 From June of 1965 to September 11, 1966 six Tongan youths, Sione Fataua (17, the eldest), "Stephen" Tevita Fatai Latu (17), "David" Tevita Fifita Siolaa (15, the youngest), Kolo Fekitoa (17), "Mano" Sione Filipe Totau (16), and Luke Veikoso (16, later a boxing champion), all natives of Haʻafeva island, were shipwrecked on Ata after running away from their strict Catholic boarding school, St. Andrew's College, in Nukuʻalofa on Tongatapu.They had stolen a small boat on short notice and with little preparation; David, the youngest, later joked the other boys had brought him along because he was the only one who knew how to sail.After they anchored for the night (approximately north of Tongatapu) and an evening of fishing, they fell asleep; during the night a storm broke their anchor rope.