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People stranded on island wave away Coast Guard helicopter, “No Thanks! It’s much better here!”

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Slab Squatthrust
Jul 14, 2021
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By Slab Squatthrust

KEY WEST - The U.S. Coast Guard attempted to rescue three people on Wednesday from an uninhabited island in the Caribbean where they had been stranded for over a month, but were waved away with a message written in rocks and sticks “NO THANKS,” authorities said.

The stranded people — two men and a woman identified as normal Americans —…

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