The fishermen spelled out “HELP” with palm fronds on a beach
Three men stranded on an uninhabited Pacific atoll survived for over a week before being rescued by U.S. Navy and Coast Guard aviators and sailors, according to the Coast Guard.The fishermen spelled out ' HELP ' with palm fronds on a beach, enabling Navy and Coast Guard aviators to pinpoint them on the remote island, a Coast Guard statement said.
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.“They knew they weren’t going to be able to make their return home and would need to beach their vessel,” said Arnold.On April 6, a relative reported them missing to a Coast Guard facility in Guam, saying the men in their 40s had not returned from Pikelot Atoll. A search initially covering 78,000 square miles began.The crew of a U.
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