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#302368 - 04/12/24 05:56 PM USCG rescue fishermen frm deserted island
Doug_Ritter Pooh-Bah Registered: 01/28/01 Posts: 2207	US Coast Guard, Navy rescue 3 fishermen from deserted island after spelling 'HELP' with palms The US Coast Guard and Navy helped rescue three men who embarked on a fishing excursion from Polowat Atoll in Micronesia before going missing on March 31. https://www.foxnews.com/world/us-coast-g...ling-help-palms _________________________ Doug Ritter Editor Equipped To Survive® Chairman & Executive Director Equipped To Survive Foundation www.KnifeRights.org www.DougRitter.com
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#302369 - 04/12/24 08:27 PM Re: USCG rescue fishermen frm deserted island [Re: Doug_Ritter]
pforeman Enthusiast Registered: 04/23/08 Posts: 240 Loc: Iowa	It's nice to see that "old school" still works. Putting out a signal that can be observed from the air is still and always should be a first thought. Good on them.
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#302370 - 04/13/24 01:39 AM Re: USCG rescue fishermen frm deserted island [Re: Doug_Ritter]
Phaedrus Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/28/10 Posts: 3164 Loc: Big Sky Country	Wow! What a great rescue! _________________________ “I'd rather have questions that cannot be answered than answers that can't be questioned.” —Richard Feynman
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#302373 - 04/15/24 06:35 PM Re: USCG rescue fishermen frm deserted island [Re: Doug_Ritter]
Ren Addict Registered: 11/05/07 Posts: 543 Loc: Wales, UK	Same island as 3 were rescued from in 2020, also using palms to sign SOS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvLVMZQjZqM
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#302377 - 04/17/24 11:35 PM Re: USCG rescue fishermen frm deserted island [Re: Doug_Ritter]
brandtb Addict Registered: 11/26/04 Posts: 514 Loc: S.E. Pennsylvania	I would have gone with S O S. _________________________ Univ of Saigon 68
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