Three Cubans, who were isolated on a desert island in the Caribbean, were rescued by the US Coast Guard after 33 days.
The Associated Press and others reported on the 10th local time that the US Coast Guard rescued two men and a woman from a desert island in the Bahamas in the Caribbean between Key West, Florida and Cuba.
While the Coast Guard was patrolling the nearby area with helicopters, they found people waving flags on an uninhabited island. Prior to rescue, water, food, and radios were sent down to the island on the 8th.
All three people were able to escape the island by helicopter on the 9th, the next day after the rescue operation was delayed due to bad weather.
All those rescued are known to be of Cuban nationality and swim to the island in the wake of the ship overturning during the voyage.
On a remote, uninhabited island, local media reported that they survived 33 days eating coconuts, conch and rats.
It is unclear whether these Cubans are immigrants trying to go to the United States or simply refugees, a Coast Guard official said.
After the rescue, he was once transferred to a hospital, and he showed symptoms of dehydration and fatigue, but no trauma was known.
(Photo = US Coast Guard Twitter, Yonhap News)