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SOS message in sand saves sailors stranded on Pacific island

Guardian, 04 Aug 2020
Footage from the US Coast Guard shows the rescue of three missing sailors from the tiny Pikelot Island in the Pacific. The men were stranded there when their boat ran out of fuel and strayed off course but were saved after a rescue team spotted their giant SOS message written in the sand
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