The Guardian Page #9

We're gonna be a little bit.

Swimmer One, we're about out of time.

That boat's listing bad,

and we're two minutes to bingo.

I ain't leaving here without him.

Send somebody back for us,

'cause I'm staying down here with him.

Negative, Swimmer One.

We need you topside ASAP.

Swimmer One, 6034.

Swimmer One, 6034.

Kodiak Ops, Kodiak Ops,

this is 6034.

Be advised we are RTB at this time.

We are leaving the rescue swimmer

on-scene.

I say again, we are leaving

our rescue swimmer on-scene.

Who do we have left in the shop?

- All right, get her online.

- Yes, sir.

Lieutenant Krauss, suit up.

We're handling this.

I need a swimmer.

Don't worry.

No, no, they'll get him.

Don't worry! Don't worry.

Here we go.

Hold on. Hold on.

- Ready to go home?

- Yeah, man.

Captain. Captain!

- Are we cleared in, Lieutenant?

- Aye, aye, Captain.

Outstanding.

Rescue Swimmer One, this is 6008.

Do you read?

Come in, Rescue Swimmer One.

Come on, Jake, be there.

Cabin door's coming

open. Cabin door's open and locked.

All right, right there.

Right side. Nobody onboard.

All right. I see what I want.

Just get me down.

The right-hand corner.

Try to avoid the rigging.

Okay, swimmer requests

aft right-hand corner.

Aft right-hand corner.

Okay, this is what we're gonna do.

Start a rescue checklist, part two,

for a harness deployment

of the rescue swimmer.

- No trail line...

- Roger that. Backup pump is on.

All right, we'll do the hoist at 100 feet.

Roger that.

Kodiak Ops, Kodiak Ops,

rescue 6028.

Rescue 6028,

Kodiak Ops. Go ahead.

Swimmer's ready.

Load-checking swimmer.

And load check complete.

Swimmer's going out the door.

Swimmer's out the door.

Swimmer's on his way down.

Coast Guard helo, do you copy?

Coast Guard helo,

this is Rescue Swimmer One.

Do you copy?

Forward, right 40.

Forward, right 30. Watch your altitude.

Roger.

Hold.

I have a fouled cable. Fouled cable.

Paying out slack.

Coast Guard helo,

this is Swimmer Number One!

I'm in the engine room,

and the hold of the boat is filling up!

- He's trying to free the cable.

- Come on.

Okay, cable free. Cable free.

Attaboy.

Cable's free,

and I got a fray right here.

It's still good. It's still good.

I can use it. It's all we got.

All right, good.

Go back and left, Captain.

Back and left. Roger that.

Jake.

Come on.

Come on.

Jake!

Jake!

Jake?

Senior? Senior, is that you?

Goldfish!

I checked all the locks on the door.

I can't get them loose. They're stuck.

No, no, I see the problem.

It's filling up, Senior Chief!

Senior Chief! Get me out of here!

I'm almost submerged!

You gotta get the door open!

Hold on, Jake.

Senior! The captain's body!

We gotta let him go. Come on.

Jake, he's gone!

Jake!

I got both swimmers coming out.

- Both swimmers are in sight.

- All right, I got them.

Hook is going down.

Let's go forward, right 40.

Hook is halfway down.

I'm hooking into you.

We're only gonna get one shot at this.

I'm in.

I'm in!

I thought you were going fishing.

What do you call this?

Whoa.

The cable's starting

to part! The cable! Hold, hold, hold!

Okay, hold right there. Hold.

I'm bringing them up.

I gotta jam this cable into the drum.

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

Don't even think about it.

It's not gonna hold us both.

What...

Yes, it will. Don't! lt'll hold!

Senior fell. Senior fell!

Jake's got him. Jake's got him.

I gotta get them up.

I won't let go!

I know.

Senior!

Senior!

Lower me down!

Lower me down!

He just fell! He just fell!

Randall fell! Hit the water!

Lower me down!

He's in the water.

Been hit by a wave, full debris.

- Put me down!

- I can't!

You gotta lower me down now!

Get me out of here!

- You gotta lower me down!

- I can't!

I'll free-fall!

If I do, you don't come back.

I can't! I can't lose two!

Lost swimmer. Lost swimmer.

He saw the cable coming apart.

He just let go.

He was about 80, 90 feet up, sir.

He didn't come up. I don't see him.

Flash landing hover lights.

Monitor the radio, sir.

Look for flares, strobes, anything.

He fell right in the debris.

Lost swimmer. Lost swimmer.

The Coast Guard conducted

one of the largest

search-and-rescue missions

for a single man in its history,

but the body of Senior Chief

Ben Randall was never found.

I'm sorry, Helen.

There's nothing more we can do.

What makes a legend?

Is it what someone did

when they were alive...

Randall never was much

for this sort of thing.

or how they're remembered

after they're gone?

Some people actually believe

Senior Chief made the swim

to the Aleutian Islands.

He's standing

on a distant beach somewhere

with a fishing pole in his hand.

But I found my answer

a couple weeks later.

Where is he?

There's nobody else out there, man.

No, he was there.

He was with me the whole time.

He said he would hold on

till help arrived.

He never let go.

There's a legend of a man

who lives beneath the sea.

He is a fisher of men,

a last hope for all those

who have been left behind.

He is known as the Guardian.

Ben Randall always said

life is about making choices.

In the end, by making his,

he helped me make mine.

What do you remember?

What did you smell?

What did you see?

How did this make you

feel?

I'll be right back.

What are you doing here?

I lied to you.

I can't do casual.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes