‘SOS!’ Stranded Tourists Saved From Flooded Hawaii Beach After 24 Hours (Video)

Amidst the chaos and destruction of the recent floodings in Hawaii, one couple from Colorado found themselves stranded on a beach in a real-life Castaway scenario.

Emma Stasko and Logan Bonn, a couple on spring break from Colorado, were visiting Yokohama Bay on Oahu, when they got stuck on the remote beach due to the torrential downpours and risky weather conditions. So, they wrote “SOS” in the sand.

Luckily, the United States Coast Guard saw their message, and was able to rescue them. But not after 24 hours of being stranded on the beach. See their story below.

Apparently, the couple had lost their keys to their rental car. And from there, tow trucks were delayed due to the heavy rains and flooding.

To make matters worse, flooding blocked off the area where they were located, essentially isolating them from rescue. “The tow truck wasn’t able to make it out, and so that was about the point that we knew we were going to be stuck,” Bonn told Hawaii News Now.

Also, Stasko was recovering from an ACL injury, so walking was out of the question.

They decided to try calling 911, but emergency services were inundated with urgent matters due to the extensive flooding across the island, and the two weren’t experiencing a medical emergency. However, they were running low on water.

And after 24 hours of being stranded on the beach, they decided to carve a large “SOS” message in the sand, a final act of desperation for their tricky situation.

It only took minutes for a US Coast Guard helicopter to spot the message, drop down, and pick them up. When they saw their ticket to safety arrive, Stasko recalled:

“It was kind of crazy. It felt like a miracle. We saw them circle around, and it was like a breath of fresh air.”

Bonn added: “They gave us food, they gave us water. They had a medical team come and check us out.”

Even though their situation was relatively scary – being stranded on a remote beach for 24 hours – they realize that they were lucky, and that the island of Oahu is going through something far more serious with regards to the catastrophic flooding in recent days.

“We saw kind of videos of what they were going through and all the towns being destroyed, so like we knew we were doing pretty okay for the severity the situation,” Stasko said.