The Guardian Page #8

Swimmers okay.

Swimmer Two is making contact

with Swimmer One.

Hey!

Over here!

- Here.

- Over here!

Got them. Three o'clock.

Right here.

We're rescue swimmers.

We're gonna get you out of here.

Can't believe

you guys actually got here.

Give me your hand.

Just the two of you?

Yeah, yeah. His arm's hurt real bad.

All right.

Swimmer One. I got two survivors.

It's gonna be a basket pickup here.

Roger.

Broken here?

You take him first.

Get him in the basket.

I'll follow with the other one

right behind you.

- You got that?

- Yeah.

- You got it?

- Yeah, yeah.

All right. I'm gonna lower you down

in here, all right?

- Okay.

- Relax, buddy. I got you.

All right.

- You're with me.

- Okay.

I don't swim so good.

- You don't swim so good?

- No, sir.

It's okay. I swim pretty good.

All right, on your back.

- Wait. Are we gonna take the boat?

- I'm the boat.

Wait. Wait, wait, wait.

- I'm not ready! I can't...

- Hey!

- Wait, wait, wait...

- Settle down!

Something's not right.

Swimmer One's going back

to the cave.

What happened?

He hit a log.

What? What are you...

What...

- He's gone, Jake.

- He's not.

He's just got a head laceration.

Here we go. Come on.

Let's go.

Let's go!

Senior Chief Randall! Lock it in.

It's simple physics.

We're just gonna time the flush,

all right?

All right.

You call it, Swimmer.

Now!

Hey, I know you're tired, okay?

I know you feel tired right now.

But you need

to keep your eyes open, okay?

All right? All right?

Hey, I need you to keep talking to him.

- You keep talking to him.

- Okay.

Senior. Senior!

Can you open these up for me?

One by one,

I want you to hand them to me.

Reyes!

He's fine.

Right here, buddy. Right here. Okay?

- Okay.

- Right here.

- Robert!

- I'm okay.

He's got a compound fracture

in his right radius.

We tried to stabilize that a little bit.

We put a collar on this one,

but it's more precautionary

than anything.

Thank you.

This one's possibly

a little bit concussive.

We checked their vitals

the whole way back.

They're both mildly hypothermic,

but I think they'll come around.

Thank you so much.

You're welcome.

It happens, Ben.

Not to me. Not like that.

I want you to sign them in front of me.

Why don't you take some time

and think about it?

No. It's...

It's over. Just sign them.

Please.

Could've happened to anyone.

Maybe.

But what if it happens again?

What then?

Kid got a couple stitches.

He's gonna be fine.

We got him out of there.

No, you did.

You were strong out there today.

I was proud of you.

What are you gonna do?

Friend of mine once suggested fishing.

Think I might take his advice.

Fishing?

Yeah.

Guys like us don't go fishing.

Where have I heard that before?

Senior, before you go,

I gotta know one thing.

What's your real number?

Twenty-two.

Twenty-two?

That's not bad. It's not 200. It's not...

Twenty-two's the number of people

I lost, Jake.

Only number I kept track of.

Keeps the sea out of your mouth.

Hey.

Hi.

You started painting again?

Yeah. Great light up there.

You know,

I wanna apologize

for the phone calls, Helen.

I should've given you your space.

And you felt

showing up here unannounced

was the best way to communicate that?

Hey.

- Please just...

- Ben.

I want you to have it, along with these.

I signed them.

Why now?

I had a... I had a case a while back.

You know, a couple was drowning.

By the time I got there,

the husband

was dragging his wife under,

just trying to stay afloat.

Pure survival instinct.

It took me...

Took me a long time to understand

that that man was me.

Oh, man. Oh, doggone it.

Sorry.

Aren't you gonna answer that?

I'm not a rescue swimmer anymore,

Helen.

Bye, baby.

Lock it up.

We have a 75-foot fishing vessel

in distress,

taking on water in high seas.

She's dead in the water

with four souls onboard.

With its dewatering pumps

unable to keep up,

it's not a matter of

if this thing is going down, but when.

Tighten her down!

We gotta secure her.

There will come a time

when you're going to have to say no.

You'll be facing crews from five to 20,

all saying, "Save me, save me."

They're looking for a miracle.

At 24 years old,

you have to find a way

to be that miracle.

Sounds good. We'll plan

our free-fall deployment to the water.

- Are you good with that, Jake?

- Yeah, copy that.

Okay, if we have to put you in,

we're gonna get you in upswell

and let the waves

take you down to the boat.

- Are you good with that?

- Roger.

We're only gonna have

about 20 minutes on-scene,

- so we gotta be quick.

- Copy that.

All right, I got the vessel in sight.

Two o'clock, about 50 meters.

Cabin door open and locked.

Pre-rescue checklist

for free-fall deployment.

Whoa, whoa!

Boat just took a wave, sir.

One appears to have gone

on the edge.

He's hanging from the cargo net.

We need to get our swimmer

down there.

Computer's showing 60 knots...

Going off com.

Prepare for a free-fall deployment

of the rescue swimmer.

Rescue checklist, part two.

Swimmer's getting ready.

Rescue checklist complete.

Swimmer's coming out.

Roger that. Check swimmer.

Swimmer's at the door, sir.

Checking swimmer.

Swimmer ready?

God help you if you ain't, boy.

Swimmer's away.

Swimmer's okay.

He's heading towards the vessel.

All right, he's cutting

through those waves pretty good.

That's it. He's approaching the vessel.

He's at the boat, sir.

Man, are we glad to see you!

Kodiak Ops, rescue 6034.

Fischer's onboard,

but vessel is compromised.

Taking on lots of water.

May not hold much longer.

Stand by for further.

How many guys you got on here?

Is anybody injured?

I got four guys.

This guy's got a broken leg.

The skipper's down below.

He's trying to start the pumps.

- All right, he's gonna go up first.

- All right.

Kodiak Ops, Kodiak Ops,

this is rescue 6034.

There's three onboard with injuries,

one more down below.

What do you want me to do?

You there,

help me get him around in here.

- Bring him on in.

- All right.

Basket is on its way up.

Strap in. Strap in!

The captain's down below,

and there's one other man on deck.

Help him out. Strap yourself in.

Get out of the way.

I repeat, the boat's going

down fast. Eight minutes to bingo.

All right, come on, get in the basket.

I have

the ready-for-pickup signal.

Hold on.

Swimmer One, Swimmer One,

come in.

Rescue swimmer, 6034.

Fischer. Come in, Fischer.

Swimmer One, Swimmer One,

come in.

- This is Swimmer One.

- Roger that, Swimmer One. Go ahead.

Swimmer One. I got one down

below. I'm gonna go down there.

Swimmer One, be advised

we've got seven minutes to bingo.

I'm going down.

- Captain?

- Yeah!

Captain?

Captain! I'm a rescue swimmer.

I'm here to help you out.

Your leg is jammed in here?

Or is it just closed...

It's the whole leg!

I tried to free the clutch and got stuck.

This is Swimmer One.

I got the captain down here

in the engine room. He's stuck.

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