A mysterious SOS sign made of rocks spotted by a pilot flying over Swift Bay in Western Australia has perplexed authorities. A ground search of the remote area quickly followed but yielded zero ...

Two 19-year-old men trapped on the side of a mountain in Oregon were rescued by the United States Coast Guard after their ‘SOS’ signal for help was spotted written in the snow. The teens had embarked ...

Three men were rescued from a small, uninhabited Pacific island after writing a giant SOS sign in the sand, the Australian Department of Defense said on Monday. The men had been missing in the ...

Three men were rescued from a small, uninhabited Pacific island after writing a giant SOS sign in the sand, the Australian Department of Defense said on Monday. The men had been missing in the ...

Cast Away could've been a lot shorter. Three men were rescued from a small Pacific island after drawing a massive SOS signal in the sand that was spotted from the air, authorities told the Associated ...

MUSKEGON, Mich. (WOOD) — Even if you don’t have cell service at the beach, keeping your phone charged may allow you to call 911 in an emergency. “The water does pose some challenges,” Andy Choi, ...

The wireless technology that saved hundreds from the shipwreck was in its infancy, and competing distress signals didn’t help. Initially developed in the late 1800s, the Marconi telegraph used long ...

We use it in our texts and everyday slang. So, what does "SOS" actually mean? Here's everything you need to know about the term and its military origins, plus the feature on your iPhone that utilizes ...