A "HELP" sign made from palm tree leaves saved three sailors stranded on a tiny Pacific atoll for more than a week, after the U.S. Coast Guard spotted it from the sky. The three men were found Tuesday ...

Three stranded sailors were rescued Tuesday after they had been stranded on an atoll in Micronesia for over a week and spelled "HELP" with palm tree leaves, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The sailors' ...

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.

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