Luffy invited seven fishermen aboard the Thousand Sunny, then used a rope to tow their boat behind the ship's stern.
After the fishermen finished eating, Chopper gave them a full physical examination, concluding that they were simply suffering from malnutrition with no other serious issues.
The fishermen's captain, whose name was Stenson, began to explain that they had been attacked by pirates at sea, losing all their supplies and having their vessel badly damaged. Unable to navigate properly, they could only drift with the ocean currents, and he begged Luffy to take them to a nearby island.
Chapter 22