.

“Many people take it. Thousands of people are possible. Some use boat motors, canoes and also a lot of swimming. I also see eight big boats full of Indomie bread and crackers,” Joni said.