US Coast Guard rescues man stranded for three days on Bahamas island

The letters SOS etched in the sand during the Coast Guard’s rescue (U.S. Coast Guard via AP)

A 64-year-old man whose sailboat became disabled spent three days stranded on an island in the Bahamas before the US Coast Guard spotted a flare he fired and rescued him.

The crew of a Coast Guard Air Station Miami aircraft dropped food, water and a radio to communicate with the man, who told them about his ordeal, the agency said.