sacrifice oneself

Una 2022-03-25 09:01:13

Walking on the street without an umbrella, it happened to be not far from the library, so I hurried in to avoid the rain. I picked up the book "Rescue from the Furious Sea", the book is not thick, I could finish it in just one afternoon. The story of the movie is very simple. Two cruise ships were in distress at sea. A pair of rescuers drove a boat with a load of 12 people and rescued 32 people. In the novel, two ships were written in detail, and the film was partially adapted to describe one ship. This film and novel subverted a lot of my knowledge about sea navigation. It turns out that our usual metaphor about lighthouses, "xxx is like a lighthouse, a harbor that can lead people home" is true. In the vast sea, as long as there is a little light, it can make people hopeful. The last ship with only 12 people was rescued. When 32 people returned, the people on the shore used the headlights as a beacon to guide them home. The other ship in the novel has only four people, but it still chooses to rescue it regardless of the turbulent waves. The four protagonists in the movie, knowing that going to the rescue, are likely to have no return, or go. When a ship was in distress, all the ships at sea rushed to the rescue. Human beings are really strange creatures, they will sacrifice their lives to save them even if they meet death.

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  • John Stello: The old man don't know what he is doing. He sends you out to die. You can't make it over Chatham bar on a day like this. You can't stay afloat with half a ship neither.

    Bernie Webber: Well, Mr. Stello, in the Coast Guard to say you gotta go out. But they don't say you gotta come back in. That's regulation, you know.

  • Richard Livesey: Maybe we take these guys in and come back out.

    Bernie Webber: We can't leave 'em out here alone. That boat won't last. We all live, or we all die.