Shipwrecked Sailors Rescued After HELP Sign Is Spotted From The Air

THREE shipwrecked sailors were resued from a remote, uninhabited Pacific island after spelling out HELP with palm leaves.

The trio had been stranded for three days after their vessel was overturned by a large wave, forcing them to swim two miles to shore at night.

They were rescued by the US Navy and Coast Guard after a passing plane spotted the message and notified the authorities on Tuesday morning.

A local boat picked up the relieved sailors from the Fanadik Island in Micronesia and returned them home to Pulap on Thursday.

The Coast Guard regularly carries out rescue operations in the area due to a lack of local capacity.

Nigeria Police Rescue 3 Abducted Bauchi Girls

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have rescued three teenage girls, who were abducted in Bauchi State and forcefully converted to Islam.

The Prison Inmate Development Initiative, a non-governmental organisation, handling the matter, told one of our correspondents that the girls were handed over to the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 12, Bauchi, Mr. Tunde Ogunsakin, on Tuesday, by the Shari’ah Commission in the state.

SUNDAY PUNCH had reported on March 6, 2016, that Blessing Gopep, 13, was abducted by two men identified as Iliya and Umaru, both living in Alkaleri, Bauchi State.

Blessing and her friend, Mary, were on their way back to Jos after spending their holidays with Blessing’s uncle in Bauchi in August, 2015.

Her father had said Blessing and Mary had gone to the Alkaleri motor park, and while they waited on the bus for other passengers, two men, identified as Iliya and Umaru, arrived at the park on a motorcycle and abducted Blessing.

Photos: 11-Year-Old Boy Stops Traffic To Rescue Dog Hit By Car

You don't need to be big to be a big hero. For example, 11-year-old Jean Fernandes, a brave boy from Brazil, recently risked his life to save a dog that had been hit by a car in Itajaí, according to Brazilian news site Guarda-Sol.

The injured dog remained in the roadway after the driver who allegedly struck it drove off. Jean then ran between oncoming vehicles to pick up the helpless animal and bring it to safety, Brazilian outlet Globo Rural reports.

Jean's mother, Rubia Liliana Rose, told BioBioChile that her son loves animals and will rescue ones he finds abandoned or abused.