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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Kelly Rissman

Man rescued from uninhabited Bahamian island after three days shipwrecked

United States Coast Guard News

The Coast Guard rescued a man from an uninhabited island after he had been stranded there for three days.

On 18 August, the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Paul Clark rescued the man from the Bahamian island of Cay Sal – an uninhabited region between Florida, Cuba and the Bahamas. According to a statement from the agency, the Coast Guard Air Station Miami Auxiliary aircrew was notified about a “disabled sailboat firing flares near Cay Sal.”

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