Congressman Survives Week on Desert Island

With the economy still in the doldrums and North Korea firing missiles off its coast, it’s comforting to know that at least one elected official could survive in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Representative Jeff Flake (R-AZ), a 46-year-old father of five, recently spent seven days on an uninhabited island in the middle of the Pacific, spearing fish for food and purifying his own water. Kept company by a series of hermit crabs and at least three sharks, Flake kept a journal of his experiences and took photographs, including a shot of himself shirtless on the beach at sunset. The congressman wrote in his diary that he numbered each hermit crab he came across (becoming particularly fond of No. 1 and No. 12) and dreamed about baseball. He had been planning the trip for two years.