新奇事件簿 用棕櫚葉拼HELP獲救

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Three men were rescued from a remote desert island in adventure-book style on Thursday. The three sailors became marooned on the tiny, uninhabited island of Fanadik in the South Pacific Ocean after their boat capsized. The island is several hundred kilometres north of Papua New Guinea. Even though they lost their vessel at night, the men managed to swim for nearly three kilometres to reach land. They remained on the island for three days and believed they were modern-day castaways. They wrote the word 'HELP' in the sand using palm leaves so they might be spotted by a plane. Their prayers were answered when a U.S. Coast Guard plane spotted their message on the beach.

在周四，三名男子就像冒險書中講的一樣從遙遠(yuǎn)的荒島中獲救。這三名水手的船翻了，他們被困在南太平洋上一個荒無人煙的Fanadik小島上。該島在巴布亞新幾內(nèi)亞北部，距離幾百公里遠(yuǎn)。雖然他們在晚上丟了船，他們還是成功地游了近三公里遠(yuǎn)到達了陸地。他們在島上呆了三天并堅信他們是現(xiàn)代的遇難者。他們用棕櫚葉在沙子上擺了“HELP”求救標(biāo)識，以便有飛機能夠發(fā)現(xiàn)他們。美國海岸巡邏隊發(fā)現(xiàn)了沙灘上的求救信號并作了回應(yīng)。

A Coast Guard spokesman spoke about the rescue. He said: "Our combined efforts, coupled with the willingness of many different resources to come together and help, led to the successful rescue of these three men in a very remote part of the Pacific." Once the men were found, their families were notified and they were put on a boat back to the island of Pulap, from where they had initially set out to sea. The Coast Guard said none of the men was injured. The rescue is one of many the U.S. Coast Guard has undertaken recently. Officials say that in the last two weeks, they have coordinated seven search-and-rescue missions in the South Pacific, saving the lives of 15 people.

一位海岸警衛(wèi)隊發(fā)言人談到救援時說：“我們共同的努力，再加上各方人力自發(fā)地一起來幫忙才在遙遠(yuǎn)的太平洋營救了這三個人。”這三個人被發(fā)現(xiàn)后，立即通知了他們的家人并且讓他們坐船回到他們出海的地方Pulap島。海岸巡邏隊稱沒有人受傷。這次營救是近期美國海岸巡邏隊的救援行動之一。官方稱，在前兩周，他們在南太平洋執(zhí)行了七次搜尋營救任務(wù)，營救了15人。