Three males had been rescued from a abandoned island within the western Pacific after a U.S. Navy patrol aircraft noticed the phrase H-E-L-P spelled out on the sand in an actual life castaway drama. 

The drama started Monday when the three males set out on their 19-foot skiff from Pulap within the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia. The males reported that a number of hours after their departure their vessel was capsized by a big wave, and so they spent the night time swimming till they reached the uninhabited island of Fandadik, positioned roughly 4 nautical miles from Pulap.

Coordinating the search, the U.S. Coast Guard enlisted the assistance of industrial vessels taking part within the AMVER program and requested air assist from the Navy to go looking the waters within the area.

Three days later, the males had been noticed by a Navy P-8A aircrew on Thursday as they waved life jackets and stood subsequent to a big “help” signal made from palm leaves. A small boat was then in a position to get better the lads from the island with no reported accidents.

“Ingenuity of these men to build their sign and the preparedness of having lifejackets also contributed to their safe rescue,” the Coast Guard mentioned in an announcement on Facebook.