Coast Guard Rescues Three Castaways Who Say They Survived On Uninhabited Island for 33 Days
At a Glance They told rescuers they swam to the island when their boat capsized.They survived on conch and rat meat.The island is in the Bahamas between Cuba and Florida. A U.S. Coast Guard crew was flying a routine mission over uninhabited islands between Florida and Cuba this week when the aircraft commander spotted something unusual below. It was three people, waving a makeshift flag. They later told rescuers they had been there for and had survived on conch and...