The U.S. Navy and Coast Guard rescued three mariners from a remote, uninhabited Pacific island Thursday after a Navy plane spotted palm fronds spelling the word “help” on the sand.
The castaways who constructed the makeshift S.O.S. had been stranded on Fanadik Island for three days, according to the Coast Guard. This island lies about 2,600 miles southwest of Honolulu.
From: 3 rescued from remote island after using palm fronds to spell ‘help’ – CNNPolitics.com
It was supposed to be a 3 hour tour!Report
Then why did the Howells bring all that luggage? They were obviously planning to fake their own deaths.Report
Nah, it was clearly a tax sheltering plan gone awry. In the olden days before the internet you had to carry your wealth to offshore accounts.Report
2600 miles in three hours? That’s a fast boat.Report
Phew… this rescue brought to you by the Letter “P”Report
Obligatory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWP6Qki8mWcReport
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVFRgoQe86UReport
Why didn’t they just make a short-wave radio out of coconuts?Report
A lot easier to do with the English alphabet rather that, say, Arabic.Report
Appropriately, Fanadik Island is nearly the exact cartographic antipode as the island of Lesbos.Report
Are you sure this article isn’t simply describing a New Yorker cartoon?Report