Posted on 02/10/2021 5:57:26 PM PST by Hojczyk
Three people believed to have been stranded on an uninhabited island in the Bahamas for 33 days have been rescued, the US Coast Guard says.
An aircrew was on a routine patrol when it spotted the group frantically waving a makeshift flag on Anguilla Cay. The Cuban nationals told officials they had survived largely on coconuts.
One of the crew members involved in the rescue efforts told the BBC he was "amazed that they were able to survive f
The group was first spotted on the island located between the Florida Keys and Cuba on Monday.
Coast Guard official Riley Beecher told the BBC that he was out on patrol when "something caught the attention of my eye". When he came back round at a lower altitude, he realised that there were people on the island in distress.
The crew was not equipped to carry out an immediate rescue, but food, water and a radio were dropped to them so they could communicate. "Unfortunately we didn't have any fluent Spanish speakers but in my broken Spanish I was able to discern that they were from Cuba and that they needed medical assistance. They made sure to stress that they had been on the island for 33 days," Lt Beecher said.
The group of two men and one woman told Coast Guard officials that they swam to the island after their boat sank. Justin Dougherty said the group later told him they were "able to get nourishment from coconuts".
"At first glance the island doesn't seem to have much, but there is some shrubbery there and some trees so they were able to stay out of the elements somewhat," he said
I've never come across anyone who's been [stranded] for anywhere like that length of time before," L
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Coconuts are loaded with fat, electrolytes, and water.
I think finding lime for the coconuts was the most difficult part of having to stay on the island.
Coconuts are not fat.
They just have big bones.
Brawndo has got electrolytes.
Better than a stinking volleyball...
Hah! Nillson....
Coconuts are very nutritious.
Bet they also ate sea creatures.
“two men and one woman”
Then mix it all up!
Sounds like the punchline of a “three Cubans walk into a bar” joke.
It’s what plants crave.
Were they trying to get to the US?
(And do we still have ‘wet foot, dry foot’; or did Clinton screw that, too?)
Dawn Wells, “Mary Ann”, died recently of Covid.
For some reason, her dead hit me hard.
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