The Rescue

(NARRATOR READING) (CONTINUES READING) (PHONE RINGING) CHAPMAN: Hello?

Chapman speaking. MARSHALL: Hi, Captain,

it's Marshall. We just got a satellite burst

via Omsat Nae-Ri. Flash priority.

It's from the Topeka . CHAPMAN: Is she in trouble?

MARSHALL:
Uh-huh. Reactor,

right outside the N.K.'s. CHAPMAN: (SIGHS) Get SEAL team

6 back. I'll be down

in a minute. And you'd better wake Rothman. (RADIO STATIC) SOLDIER: Washington, please

stand by for urgent Satcom.

Thank you. (RADIO STATIC) (TELETYPE CLICKING) WOMAN ON RADIO: Good evening,

Navy department, section 9.

Please hold. (PHONE RINGS)

OFFICER:
Section 9. WOMAN ON RADIO: Putting you

through. You are on scramble. (RADIO BEEPING) PILOT: Zebra-delta-zebra,

SEAL team 6

returning to base. Please acknowledge. Over. (ALARM BLARING) MAN ON RADIO: Eagle Eye,

this is Big Daddy. Mustang is vectoring

from Zulu-sector to

your 320 relative. Sharks 1 and 2

are on their way. Five hours ago, a Los Angeles

class sub had an explosion

in her engine compartment. Source unknown. Her electrical and

back-up propulsion systems

were severely damaged. She's dead in the water. Here. Still well outside

North Korea's

territorial waters. But then, so was the Pueblo. What about the reactor?

It's been secured. However, the anti-submarine

warfare and intelligence

gathering equipment is still highly vulnerable. That sub must not

fall into enemy hands. And I don't have to tell you

to what lengths

the North Koreans will go to get hold of our

top-secret A.S.W. capability. The Pentagon wants

to ensure that, that equipment is

permanently destroyed

when the sub is sunk. And they specifically

requested your SEAL team,

Commander Howard. (SIRENS WAILING AT A DISTANCE) Are they on to

her yet, Admiral? Satellite surveillance

indicates a lot of

movement in the area, but in my estimation,

I don't think they

have a fix on her. You should have

a three-hour window. I want your men

on deck in 30 minutes. (SIGHS)

(DOOR OPENING) Hey, pops. I thought

you were on exercises. Where were you last night?

There is a curfew

on this base. I was around.

Answer the question! Where were you last night?

Why weren't you with Commander

Nelson's family, mister? Put the beer down! I went into town.

We had a deal, J.J. When I travel,

you stay on the base. I stayed on the base

for a while. I mean, what do you want me

to do, sit here and watch TV? You want me to go to

the goddamn rec room and

guzzle punch with the brats? You know what

I expect of you. You've been back here

five months. So far, all you've done

is prove to me that

you can't cut it! It has got

to be by my rules. Yeah, well, your rules

are killing me, Dad. Well, if you can't

hack the program, maybe we pack your bags

and send you stateside, so you can live

with your mother! You couldn't live with her,

neither could I! That's unnecessary, mister! I'm not interested

in basic training.

I make the decisions! You've got nothing to say

about it! Is that clear? I've never had anything

to say about it, have I? I've never had anything

to say about anything! You call you and me family? All you care about is

how I stack up as

a SEAL commander's son. Well, I'll tell

you something, I don't give a sh*t

that I'm a commander's son! Well, what do you care about? Not the sh*t you care about! Give me a minute, Wicks. We don't have much time. (GRUNTS)

(ALL GRUNT) (GRUNTS) (ALL GRUNT) It's your dad,

over there. (SPEAKING KOREAN) Daddy, you're back!

You said another week. Uh, I'm back, I'm back. I gotta go out again. You cut your hair? You're going out again?

How long are you

gonna be gone? Close your eyes. (CAR HORN HONKING) Rain check on

the birthday dinner. Dad, what's goin' on?

What's goin' on with you? SYBIL: Give us a kiss,

commander. Hi, Dad.

You sick again? Maybe.

Yeah? How sick are you? Are you sick enough

to take care of things

while I'm gone, huh? You're a ninja, aren't you?

You can hold the fort. (VOCALIZES)

(GRUNTS) We were going sailing

this weekend. (CAR HORN HONKING)

Yeah, I'm sorry, pal. Where are you going, Dad? (SIGHS)

Is it something hot? Tomorrow you go to school. HOWARD: I'm not impressed

by the fact you're sick

every time I'm gone. You be here when

I get back, good lookin'. Follow me, pal.

I want to have

a word with you. Dad? Tell me what's up.

Is this some big deal? It's always a big deal.

I always come back,

though, don't I? (JEEP ENGINE STARTS) That is some beautiful girl

you got there, chief. Yeah, you should

see her room. Take care of your mother.

Watch your brother. (JEEP ENGINE STARTS) Watch yourself. School! (HELICOPTER WHIRRING) (BEEPING) Joshua 1, Joshua 2. HOWARD: This is command com.

Prepare for liftoff. PILOT: Roger, command com.

Joshua 1 and 2

proceeding to Zulu-5. PILOT: Main control, this is

Big Bird 5 requesting

clearance for take-off, over. MAN ON RADIO: Roger,

Big Bird 5.

You're cleared for immediate take-off

on runway three-niner. (AIRPLANE ENGINES OVERHEAD) HOWARD: Okay, it's official,

we blow the sub as planned. The problem is

the Musu-Dan current, here. In their present drift rate,

they'll be inside North Korean

waters in less than two hours. What about the crew? Most have been transferred

to a Japanese trawler, but their captain's

still on board. The second helicopter

should not come in

until we're on the surface. We'll have 10 minutes

to clear. I do not want

the North Koreans to get

a fix on our position. (CONTROL PANEL BEEPING) One minute. PILOT: Approaching target.

Twenty seconds. (BEEPING)

Stand by for deployment. Joshua 1, Joshua 2,

we have the football. I repeat.

We have the football. What about your men? My orders are to get you out

of here, Captain. Now go! Go! Phillips! Joshua 2, this

is the quarterback. We have a touchdown, over. (MAN SHOUTING IN KOREAN) (SHOUTING IN KOREAN)

(GRUNTS) (SHOUTING IN KOREAN) WOMAN ON TV: The continuing

drama of four

U.S. Navy servicemen charged with espionage

in North Korea has now

moved into its 30th day. Pentagon sources

confirm that the men, members of a SEAL

special forces unit, had successfully completed

their mission before

they were taken prisoner. The men are being held

in a remote prison camp

near the D.M.Z. Controversy still rages

over the incident, the communists insisting

the men were engaged

in espionage, and will be tried as spies. The trial, to be held in

the capital city of Pyongyang, could begin as

early as next week. Mounting outrage throughout

the United States has led to rumors of direct

military intervention. But the White House

and the state department continue to pursue

the release of the men

through diplomatic means. The President, referring to

the prisoners as "hostages," has called the trial

"A sham. Simply an arena

for propaganda." However, under

North Korean law, if the men are convicted,

they could be executed. MAN ON TV: And now,

for a live update on

the building tensions in the Persian Gulf,

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