Three men were saved after writing "SOS". A helicopter（直升飞机）found their1on the beach. How did that happen?
The three men left Puluwat to have a trip in a small boat. On their way back home, they got2and their boat didn't work. They finally stopped at a completely3place.
With no food, the three could4look forward to being saved. They wrote "SOS" in5letters in the sand on the beach near their boat. SOS means "Help!"
Soon, people got the news that three men were lost at sea. And then the police began flying over the area,6them. Three days later, the men were found by a helicopter. The7said they were just ending their search and were about to leave because it was going to rain. "We looked down and saw an island, so we8to check it out and that was when we saw "SOS" and a boat near it on the beach." Two days later, the men got home9.
Though10messages in the sand may seem like something that only works in movies, it clearly works in real life, too.
