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    'HELP' sign on beach points rescuers to men stuck nine days on remote Pacific atoll

    by Mead Gruver Apr 12, 2024 1 minute
    Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

    Three men stranded on an uninhabited 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

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