An "SOS" message written in huge letters on the beach saved three missing men.<br />The emergency communication was spelled out on the shore of a tiny Pacific island.<br />United States and Australian authorities confirmed three men had set out in a 23-foot boat last Thursday.<br />The mariners had planned to make a 26-mile journey from Pulawat to Pulap atolls in the Federated States of Micronesia.<br />According to CNN, the group went off course and ran out of fuel, stranding them on the small island.
