'HELP' sign on beach points Navy and Coast Guard aviators to men stuck on Pacific atoll
Time:2024-05-21 22:11:54 Source:worldViews(143)
Three men stranded on an uninhabited Pacific island survived for more than a week and used palm fronds to spell out HELP on the beach – leading to rescue by Navy and Coast Guard aviators who spotted the sign from several thousand feet in the air.
They had embarked March 31 in a 20-foot boat with an outboard motor from Pulawat Atoll, a small island with about an estimated 1,000 inhabitants in the Federated States of Micronesia about 1,800 miles (3,000 kilometers) east of the Philippines.
The men were fishing when they hit a coral reef, putting a hole in the boat’s bottom and causing it to take on water, Lt. Keith Arnold said in a Coast Guard video.
A Coast Guard ship, the Oliver Henry, picked up the men Tuesday and took them back to the atoll where they had set out nine days earlier and 100 miles (160 kilometers) away, according to the statement.
Previous:Grant Shapps vows he WILL find more planes for mass parachute drop to mark 80th anniversary of D
Next:Four people killed in a house explosion in southwestern Missouri
You may also like
- Philippines blames China for loss of giant clams in disputed shoal and urges environmental inquiry
- Rudy Gobert wins record
- US not a sincere mediator in Israeli
- Dua Lipa puts on sultry show in silk and lace as she teams a plunging corset with low
- Elon Musk gets approval from FDA to implant his Neuralink brain chip into a second patient
- China celebrates 30 years of internet access, boasting over 1 billion users
- Israeli tanks have rolled into Rafah. What does this mean for the Palestinians sheltering there?
- Shakira puts on a busty display in ravishing red dress with billowing sleeves at 2024 Met Gala
- Judge blocks Biden administration from enforcing new gun sales background check rule in Texas