 The families of the castaway boys promised to teach Warner the secrets of how and where to fish for them, and Warner was given a royal concession to trap the spiny lobster in Tongan waters as a reward for rescuing the group, leading to a long friendship between Warner and King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV.Several documentary films have been made about the boys' ordeal.Warner learned the boys had been incarcerated when they did not show up to a party he was holding to honour them.