The Guardian

There's a legend of a man who lives beneath the sea.

He is a fisher of men.

The last hope of all those who have been left behind.

Many survivors claim to have felt his gripping hands beneath them,

pushing them up to the surface,

whispering strength until help could arrive.

But this, of course, is only a legend.

Help!

Over here!

Help!

Ma'am, I'm a Coast Guard rescue swimmer. I'm here to help you.

- Sir. - Here.

Stay with your flotation. I'll be back for you.

- Don't leave me! - Stay there.

Don't you leave me!

Basket is outside the cabin, going down.

- Roger. Copy you. - Boarder, right 30.

Boarder, right 15.

- Right 15. - Hold, hold, hold.

Basket is in the water.

Swimmer and survivor have the basket.

Put your head in first.

Help me.

Take it up!

Easy forward.

Let go!

- No. - Let go!

Let go, you're drowning her!

Help me. Help me, please.

Whoa! Swimmer just popped him in the face.

Ok, he's putting the man in the basket.

Man is in the basket.

Taking the load.

Whoa. Big wave.

Get out! Get out! What's wrong with you? Sit there and shut up.

Swimmer in sight.

Prepare to take the load.

I have the ready-for-pickup signal.

Swimmer is approaching cabin door.

Survivor looks unconscious.

Swimmer inside of cabin door.

Cabin door closing.

God, I think you just broke my nose.

And you may have killed your wife, sir!

Twenty minutes to Kodiak.

Roger. He's giving her CPR.

This is Coast Guard 6096.

We have two hypothermic survivors on board.

Be there in 20 minutes. Requesting ambulance on scene when we land.

Whoa! There we go.

- Got her? - We got her!

That a way, baby!

There's dead...

...and then there's dead.

I swear you get better with age.

Oh, we're not going home.

- Had to hit him, huh? - Yeah.

You are not... Stay over there!

You stay over there! Don't come near me.

Seems like it's always the big ones that crack.

Lieutenant.

Crew said that she went under. They thought you'd lost her.

Lucky guess.

Luck my ass.

I didn't think you were serious.

Of course you didn't, Ben. How could you think I was?

I'm not a nameless drowning victim.

Oh, gee. I'm sorry saving lives doesn't jibe with our social cal...

That's, um... That's my chair.

He's right. Not that chair.

Sorry. I was just pointing things out in the living room. They didn't know.

I would never take your chair.

Pick it up. What's...?

It doesn't have to be messy, Ben.

It's clean, simple for both of us. We don't have kids.

Well, what about Friday?

What about Friday?

We were gonna go with Carl and Bridgette, you know, to that...

...dinner dance thing at the base.

The base? All you can eat wings?

A dart game to settle the tab? That's the date we can't break?

- You're right. You're right. - Wow.

Look, we'll... We'll go away, all right? Just us.

It's too late, Ben.

I don't know what I can say that I haven't said already.

It's time for me to rescue myself.

Maybe... Maybe I should be the one to move out.

- You've reached Helen... - And Ben.

Leave a message.

You don't know where anything is in this house. It's easier this way.

Senior Chief, please report to base

I can... I can fix this. All right? I...

I can...

I can fix this. Just...

Tell me what to do. Tell me what to do.

Just let me go.

Just let me go.

You should answer that.

Ready rescue helo 6096. Swimmer one, return to base.

- I don't want to lose her. - Then change.

How many times we had this conversation, huh?

The only way for you to save it is to give this up and fly a desk.

Exactly. She just wants to live.

And maybe we can get a hobby. Both of us.

Something like fishing.

- Fishing? - Yeah.

- Guys like us don't fish, Carl. - It'll work out. Always does.

Let me ask you something, seriously. Is it too soon for me to ask her out?

- You better... - I guess so.

Mayday, mayday, mayday.

This is cargo vessel Sea Queen. We're at 55 degrees, 12 minutes North.

167 degrees, 10 minutes West.

We're taking on water.

We're abandoning ship.

I repeat, we're abandoning ship.

Make sure you and the four men...

Son, look at me. Look at me. You're gonna be ok. Got that?

We're gonna be ok. Ok.

- Tail rotor de-ice caution light. - Any secondary?

No. Circuit breakers are in so it has failed,

but we're not building up ice.

- How's the fuel? - 40 minutes to bingo.

All right, take the stick.

- I have the controls. - All right, huddle time.

We have a de-ice fail. We're low on fuel.

The rulebook says we cut our losses.

What do you think, Ben?

Well, if we go home... they die, Bill.

Kodiak, this is Coast Guard 6096.

We have a de-ice caution light, but we are pressing on.

6096, keep us updated on your status.

Get the maintenance chief on the line. I wanna know what he thinks about this.

Computer says winds at 60-85 knots.

You're on your own with altitude.

Roger.

Mark. Mark. Right side. Debris in water.

- Request to open cabin door. - Roger.

Kodiak Ops, 6096, we're on scene.

Heavy debris in the water. Commencing cover search.

Mark in known position.

I'm going in.

They're dead, Ben. Ben, they're dead.

We don't know that.

There's six PIW's all tied together. No signs of life.

- I think we may be too late. - Not our call.

They're on scene. They'll make the assessment.

Requesting to get wet, sir.

I ain't sending you fishing for bodies. Not in this.

Well, how about fathers and sons?

Flare! We got a live one here, we got a live one.

You got five minutes. Then we're hauling your ass back up.

This is Coast Guard 6096.

We have people in the water. Deploying our swimmer.

6096, Kodiak Ops, copy.

One's holding the flare. No other movement.

Roger.

- Swimmer ready. - Check swimmer.

Roger. Checking swimmer.

Swimmer's dress-down checklist is complete.

Five minutes.

Swimmer's away.

- Swimmer's ok. Clear back and left 40. - Clear back and left.

- How we looking on fuel, there? - Two minutes to bingo.

I'm a Coast Guard rescue swimmer here to help you, son.

You're gonna be ok. I'm gonna get you in that helicopter.

- I have the ready-for-pickup signal. - Roger.

Basket is going out of the cabin door.

Bingo. We're at bingo. Gotta go.

Ease it back. Hold. The basket is in the water.

We're out of time. We gotta go, Carl.

Hold position. Steady. Hold.

He's putting the survivor in the basket.

- It's going crazy. - Yeah, I know. I'm all over the place.

Come on, Carl. We gotta go, now!

Don't have a ready-for-pickup signal.

- Carl! Carl! Behind you! - Holy shit!

We lost our tail rotor!

Mayday. Mayday. Mayday.

- We're going down. - Mayday. Mayday.

- Carl. - I'm here.

- Carl. - Ben.

Hold on, Carl.

Hold on.

They'll be coming for us.

I've got you. You're ok now.

You're ok. I'm here, Carl.

We're ok. Hang on. I've got you.

You think they're coming?

Oh, yeah. They're coming.

I want a C-130 over that crash site now.

- Krauss, start the mishap checklist. - Aye, captain.

- EPIRB hit on Randall's suit. - Launch ready helo, swimmer provide.

We have a C-130 coming off from KCAW at two.

- It's low on fuel. - I don't care. Cut an engine.

I want him to know he's not alone.

Listen.

You hear that?

Hold on, Carl. Here we go. I've got you.

What's the ETA on the backup helo?

En route to Cold Bay. Should be on scene three, four hours.