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TWO MEN WERE rescued from a remote island in the Pacific Ocean after they used palm leaves to write ‘SOS’ in the sand.
The men, who are both in their fifties, were rescued following a combined effort by the US Navy and Coast Guard services after being stranded for about eight days.
The rescue took place on East Fayu island in Micronesia in the western Pacific, about 4,000km from Hawaii.
The Federated States of Micronesia is made up of 607 islands in the region.
The men are understood to have taken off in their 18 foot boat to make the journey from Weno Island on Tamatam Island and were expected to arrive the next day, 18 August.
When they didn’t arrive a search was conducted but no sign of the men was spotted until a week later on an uninhabited island.
The discovery was made by the US Navy who notified the US Coast Guard based out of Guam.
The men were eventually rescued with and were transferred safely to the Nomwin atoll.
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They were actually saved by using a light to signal a ship, but don’t let the truth get in the way of your story.
The sos sign was seen when a rescue helicopter was sent to get them.
Wilson!
Truth be told they got lost looking for pokemon
How was it uninhabited? There was two men living there.
My the things people will do for attention these days…sheez
8 days ?shore that was like a holiday on a Pacific island !now if it was 8 mths or years even that a story…
At least they didn’t have to eat each other
Impossible.
Or ride one another.
They could have easily put a mast on that boat and took a left turn over to Papua New Guinea……….
And be eaten by savages.
Muck savages?
If only Robinson Crusoe thought of that
That man Friday feeling
As I said in comments of the week the craic is gone out of comments here.
Particularly yours…
What did they write it with?? Very suspicious story.
A big stick maybe???
And where did they get that?? This just doesn’t add up.
Christ I can tell you’d be fierce creative in the same situation. Where are hell are we going to find a big stick on a deserted tropical island with trees everywhere! We’re doomed
All very convenient that the island was full of these ‘so-called’ trees… People are so gullible
Maybe a stick, their hands or even their nobs, who knows.
It said in the article they used palm leaves to do it
WILSON!!!!
PLEH
I get that reference!
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