Present-Day Castaways Rescued

[Cynthia M Kennedy]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/22/guam.missing.skiff/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Cindy
TIGHAR #3167

[Martin X. Moleski, SJ]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/22/guam.missing.skiff/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Kudos to them for going prepared for an emergency, for leaving an ETA with friends, and for providing a large "signal" for their rescuers to spot.  Their solar-powered radio seems to have worked to contact a nearby boat that, in turn, helped focus the search area.

[Chris Johnson]

Whats interesting here is the application of procedures and technology to facilitate their rescue! Unlike 1937 in the Pacific  :(

[Hilary Christine Olson]

Kind of ironic that one of the reporting  US Coast Guard Specialists is named Putnam .

[Chris Johnson]

Kind of ironic that one of the reporting  US Coast Guard Specialists is named Putnam .

Missed that one!

[Rich Ramsey]

Kind of ironic that one of the reporting  US Coast Guard Specialists is named Putnam .

I thought I was the only one to catch that.