A "HELP" sign made from palm tree leaves saved three sailors stranded on a tiny Pacific atoll for more than a week, after the U.S. Coast Guard spotted it from the sky.

Officials say a Sea Tow captain was in the vicinity and responded to the area near Palm Tree Island, where he found a man in the water. North Carolina Wildlife officials say the victim, 62-year-old ...

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C. (WECT) - A medical examiner will be determining the cause of death in a boating accident that happened north of Palm Tree Island on May 22. A spokesperson with N.C. Wildlife ...

Navy aircraft spotted the men from their palm tree sign on April 7. The aircraft deployed survival packages to the sailors until further help could arrive, the Coast Guard said.