A US Navy and Coast Guard operation rescued three mariners stranded on a tiny Pacific Ocean islet for more than a week after the trio spelled out "HELP" using palm fronds laid on a white-sand beach.
U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/FacebookThree mariners were rescued from a remote atoll in the Pacific on Tuesday after a U.S. Navy plane spotted a sign reading “HELP” that the stranded men had built on a beach with palm fronds.The group had been stranded for a week living off coconut meat on Pikelot Atoll—a 31-acre spit of land that is part of Micronesia. The trio, all in their 40s, had set out from Polowat Atoll on March 31 aboard a 20-foot skiff with the intention of fishing in the waters
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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.
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CNN By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — A US Navy and Coast Guard operation on Tuesday rescued three mariners stranded on a tiny Pacific Ocean islet for more than a week after the trio spelled out “HELP” using palm fronds laid on a white-sand beach. The mission also unexpectedly turned into a family reunion. The
A US Navy and Coast Guard operation on Tuesday rescued three mariners stranded on a tiny Pacific Ocean islet for more than a week after the trio spelled out “HELP” using palm fronds laid on a white-sand beach. The mission also unexpectedly turned into a family reunion. The three men had been planning to fish the waters around the Pikelot Atoll, part of Micronesia, on March 31 when their 20-foot open skiff was caught by swells and its outboard motor was damaged, according to US Coast Guard...
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 []
The U.S. Coast Guard says three men stranded on an uninhabited Pacific atoll survived for over a week before being rescued
Trio of stranded sailors managed to attract attention of passing US Navy plane
Three experienced sailors in their 40s were rescued from an uninhabited island in the Pacific after they spelled out "HELP" with large palm leaves. The sailors, who were related to each other, had traveled on Easter Sunday from Polowat to Pikelot, both atolls in the sprawling archipelago of Micronesia. — Read the rest