The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy were able to successfully rescue three sailors who were stranded on a small Pacific island for over a week, after they spelled “help” in the sand with palm tree leaves.
The three men, all in their 40s, left Easter Sunday on a 20-foot skiff from Polowat to Pikelot (both places are two small Pacific islands that make up the Micronesia archipelago), the Coast Guard said.
Six days later, on Saturday, a woman called the Coast Guard to report that her uncles had not returned from Pikelot
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Article URL : https://www.npr.org/2024/04/12/1244265417/men-rescued-island-leaves-coast-guard