2 Airmen From Pa.’s 171st Air Refueling Wing Help Spot SOS Sign On Beach, Locate 3 Missing Men Stranded On Tiny Island

(KDKA/CNN) — Members of the 171st Air Refueling Wing are being hailed as heroes after helping to rescue three missing mariners from a tiny, uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean.
A large “SOS” message written in the sand on the beach of the island caught the attention of the rescuers, United States and Australian authorities said.
The three lost men had set out in a 23-foot boat last Thursday to make a 26-mile journey from Pulawat to Pulap atolls in the Federated States of Mi