PACIFIC OCEAN — Two Americans lost at sea for five months in the Pacific were rescued by the US Navy after being spotted by Taiwanese fishing boat. <br /> <br />Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiaba left Hawaii for Tahiti this spring with their two dogs, but had their engine fail on May 30 during a storm. <br />The pair continued on hoping to reach land by sail. They began issuing daily distress calls for two months, but were too far out to be heard by anyone. <br /> <br />On Tuesday, a Taiwanese fishing boat spotted the pair 900 miles southeast of Japan and contacted the U.S. Coast Guard in Guam. <br /> <br />The USS Ashland arrived the next morning to pick the women and their pooches up. <br /> <br />Appel and Fuiaba were able to survive because they had water purifiers and more than a year's worth of food on board.
