SOS is a universal distress signal used to ask for help in emergencies. Many people think it stands for 'Save Our Souls' or 'Save Our Ship,' but it actually doesn’t have any official full form.

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 ...

Eight hundred mirrors in the hands of as many volunteers winked SOS, the famous maritime Morse Code distress signal on Nov. 9 ...

A hand signal made popular on TikTok helped lead to the rescue of a missing North Carolina teen last week. Police in Laurel County, Kentucky, reported that a driver traveling on Interstate 75 noticed ...

Three men stranded on a Pacific island were rescued after creating a "HELP" sign with palm leaves. A survival expert said lighting three fires is an effective way to send a distress signal. She also ...

Since then, “SOS” has appeared everywhere from wartime bunkers to scout camps and even in Tanjung Bungah, apparently. If ...

I read recently of a hunter in my home state of Kentucky who slipped and fell from a short rock face. As he was falling, his boot got hung in the root of a tree, and he was then hanging upside down.