Rescue at Sea - Mid-Atlantic Mayday (Atlantic Crossing Part 3) Ep 37 Monday Never Sailing

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  @peterbridge9394 · 6 years ago (edited)

  "For every mariner, it's a question of how long will it take to get there?"  The freighter stood by for many hours waiting.  That's a lot of money per hour.

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• JU

  @JuanGarcia-ig4zl · 4 years ago

  Credit to the guys on the cargo ship for trying and staying there.

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• BE

  @BeachBow · 9 years ago

  Boats and possessions can be replaced. Glad everyone is safe.

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• LO

  @lorendjones · 3 years ago

  A very powerful story, extremely well told. You were truly angels to that family. Feel bad for the family of Dove II, but they're alive and together. Everything else can be replaced.  God bless you all!

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• TO

  @Toffie10 · 7 years ago

  Sir, you and the Captain of the cargo ship deserves a Bells! 10/10.

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• GO

  @godisdead34 · 9 years ago

  That&apos;s my favorite part of land too.<br>&quot;Eat food and run around!&quot;<br>Kids get it.

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• MJ

  @MJSailing · 9 years ago

  This episode brought tears to my eyes. &nbsp;How sad this family lost everything, but how fantastic it was you were there to assist them. &nbsp;Great job guys!

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• GL

  @glevideo · 7 years ago

  Nicely treated! This story is compelling and gripping. I&apos;ve been in television journalism all of my 40 plus year career and seldom have I found unscripted reality stories documented any better and told with such care and compassion. Putting the camera aside during the climactic moments of the rescue to render assistance is a testament of responsible ethics of a concerned human being rather than a sensationalizing reporter bent on documenting human suffering and carnage. You covered the gap in video with the most tasteful soundbite narratives that let us know what we needed to know and allowed our minds to picture it. This is one story that needs to be preserved for many more to see.

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• SI

  @simonandkarennash243 · 7 years ago

  How people come together to help is wonderful. A huge cargo vessel staying on station for days at massive financial cost, many probably wouldn’t have done this. The wonderful yacht crew who went out of their way and at own personal sacrifice, time and effort. &nbsp;this an is extraordinary. &nbsp;Thank you this restores my faith in humanity.

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• JA

  @jaymorgan8017 · 7 years ago

  It took reading 100 plus comments to find one that answered the perplexing question of why the boat wasn’t scuttled. I had thought that was the rule so as not to leave a navigational hazard for others. <br>If someone hit your unmarked boat at night they would be in worse shape than you were !

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• RO

  @roblowery9076 · 9 years ago

  Simply amazing. I spent 20 years in the emergency services and you did EVERYTHING correctly . No tunnel vision and everyone was saved.

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  @DoctorProperty · 9 years ago

  The crew of the Tilly Mint. <br><br>Your youtube account of the rescue of the Coombes family from the Atlantic is truly awe inspiring. I have sailed all my life and had a few “moments” myself in the southern ocean, were life could have been lost, but nothing like this. And you had the added pressure of small children to rescue and protect.<br> &nbsp;<br>I am staggered by your professionalism, your courage and your pragmatic level headed approach to the rescue. In a world that in recent months has become more and more febrile and polarised - you give us all hope for your generation. <br><br>You are all hero’s in my book - not necessarily for the rescue, even though that was extraordinary, but for the way you dealt with the rescue. You stepped back, took a breath, discussed, and solved problems under mounting pressure and stress, knowing that this is not a percentage game. In these situations you either succeed or fail with tragic consequences. There is no middle ground. Just knowing that, is a responsibility that few can rise to. <br><br>You proved to cyclical older people like myself, that there are, in your generation people who have courage, commitment, grace, understatement, humanity and common sense. It gives me hope for our future. <br><br>You are a credit to us all as human beings. And after the rescue, your ongoing compassion and dedication to try and make it right for this family is a testament to your strength of character and commitment to your fellow man. I am personally humbled by your empathy and courage.<br><br>With utmost respect.<br>Dennis Broadfield<br>(a crusty old sailor)

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