www.able.co.nz Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Able 2016 '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.' (DISTANT SHOUTING) Help! Agh! Help! I'm a Coast Guard rescue swimmer. I'm here to help you. (GASPS) Here! Stay with your flotation! I'll be back for you. Don't leave me! Stay there! Oh, don't leave me! (RADIO CHATTER) "Lower to right 30. Forward to right 15." "Right 15." "Hold, hold, hold." "Basket is in the water. Swimmer and survivor are in the basket." Put your head in first. Aaarrgh! (SHRIEKS) (COUGHS) (SHOUTS IN PANIC) "Keep it moving." Let go! No! Let go! You're drowning her! "Whoa! Swimmer just popped him in the face!" "OK. He's putting the man in the basket. Man is in the basket." "Making the move." Arrgh! "Whoa! Big waves!" Get out! What's wrong with you? Sit there and shut up! "Swimmer in sight." "Prepare to take a load. I have the ready-for-pickup signal." "Swimmer approaching door." "Survivor looks unconscious." "Swimmer inside the cabin door." (COUGHS) "Cabin door closed." (COUGHS) (SNEEZES / COUGHS) I think he just broke my nose. You may have killed your wife, sir! 20 minutes to Kodiak. "Roger." He's giving her CPR. Kodiak, this is Coast Guard 6096. We have two survivors on board. Be there in 20 minutes. Request ambulance on scene when we land. (GASPS / COUGHS) Whoa! There we go! Aha! Got her? Got her! (COUGHS) (LAUGHS) That-a-way, baby! (COUGHS) There's dead... ..and then there's dead. (COUGHS) I swear, you get better with age. (WIFE BERATES HUSBAND FIERCELY) Had to hit him, huh? Yeah. (RANTS) Seems like it's always the big ones that crack. Lieutenant? Crew said that she went under. Thought you'd lost her. Lucky guess. Luck, my ass! I didn't think you were serious. Course you didn't, Ben. How could you? I'm not some nameless drowning victim. Oh, gee, I'm sorry saving lives doesn't gibe with our social cal-... That's, er... That's my chair. He's right. Not that chair. I'm sorry. I was just pointing things out in the living room. And you know I would never take your chair. Pick it up. What's... Doesn't have to be messy, Ben. It's clean, simple for both of us. We don't have kids. What about Friday? What about Friday? We were gonna go with Carl and Bridget to that... dinner-dance thing at the base. (SIGHS EXPLOSIVELY) 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. But we... Look, we'll go away, all right? Just us. It's too late. I don't know what I can say that I haven't said already. It's time for me to rescue myself. (PHONE RINGS) Maybe, er, I should be the one to move out. "Hi, you've reached Helen"... You don't even know where anything is. It's much easier this way. "Senior Chief, 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. (PAGER BEEPS) Just let me go. Just... let me go. (PAGER BEEPS) You should answer that. "Ready rescue helo 6096. Swimmer One, return to base." I don't wanna lose her. Then, change! How many times have we had this conversation? The only way is for you to give this up and fly a desk. Exactly. She just wants to live. Hey, 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 - seriously, is it too soon for me to ask her out? "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday! This is cargo vessel Sea Queen." "We're 55 degrees 12 minutes north, 167 degrees 10 minutes west." "We're taking on water." We're abandoning ship - I repeat, abandoning ship. (ALL CHATTER URGENTLY UNDER SOUNDS OF SEA AND WIND) Son, look at me. You're gonna be OK. Got that? We're gonna be OK. (DEVICE BEEPS) "(BEEPING)" We have a tail rotor de-ice caution light. Any secondaries? No. We're not building up any ice. How's the fuel? 40 minutes to bingo. All right. Take the stick. I have the controls. Huddle time, boys. We have a de-ice tail, we're low on fuel and the rule book says we cut our losses. What do you think, Ben? Well, we go home, they die, Bill. "Kodiak, Kodiak, this is Coastguard 6096." We have a tail with a de-ice caution light but we are pressing on. 6096, keep us updated on your status. Get the maintenance chief. I wanna know what he thinks. "We're seeing winds of 60, 85 knots. You're on your own with altitude." "Roger." Mark, mark, right side! Debris in water! Request open cabin door! Roger. Open cabin door. We have heavy debris in the water. Commencing cover search. Mark and note position. I'm going in. They're dead, Ben! Ben, they're dead. We don't know that. There's six PIWs 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. Request to get wet, sir. I ain't payin' you fishing for bodies, not in this. How about fathers and sons? Flare, flare! We got a live one here! You got five minutes, then we're hauling your ass back up! "Kodiak, 6096. We have people in the water and we're deploying a swimmer." 6096, Kodiak Ops, copy. Hold the flare. I see no other movement! Swimmers ready to deploy. Check swimmer. Roger. Checking swimmer. Swimmer's checklist is complete. Five minutes! Swimmer's away! Swimmer's OK. Clear back and left. Clear back and left. How we looking on fuel? Two minutes to bingo. I'm a coast guard rescue swimmer, here to help you. You'll be OK. I'm gonna get you in that helicopter. I have the pickup signal! Roger. Basket is going out the cabin door. Bingo. We're at bingo. Gotta go. Ease it back. Basket is in the water. We're out of time. Gotta go. Hold position. Steady. Hold. He's putting the survivor in the basket. Your rad alt's going crazy. I'm all over the place. Come on! We gotta go now! (URGENT RADIO CHATTER) Carl! Carl! Behind you! Holy shit! We lost our tail rotor! (ENGINES WHINE) Arrgh! Mayday, Mayday, Mayday! We're going down! Mayday, Mayday! (GASPS) Carl! I'm here! Carl! (GASPS) Hold on, Carl. Hold on. They'll be coming for us. I got you. You're OK now. OK. I'm here, Carl. We're OK. Hang on. I got you. Are - Are they coming? Oh, yeah. They're coming. I want a C-130 over that crash site now. Start the mishap checklist. Captain, I got an EPIRB hit on Randall's survivor suit. Launch-ready helo? We got a C-130 coming off a case off Attu. It's already low on fuel. Have 'em cut an engine. I want him to know he's not alone out there. (ENGINE ROARS) Listen. Listen! You hear that? Hold on, Carl! Here you go! I got you. What's the ETA on the backup helo? They should be on scene in three, maybe four hours. Make it three. (COUGHS / GASPS) Jesus, how much more of that stuff you think I got in me? You feel that? You feel that?! Aargh! Yeah! It means you're alive! I'm not gonna let go! Don't you! I'm not gonna. I'm not gonna... (HELICOPTER ROTORS WHIRR) (MONITORS BEEP) ..serious fractures in the spine, which could cause paralysis. Mostly old fractures in the arms and leg, but nothing acute, nothing new... Just hope the kidneys kick in. We've been friends a long time, haven't we? I've always been good to you - didn't promote you to a desk when you turned 40, like everyone else. That's right. So now I need you to listen to me. OK. There's an instructor opening at "A" School that - No. The answer is no. You just said you'd listen. Sit down. I'm not interested. Well, it's no longer a request, Senior Chief. Sit down. You're serious. You have two choices. Sign the papers today and you can live life as a civilian here in Kodiak. Or you can take that "A" school opening I'm offering you. I've already spoken to command down there. It will be your class. You will be in charge. You can take your time to work your way back into shape. I am in shape. That's not what I'm talking about! All I'm asking is that you go down there for a few months, work with the kids, recharge, download that epic resume where it's gonna do some good. You can't always be the one in the water, Ben. You'll know when you're ready to come back. You people got 15 seconds to get off this bus! Move! Let's go! Put your white books in your red bags. Get that squared away now. Put those books away. Females, fall out to the rear. Follow Chief Flight and Petty Officer Hall. The rest of you, pick a bunk. Put on your ODUs. You started with 15 minutes. You are down to 12. Move! Move! Move down. Change out of those working blues. Hurry up. Move it out. On your rack. Quit wasting my time. Hey... Hey, that's my stuff, man! Hey! That's his bunk! You two a couple? It's OK. I like the top better anyway. 'Out of the 39,000 men and women who make up the US Coast Guard, there are only 280 rescue swimmers.' 'It's because we are the Coast Guard's elite.' 'We are the best of the best. When storms shut down entire ports, we go out. When hurricanes ground the United States Navy, we go out.' And when the holy Lord himself reaches down from heaven to destroy His good work with winds that rip houses off the ground, we... go... out. And the attrition rate at this school is well over 50 percent. So if by some miracle you actually have what it takes to become one of us, then,... you get to live a life of meagre pay, with the distinct possibility of dying, slow, cold and alone, somewhere in the vast sea. However, you also get the chance to save lives, and there is no greater calling in the world than that. So, ladies and gentlemen, welcome. Welcome to "A" School. Are there any questions? Airman Fischer? I just have one question. That guy who holds all them records - is he still alive? Why do you ask? You should tell him I'm going to knock his name off that board. Why don't you tell him yourself? He's standing right behind you. Class, turn around and greet... Senior Chief Ben Randall. He will be your lead instructor for the next 18 weeks. Senior Chief Randall is one of the most decorated rescue swimmers in the history of the United States Coast Guard. Ben, would you care to address the class? I think there's been enough talk for one day. OK, Skinner. They're all yours. Attention on deck! Carry on. Aye, Captain. PT test begins at 0700 tomorrow. Class dismissed. You will file through the front door, first row first. "When God rips houses off the ground"...? (CHUCKLES) I was rollin'. I didn't mean to put you on the spot up there. I was real sorry to hear about your crew. Come on. I'll show you round. So, I hear you're staying in a single. Yeah. Helen's got some family business she's got to take care of. . "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday!" "This is Ballmariner! Ballmariner!" "We are on fire! We are on fire!" (GASPS) (ALARM CLOCK BEEPS) '(WHISTLE BLOWS)' Let's go, let's go! (ALL YELL) Let's move it out, let's move it out! Work as a team, work as a team! (ALL YELL) Two lines! Two lines! Let's go! (CRUNCHES) Do you understand me? (ALL) Yes, sir. Let's try it. Lean and rest! Pop tall! (ALL) Oorah! What the hell was that? That was terrible! Try that again! (GRUNTS) (ALL) 22,... 23... 24... Get that ass down, Cable! 25! That was absolutely horrible. Pop tall. To the lone pine and back. Go! Move your ass! Get it going! Bring 'em back. Let's go! Get back here! Lean and rest! Senior Chief on deck! (GRUNTS) (VARIOUS GRUNTS OF DISCOMFORT) Pop tall. (ALL) Oorah! I don't care who you are, where you're from or where you're going. I care about one thing only - the future victims you will be asked to save. If I feel you will fail them I will fail you. Understood? (ALL) Yes, Senior Chief! Hodge... Where you from, Hodge? Teaneck, New Jersey, Senior Chief. Hodge is our triple repeat. You planning on making it this time, threepeat? I really hope to, Senior Chief. Well, hope don't float, Hodge. Learn to swim against the current, not with it. Aye aye, Senior Chief. Fisch... Why are you here, Fisch? To exceed your expectations, Senior Chief. I'm a rescue swimmer at heart, born, bred and water fed. Oorah! Wow. I bet you practised that all morning. Mr Fischer is our high-school swim champ. He's had scholarships to every Ivy League. I'm sorry. I didn't realise that he was so qualified. I mean, you set records in a pool? That's amazing. I'll bet it was like - what? Eight feet deep in the deep end? What if your nose plug didn't work? What if another swimmer had cut into your lane? (SNORTS OF REPRESSED LAUGHTER) For the love of God, you could've been killed. Your schedule says that you will perform a PT test this morning. That will not be necessary. Water's where you'll serve. Water's where you will be tested. This will serve in place of your PT in-test. This is a go / no-go exercise. You will tread water for one hour. You touch the wall, you fail. You touch the bottom, you fail - you fail and you go home. Senior, this school operates on a two-challenge rule. You can't throw 'em out on their first day. If you cannot survive in a warm pool, you have no business being here. Do you understand? (ALL) Yes, Senior Chief! Oorah, Class 5506. Who here can tell me the rescue swimmer's motto? "So others may live", Senior Chief! Oh, I feel safer already. You willing to sacrifice your life so others may live, Goldfish? Yes, sir, I am, Senior Chief! You will have to earn that right. I want all of you to think about that. There is going to come a time... ..when you reach the point of exhaustion. You wanna give up. The question is,... will you? There are three letters that will set you free - D, O, R. "Drop on request". (GRUNTS IN DISGUST) Waste of time. Are you all right? Stay up! (CADETS GASP AND GRUNT) Hey, somebody help him up! He's going under, man! Hold him up! You're dismissed. I cramped up! You're gone. Let's go, Lyons. Out of the water. Let's go. On your feet! First lesson in physics, people. Muscle... does not float. Petty Officer Watson, pull them out of the pool. Aye aye, Senior Chief. Let's go, people! Out of the water! Let's move, people! Hurry up. Let's go. Class leader, right here. I thought you said you were willing to sacrifice your life for another. I am, Senior Chief. Why didn't you save your team-mate when he reached out for you? I wasn't aware we were working as a team, Senior Chief. That's the only way we work, swim champ. Aye aye, Senior Chief. Asshole. Come again? You heard me. Hey! Hey! Ease up! Ease up! He's not worth it! Hey, there's an opening in my buoy tender. I'll put in a word for you. I'm really gonna miss that guy. Hey, man, what are you doing? Got your bunk back. Captain? Ben, come in. You work fast. Lyons, he was one of our top candidates. Sometimes you got to shoot a hostage. Look, we all know that you're a... legend and all, but our programme has been proven to work. There's a gap between training and what really happens out there. Yeah? I intend to narrow that gap. If someone has a problem with that, I'd like to hear about it. Is this how it's gonna be, sir? Yes, it is. Permission to be dismissed, sir. Granted. Let's go. Keep it together. Look tight. Let's go, let's move! You got three minutes to get this gear on - all of it. Set, go! # "Clubfoot" - Kasabian Are you ready? Come on, rescue swimmer! Don't quit on me! (BLOWS WHISTLE) You hear me? Do you hear me?! Pop tall! Pop tall! Pop tall! (ALL YELL) If you make a mistake, just 'fess up to it, take your licks and we'll press on. Everybody now is gonna pay for your potty mouth. Down. Up. (ALL) One! Down... Are you crazy? I'm the commander! Get up! Get down! (HORN BLARES) MAN: Look around. As the Favourites come out, it begins. Working as the Dream team. Nice! Ah. The flirt. Classic! Cadbury Favourites. (GRUNTS) Can you die from chlorine poisoning? I can't feel my legs. I'm serious! Well, you guys, I feel good! This Randall guy's operating on some whole other cylinder. Two weeks, and he's failed almost half the class. He's a legend. They say he's got 200 saves. I heard it was three. Who cares what his number is? If he's such a stud, what's he doing here? Whoo! How you feeling, boys? Hey, Z, where you going? My sister's best friend is getting married and they're having a big reception downtown. I promised I'd go. What, you said wedding reception? (SLOW, GENTLE DANCE MUSIC / CONVERSATION AND LAUGHTER) Congratulations. Thanks. Hi. Yes. Kodiak, Alaska. The number for Helen Randall. OK. Er,... try Helen Freeman. You betcha. (PHONE RINGS) "Hi. You've reached Helen." "Leave a message." "Helen, it's Ben. Jesus, that was weird." "I haven't used your maiden name since we were kids." If you're there, just pick up. We need to talk. "Please." (ALL LAUGH) All right. To those who have fallen... To those who have survived phase one. Cheers! Cheers. (ALL CHATTER) And to our gal Lindsey. You can rescue me any time. (ALL GROAN) You did not just say that. You know what, Doran? You, I might actually let drown. (ALL) Ohhh! (POUNDING JAZZ / DANCE MUSIC) Chief? Hi. (SINGS RAUCOUSLY AND WITH ENERGY) This place has not changed. From Kodiak, Alaska, Senior Chief Ben Randall is in the house, big as day and still alive! I must owe somebody money. You're terrible. Oh, Ben! I heard a rumour you were going to be teaching here. If that ain't the karmic wheel spinning, I don't know what is. (SIGHS) Well... To the prodigal's return. Where's your better half? She decided to stay home. Work stuff. (LAUGHS) Sure. Winter in Kodiak... Let me see. Winter in Louisiana... Stop. "Decided to stay on"... Well, it's a good thing we got a full bottle and half the night. Yes, ma'am. Oh, check it out. She's starin' at you. That girl right there? She's not. Did you just point at her? Did she see you point? Oh, no. You got to go talk to her. You got to make a move. Yeah. I can't. I just don't feel comfortable talking to women. You wanna jump out of helicopters... You're talking to me. ..but you can't go talk to a girl. Exactly. You're smooth. I'll help you out. I'll show you how it's done. Pick out the hottest girl in here. I'll take her home. Oh, OK. No, how about - Here you go, now. I will find the girl. All right. Who are you thinking? Make sure she's hot. OK. At the bar, er, two o'clock. Oh... Yes. That's a good one. There's no way in hell - That one? Yeah, that one. A hundred bucks says she shuts you down in less than a minute. Whoa! That looks like a bet to me, Jake. That's a bet. All right. A hundred bucks says I close it in less than a minute. Oh, absolutely. (ALL CHATTER) Hats off, man. Tick-tock, tick-tock. Clock starts when I talk to her. That's fine. All right, buddy. Do you think he's gonna do it? Yeah. Evening, ma'am. Can I buy you a drink? I don't think so. You don't know what you're missing. Sure you wanna go with that? That's your top-of-the-line, A-game material? The way I see it, you got two choices here. Walk away from me, or walk out of here with me and split the cash. Cash? What cash? The money you bet your friends you could pick me up. She's shutting him down. How much time you got left? About 20 seconds. Shall we? Oh, my gosh. No way. They're leaving the bar together. That's what I see. No way. You have got to be kidding me. How did he do that?! I'm impressed. I'm impressed! There's a bar outside your base called Maggie's. You know it? Yeah. Good. Meet me there next Friday around eight. You got a name? Yeah. Don't forget my money. You got a middle name? You do realise I can't go back in there? (ALARM BLARES RHYTHMICALLY) This is the sound of death knocking! SAR alarms and sleep deprivation... Where the hell are they?! The first stages of hypothermia are the most critical. Why? Because you still have the ability to think. Say it. (ALL) We still have the ability to think. The decisions you make during this stage are gonna determine whether you live or die. Is there a reason you're not breathing, Goldfish? Huh? Is there a reason why you're not breathing? I don't know anyone who can stay alive without breathing for 15 minutes, Senior Chief. Are you a coroner? Because pronouncing people dead is not part of our job description. What do we always say? (ALL) There's dead and there's dead. We never stop, Jake. Not from the cabin to the tarmac. We never stop. Aye, Senior Chief. Understood? (ALL) Yes, Senior Chief! OK, Jake, in the pool. Hodge, you're with the dummy. All right, now. Three letters. Three letters will get you people a cup of hot coffee and a blanket. What do you say, Goldfish? I'm actually not that cold any more, Senior Chief. You're not cold any more because blood is moving from your extremities to your heart. That's why your arms won't work. If you plan on spending roughly 60 percent of your career in a mildly hypothermic state... Senior Chief, may I have a word? Sir? Why wasn't I informed of this? You know, we have classrooms. Your assignment is to simply teach the stages of hypothermia. Sir, in about... two and a half... minutes, they'll understand. Permission to carry on, sir? Go ahead. Three letters, people, will get you a hot coffee and a warm blanket! Whaddya say, Class 5506? (ALL, UNSTEADILY) Oorah! . 'This is an oxygen-deprivation anaerobic exercise.' 'You and your partner will push your brick along the bottom of the pool, down and back.' 'If you need air, you may surface.' 'One breath. Your partner must remain under water until you return.' 'Your brick can only move while both of you are touching it.' 'If you both surface, you both fail.' 'This exercise is designed to teach you teamwork.' 'On my whistle, drop your gear into the pool'... (PANTS) I said one breath, Sunkist! Let's go! I can't. Come on! I can't! Get your ass out of the pool. Let's go! Come on! Lean and rest. If you wanna quit, just quit now. I could use those new shoes. Chief, we got a problem. Somebody's missing. Jesus Christ! That's gotta be a new record. Oorah! I'm so sick of records. Go get him. You think I'm impressed because you can hold your breath, Goldfish? I wouldn't venture to say what would impress you, Senior Chief. All right. Get him out of the pool. We're done for the day. Out of the pool, Fischer. Let's move. Oorah! Move your ass. Pop tall, Sunkist! Out of the pool, out of the pool Records... Never stare directly into the flame, people. It will impair your night vision. This is a Mark-58 flare. This is what it looks like. It'll light up a 50ft swath of water and can be detected by infrared miles out. This is a demonstration model. The normal one will burn for 40 to 60 minutes. Pay attention. Mark 58 is used to reference the wind, detect the current. Officer Watson is gonna talk a bit more about that. Five minutes! The vessel you're looking at is listing to the port side. When you get to the door of the helicopter, you need to look down and pay attention to what you really have down here. It's important that you understand your limitations. Limitations without understanding are gonna get you killed. This vessel is trapped in pancake ice in the Bering Sea. The crew are out on the deck in a manageable hoisting position. But suddenly... Those pieces of ice can weigh in upwards of thousands of pounds. Imagine yourself trapped between two thousand-pound pieces of ice, trying to free-swim. Thank you, Chief. Next scenario, Petty Officer Watson. Before you leave that helicopter... Standardisation is one of the reasons we were so successful during Katrina. We had crews come in from all over the country, but it didn't matter, because we had all been trained the same way. I didn't know my pilot, my co-pilot or my flight mechanic, but it didn't matter. That's why we do it, so you have to get your mind around that idea. Helicopter starts going. When the wind starts coming... (ALL) 20, 21, 22... (ALL) Two,... three... (ALL CHANT) Don't need no land, don't need no tree, out in the water, that's where I wanna be. Hey, Mags. Can I have a beer? Sure. Well, well! So, you are gonna have a drink with me. No, I'm having a drink near you. Entirely different thing. You're a real lightning rod, aren't you? What's your name? Daisy Buchanan. You're lying, Daisy Buchanan. There is that possibility. That was a sure-fire lie. So, I take it you've read The Great Gatsby. Where's my money? It's not on me. But it is close, in a very safe place. I'm drawing a map, with a complex set of clues. Each one is more fiendishly clever than the last... That works, too. This is just a picture of your pants. A bad picture, which is what makes it so fiendishly clever. (LAUGHS) How did Emily Thomas become a schoolteacher? How does Jake become a guy who wants to jump out of helicopters? I killed a couple of guys and had to get out of Dodge. (LAUGHS) You are lying. There is that possibility. (LAUGHS) The truth. My bull-riding career was going down the drain. OK, that's better. All right, now you. I really should go. Go? No, you're not going. We're just starting to have fun. You're insulting my drawing... No, you were, although to be fair it's pretty lame. You can't go. You owe me a dance. No, I don't think so. Then, I'll have to take that money back, cos - Look, every 18 weeks a new bunch of you guys comes in hoping to score with the local talent. I live here. I work here. It's a good thing I just asked for a dance, then. (FUNKY JAZZ-DANCE MUSIC) OK. Just one dance. No attachments... Just casual... I'm a guy. I can do casual. Mm-hm. I am the king of casual. There's just one thing, though. Stop undressing me with your eyes, cos there's no way you're getting me into bed. # Oh # Love and happiness # Love and happiness # I found my love # Love and happiness # Well, happiness is when # You really feel good with somebody... Hey, you. How you doing? I'm late. Wh-What is... They're gonna kill me. This isn't like school. They don't hand out tardies. (LAUGHS) You smell really good. I smell like you. He never came back? Nope. Wow,... four years as lead instructor, I never had one go missing. All right. Take the others to the pool. I'll catch up. Aye aye, Senior. (ALL CHANT) Oh, God, there they are. Stop the car. Stop. Here? Yes. I'll call you. You better. Bye. Jake, Jake, Jake! # Airman Fischer's comin' in late, yeah (ALL) # Airman Fischer's comin' in late, yeah (ALL CHANT) # Must be nice to go out on a date, yeah (ALL) # Must be nice to go out on a date, yeah... Oh, my goodness, look at this. Look at this! "Freshman leads team to state title." That's you. Holy smokes! "At only 16, Jake Fischer displays the traits of a seasoned athlete. One thing's for sure - the future looks bright for this young competitor." Hmm. Guess they didn't know you were gonna flunk out of "A" School. You have a nice evening? Get dressed. . I think we need another brick. Bring it in. Goldfish? Goldfish... (ALL GROAN) Thanks to Mr Fischer's extracurricular activities, you have all now gone 36 hours without sleep. Blow it. Class leader, you are done. Form it up in the shallow end. Aye, Senior Chief! Class 5506, form it up! No! No-no-no-no-no. You're with me. # I'm a rescue swimmer, yes, I am # I'm here to pull your ass out of this jam # I jump from the helo and swing from the cable... All right, knock it off. I am having a hard time figuring you out, Fischer. You like seeing your picture in the paper? In it for the glory, maybe a few chicks, am I right? When it comes down to it, you will choose yourself over them every time, like you did on the first day in the pool. Like you did yesterday on missing muster. It won't happen again, Senior Chief! Why don't you do us both a big favour and quit? # I'm a rescue swimmer, yes, I am # Here to pull your ass out of this jam # I jump from the helo and swing from the cable # I'm not Tarzan, I'm just willing and able... Gimme something else, Senior Chief! (ALL) 30,... 31,... 32,... 33,... 34,... 35,... 36... Stop! Senior Chief on deck. Pop tall. (ALL) Oorah! Morning, class. Today we were going to learn about how to approach a drowning victim in high seas. But I think there's some here who aren't interested in that victim. In fact, I think some aren't interested in saving lives at all. I believe there are some... who are more interested in setting records. So today... is record day. # "Ain't No Easy Way Out" - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (CHUCKLES) 5:28. Put one on the board for Goldfish! Oh, he's fast! He's good! You got it, man! You got it, Fisch! Another record! Whoo! Chalk it up, Chief! Get some! You are the man! You people do not deserve to be in the pool with Jake! He's destroying you! Wow, look at him go! He's fast! Wow, he's fast. Come on, you're all fighting for second. Just first loser. This is fun! We'll pass out trophies later. Hah! Unbelievable! Unbelievable. Want me to pull these pansies out? You do not want to hear about my day. Yeah, I do. (GRUNTS) Man, this guy, Randall... It doesn't matter what I do, it's just not good enough. Maybe he's trying to push you to be better. We teachers do that to the ones we believe in. No, it's personal with him. He knows that I'm better than he was. I mean, today I broke every one of his records. I own them all. Not all of them. There's one record you won't break. This is the Aegis. Medical ship, caught on fire. It was a nightmare. People were burning in their beds. Ben Randall got everyone off there, except for this one guy, and right when the ship started to go down, he grabs this guy. He's hanging from the cable with this man's life in his hands, and the winch jams. It's 20 minutes to the base, the man's screaming... Ben looks him dead in the eye, and he says, "I won't let go." What happened? Dislocated his shoulder, tore every tendon in his hand - but he didn't let go. 20 minutes, just fingertips. You break that record... and you give me a call. My day was all right. # I need to step outside # Another day marks another way # Marks a new reason to hide # It's true, when you slip # You slide # I'm on the ground, I've been pushed down by this # Primitive pride # My voice a stifled symphony # My veins pump liquid lethargy # But I may be turning blue # And I may have some work to do # But sliding # Sliding... # See, here's my thinking. We should go on a date. Well, what do you call this? I dunno. I'm talking about... having a real date, you know, like a nice restaurant, nice clothes, get you some flowers... I thought we agreed to keep this casual. But it's one steak. One steak is not gonna forge some kind of a lasting... emotional bond. I'm serious. Yeah? So am I. It's one dinner. What's it gonna hurt? If you ordered a steak, I imagine a cow would be involved. What is this "2"? Er... It's so the guy behind me knows what place he's coming in. (LAUGHS) What about this one? That... (GRUNTS) ..is the initials of the guys on my high-school relay team. A drunken celebration gone wrong? Something like that. So, about this date... Oh, God. It's just dinner, right? No flowers, and we will discuss nothing emotional or important. Ah... I am fully prepared to do an entire hour on nothing but the Chicago Bears. And we can have completely meaningless sex immediately afterwards. (GASPS) You think I'm gonna sleep with you on our first date? Think again. (GIGGLES) Agh! You just head-butted me! I'm gonna teach you the breast-stroke. It's very complicated, different than that of the butterfly... I guess... I can't sleep. Well, of course you can't. Your wife left you, your best friend died - you sound like a damn country song. If you had a dog you'd be run over by now. Did she send you papers? Yeah. Did you read 'em? No, I did not. Well, you think you might ought to? There never was anyone else, Mags. Like hell, Ben. You're a bigamist. You been married to the Coast Guard all along. Gimme that shoulder. (GRUNTS) Probably swum it out of socket trying to prove you're still 19. Am I right? When the heck did we get old? Hell, I've always been old, Ben. You know what, though? I don't mind. If my muscles ache, it's cos I've used them, cos I walked up them steps every night to lay next to a man who loved me. I've got a few wrinkles, but I've laid under thousands of skies on sunny days. Yeah. I look and feel this way,... well, cos I drank and I smoked, I lived and I loved - and danced, sang, sweat and screwed my way through a damn good life, if you ask me. Getting old ain't bad, Ben. Getting old - that's earned. (GASPS) There will come a time when you might have to decide who lives and dies out there. It's a terrible responsibility, but it is one you will have to make as a rescue swimmer. The bigger reality is,... it's also something you're going to have to live with as a human being. There will come a time when you're going to have to say no. The most important person to keep alive... is yourself. You'll be facing crews from five to 20, all saying "save me, save me". They're looking for a miracle. How old are you, Hodge? 24. At 24 years old, you have to become that miracle. You have to find a way to be that miracle. Looking right, looking centre, looking left! Oorah! It's OK, sir! I'm a rescue swimmer. I'm - Hyah! (GASPS) Again! (GASPS DESPERATELY) All right, that's it! Time out! Panics every time, Senior. Hodge, over here. The only difference between you and the victim is the attitude in which you enter the water. You got to figure out a way to be calm in the face the chaos. Do you understand? That's your first challenge, Charlie. One more... and you're gone. Come out. Aye, Senior Chief. . OK, Fisch? You don't have to take his shit, Hodge. What do you know? It's so easy for you, Fisch. Is that right? Yeah. You don't get it. You don't realise that you're tougher than I am. And how's that? If I get kicked out, I'm not coming back. I'm definitely not coming back twice. You've got guts, man. Just stupidity. How long you been here, man? Altogether, er,... ten weeks first time, six weeks two days second time... Six weeks this time? You've been here longer than anybody that's graduated this place. But you don't think you can make it? Lighten up on yourself, man. Let's go. Let's get a beer. Hey, don't you have a date with, er,... the girl from the wedding? Yeah. It's not till nine. We got time. Get dressed. Let's go. When you're pulling on your stroke - Wait. Where are we going? Jake, that's a squid bar. And there's Navy guys everywhere. Shit, a beer's a beer. When you're pulling through the water, pull yourself through. Like that? No, lay it to your side and pull like that. (JUKEBOX) # With a bulletproof screen on the hood of my truck.. You get those fittings replaced before you came off to get tanked up? Yes, sir, Captain. I'll believe that when I see it. We go to "A" School, which is the most difficult school in the military. The attrition rate's - what, 50 percent? 50 percent. It's over 50 percent. Over. We're still here. We're the best of the best. When storms shut down entire ports,... you know who goes out? Er, we do. When hurricanes... When hurricanes ground the US Navy, these little guys over here, guess who goes out? That's right! We do. Look, honey, you better keep it down in here. OK. She called me honey! OK, honey. But when God Himself reaches down from heaven... What does He do, Jake? Rips houses off foundations. When God rips houses off foundation, we go out. Because we are rescue swimmers and that is our job, and that is what we do. You might wanna check your compass. This ain't no puddle-pirate bar. Er, no problem. We were just leaving anyway. No, Hodge. Finish your beer. Jake... Sit, Hodge. That's my beer, man. Finished now? Must be happy hour. (CACKLES) Hey! Back off! Everyone in this place is retired Navy! Hey! Hey, when do I get that phone call? I know I get a phone call. When do I get my phone call? Madam, I am sorry, but if nobody come in 20 minutes, I need the table. OK. She's never gonna talk to me again. You know they're gonna kick us out for this. Yeah. Least they can't say we quit. I was never gonna make it anyway. Skinner's right. I panic every time. Screw Skinner. I'm Skinner. Break my hold. What are you doing, man? Come on, Fischer. Get off me! Break it. Fischer, you're hurting. Get off me, man! Come on, Fischer! You're hurting me! You break my hold! Get off me, man! Fischer, get... off me! I said get off me! All right. Now, it's just like that when you're in the water. Well, now... We could come back - give you boys time for a smoke and some pillow talk. You can't kick us out. It's disorderly conduct, and yes, we can. We didn't fail. We're all about control. You failed miserably there. Hold it. Senior? Yeah, come in. Their disenrolment records. Bar fight? Mm-hm. All right, bring 'em in. Senior. Square it! It's all my fault, sir. Hodge had nothing to do with it. That true, Hodge? It's true. Fine. You're dismissed. Senior Chief, I was - I said... that you are dismissed. Let's go. You're gonna kick me out for defending the Coast Guard? It's been around for 200 years. I doubt a couple of knucklehead are gonna defend it. Sit down. I've been trying to peel the layers back on you for a while, and I... I just don't get it. I mean, this work seems a little remedial for someone like yourself - big swim champ, offer to every Ivy League... You'd give it all up to be here with us? Why? Here to save lives, Senior Chief. I spoke with your coach, Jake. Spoke with my coach?! Yeah. Something in your file just kept,... kept hanging me up. You win the state championship your sophomore year and then don't swim the next two. I'm just a public-school guy, so just, er,... pardon me, but it didn't add up, until... now. Kirk Holloway, 100-metre medley winner, thrown through the passenger window. Pronounced dead at the scene. Abe Ikeman, first team All-American,... lungs crushed. Carl Sandoval, 150-metre freestyle champ... Made it all the way to the hospital. Died of internal bleeding. Guess you just know everything, then. I know what it's like to lose a team. Yeah? What about living in a small town where everyone thinks that you killed their brother, or son or best friend? You know about that? The kind of small town where everyone still waves to everyone,... just not to you? I read the report. Your blood alcohol was zip that night. I'm guessing there was a flip for designated driver. You lost. I guess that just makes it all go away, huh? No, it doesn't! It just makes it an accident! At least that's how it reads. You were 16 years old, Jake. I'm not your priest, but if I was, I think... I think maybe you'd deserve a pass. You're giving me a pass?! You just think you know everything, with your psychobabble bullshit. Why am I here? Why are you here?! Huh? You're too old to be doing this. You're washed up here! You don't wanna be teaching a bunch of kids in a pool! I don't give a shit what you read, or who you talked to! You don't know about me. You don't... I have me under control! I can see that. (PAPERS RUSTLE) The only difference between you and me is,... I don't wear the ones I lost on my arm, Jake. I know where you're at, Jake. I'm there myself. I ask myself every day why I was the one that survived. And? And if I can't answer that for me, I certainly won't try to for you. Have a seat. I want you to start being a member of this team - the team you have now. You have a gift, Jake. You're the best swimmer to come through this programme by far. You've got a whole record board to prove it. When I see that, I see someone fast enough, who's gonna get there first. I see someone strong enough, who's gonna last. I see someone who can save a life that maybe no-one else could. You really wanna honour the initials on your arm? Then, honour your gift. Save the ones you can, Jake. The rest,... we've got to let go. Does this mean you're not gonna fail me? For what? Backing up a buddy in a bar? And I got bigger problems than you. I don't know about you, but I could use a fuckin' drink. Oops! We're gonna consider everything tonight off-record and off-duty. That was an invite. Oh! You gotta be kidding me. What was it they called you? Puddle pirates, but it's not... I-I-I'm way over it, Senior Chief. That's like sticks and stones. Well, we'll just have one beer. (POUNDING MUSIC) (LAUGHTER) Great. They're angrier and drunker. Perfect. Hi! Two beers. You gotta be kidding me! That's what I said. Look, I don't want any trouble, OK? They really don't like us, do they? Nah, they think they're better than us because they're combat-oriented. We're the Coast Guard, Jake. Nobody really appreciates us until they need us. That him? Yep. Let me ask you a question before we start bleeding. All those saves... What's your real number? Do you have a death wish, or are you just shit-stupid? We're gonna go with stupid this time. Hi. Hi. Who's this? Your old man? (LAUGHS) I'm really glad you're still here. Oh, yeah? Yeah. Argh! Behind you! Stand down! Just stand down! I think you better leave. OK. Come on, Jake. All right, sit down. Have a beer! That went a lot better than I thought. Yeah. What the hell was that? I dunno. Hey, er... I wanted to, er,... apologise to you... for what I said earlier about you being old and washed-up. Is there... anything you'd like to say to me? Like what? I dunno. I apologised to you. I just thought that... there might be something that you've said or done that you'd like to apologise to me for. Why? That's how it's... done. I... You suck at apologies, you know that? You're missing the whole concept. (PHONE RINGS) Hello? "Hi." "It's me." Are you OK? What happened? I mean, I waited for two hours. Yeah. I'm... I'm really sorry. I... What happened? "It's a really long story." Let me just... Put it this way. It was the... ..best worst night of my life. I'm glad someone had fun. Can I... see you tomorrow night? I have parent-teacher conferences tomorrow. What about the next night? I have parent-teacher conferences all week. You blowin' me off? No, Jake. I wouldn't do that to somebody. "I got to get up in a couple of hours. I got to go." Yeah. "Goodbye." . All right, you know what we briefed on the ground. Same thing. We're gonna stay together. No matter what happens out there, you stay together. Whatever decision you make, you make as a team. 'We trained in freefall at 15 to 20ft.' 'You fall from 50ft, it's like hitting concrete.' 'You fall 80 to 100ft,... you die.' Hey, where they going? They'll come back for us, right? Hodge, you been here before. They'll come back for us, right? I never made it this far. You're kidding! Not till the final week! They're not coming back. What do we do? All right, listen up. We stay together as a group! Nobody falls behind. We all stay together. One guy goes back, get him back to the front. We're a team. Oorah! Oorah! Oorah! Let's do it, 5506. Sir, it's OK. I'm with the US Coast Guard. Again! I'm a Coast Guard rescue swimmer. I'm here to help you! Time out. Class, pop tall. March. Get yourself to the side of the pool. Aye aye, Senior Chief! (ALL) Oorah! Easy, Chief. Guess that was a lucky punch. Hodge! You stay right there! Well done, Charlie. Well done. Oorah, Chief Skinner. Class 5506, "Oorah, Hodge" on three. One, two, three. (ALL) Oorah, Hodge! Good for you. Get their gear off. (ALL SHOUT) (ALL SHOUT COMMANDS) Class 5506, will you come find me if I am lost? (ALL) Yes, Senior Chief! Will you come save me if I am drowning? (ALL) Yes, Senior Chief! I believe you would. I have high hopes for this class. I have high hopes for you. Matthew Stokes, Savannah, Georgia. A job well done. Oorah, Captain. Kenneth Weatherly, Clearwater, Florida. Go out there and do great things. William Hodge, Astoria, Oregon. Where's Senior Chief? Got a chance to go back to Kodiak. He took it. He never had much of a bedside manner. He's a water dog, Jake. And as it turns out, not a half bad teacher. Best of luck. Jacob Fischer, Kodiak, Alaska. Congratulations, Jake. Make us proud up there. Aye-aye, Captain. Scott Reeves, Sitka, Alaska. Ladies and gentlemen, your graduates. (ALL CHEER / APPLAUD) Well, congratulations. Thank you. It's OK. We both knew where this was going, right? It was just casual. Right. You're getting what you've always wanted. And always wanting more. Take care of yourself, Jake. I gotta go to work. Yeah. . Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Rock. I'm Captain William Hadley, CO of Kodiak Air Station. Fischer. Yep. Right here. Mr Mitcheltree will square you away. The rest of you step up here with Mr Christiansen. He'll process you in. Oh, amazing. Not only does he come back in great shape, but he still thinks he can cook. Hello, Jake. How you doing? Welcome. Good to see you again. You guys keep it warm here, huh? You know where a free meal is! We'll need three crews in Sitka for the weekend. And the stand team arrives here next Tuesday. You patch things up with, er, the wife? You fix things up with that young lady? Well, you still have a choice, you know. Hey, there was a question I wanted to ask you back at school and I didn't. But, er, when you can't save 'em all,... ..how do you choose who lives? It's probably different for everybody, Jake. Kinda simple for me, though. I just, I take the first one I come to, or the weakest one in the group, and then I swim as fast and as hard as I can for as long as I can. And the sea takes the rest. Do you think I'm ready? I'm not your teacher any more, Jake. I'm just your fellow swimmer. Not exactly the answer I'm looking for, there. If I did not think you were ready, I'd not put you in the Bering Sea. "6030, this is Kodiak Ops Cent. We're diverting your training mission." "We have two kayakers swept into the cave south of Saltery Cove. Copy." 6030 copies. We're diverting. We've got a real case now. OK, guys. That tide's coming in and we've got six-to-eight foot rollers coming from the north. Senior, what do you think about taking Fischer? I want him with me. He's good to go. I don't think it'll be a problem sliding in there. The problem's gonna be coming back out. That's why I've got Jake with me, got my human speedboat. Kodiak Ops, this is 6030. We're on scene at this time. No sign of kayakers. I'm taking her down. Cabin door is open and locked. Those are definitely ten-foot waves. Swimmer's coming to the door. Remember, all right, you got the whole weight of the ocean punching through that opening. You gotta read the hydraulics, you gotta count the waves, then wait for the flush. Sure as hell hope you paid attention in class, Speedboat. Swimmers in the water. Swimmers OK. Swimmer two is making contact with swimmer one. Hey! Over here! Here! Over here! Got 'em! Three o'clock! Right here! We're rescue swimmers. We'll get you out of here. I can't believe you guys actually got here. Give me your hand. Just the two of you? Yeah. His arm's hurt real bad. All right. Swimmer one. I got, er, 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, OK? Relax, buddy. I got you. All right. You're with me. OK. I don't swim so good. You don't swim so good? No, sir. That's OK. I swim pretty good. All right, on your back. Wait! Are we gonna take the boat? I'm the boat. Wait. Wait, wait, wait, wait. I'm not ready. Hey! (BABBLES MANICALLY) Wait, wait, wait! Settle down! Something's not right. Swimmer one's going back in the cave. What happened? He hit a log. What?! What are you...? What...? He's gone, Jake. He's not. (SPLUTTERS) He's just got a head laceration. Here we go. (GROANS) 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, OK? I know you feel tired right now, but you need to keep your eyes open. OK? All right? All right? I need you keep talking to him. Keep talking to him. 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. OK? Right here. He's got a compound fracture on his right radius. We tried to stabilise that. We put a collar on this one, more precautionary than anything. This one's possibly concussive. We checked their vitals. 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 it, in front of me. Why don't you take some time to think about it? No. It's, er,... ..it's over. Just... sign it. Please. It could've happened to anyone. Maybe. But what if it happens again? What then? Kid got a couple of stitches. He'll be fine. We got him outta there. No, you did. You were strong out there today. I was proud of you. What are you gonna do? A friend of mine once suggested fishing. I think I might take his advice. Fishing? Yeah. Come on. Guys like us don't go fishing. (CHUCKLES) Where have I heard that before? Senior,... ..before you go, I gotta know one thing. What's your real number? 22. 22? That's not bad. It's not 200. It's not... 22's the number of people I lost, Jake. Only number I kept track of. Keeps the sea out of your mouth. 1 Hey. Hi. Started painting again? Yeah. Great light up there. (Yeah?) (CHUCKLES) You know, erm... ..I want to apologise for the phone calls, Helen. I should have given you your space. You felt showing up unannounced was the best way to communicate that? (Hey.) Please, just... Ben... I, I want you to have it. Along with these. I,... ..I signed 'em. 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, erm,... ..it took me a long time to understand that that man was me. (SIGHS) Oh, man. (BEEPING) Oh. Doggone it. Sorry. Aren't you gonna answer that? I'm not a rescue swimmer any more, 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 on board. With its dewatering pumps unable to keep up, it's not a matter of if this thing is going down, but when. (SHOUTING) (ALL SHOUT) (RADIO CHATTER / BEEPING) 'There will come a time when you're going to have to say no.' 'You'll be facing crews from 5 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 freefall deployment to the water. You good with that, Jake? Copy that. If we have to put you in, we're gonna get you in upswell, let the waves take you down to the boat. 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 metres. (ALL SHOUT) Cabin door open and locked. Pre-rescue checklist for freefall deployment. (ALL SHOUT) Whoa, whoa! Boat just took a wave. One seems to have gone on the edge. We need to get our swimmer down there. Going off comm. Prepare for a freefall deployment of the rescue swimmer. (SCREAMS) Rescue checklist part two. Swimmer's getting ready. Checklist complete. Swimmer's coming out. Roger that. Check swimmer. Swimmer at the door. Checking swimmer. Swimmer ready? God help you if you ain't, boy! Swimmer's away. Swimmer's OK. He's heading towards the vessel. 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! "(TANNOY CHATTER)" "Kodiak Ops, rescue 6034. Fischer's on board but vessel is compromised." "Taking on lots of water. May not hold out much longer." How many guys have you got on here? Is anyone injured? I got four guys. This guy's got a broken leg. The skipper's down below. He's trying to start the pumps. He's gonna go up first. All right. "Rescue 6034. Three on board with injuries, one more down below." You there, help me get him around here! (ALL SHOUT) (SCREAMS) The basket is on its way up. (SCREAMS) Strap in! The captain's down below and there's one other man on deck! Help him out. Strap yourself in. "I repeat, the boat's going down bad. 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, go ahead." "We've got one down below. I gotta go down." Swimmer one, be advised, we've got seven minutes to bingo. I'm going down. Captain? Yeah! Captain? Yeah! (GROANS) Captain! I'm a rescue swimmer. I'm here to help you out. Your leg is jammed in here? Or is it just...? Agh! It's the whole leg! I tried to free the clutch and got stuck! Ow! This is swimmer one. I got the captain down here. He's stuck. "We're gonna be a little bit." "We're about out of time." "We have two minutes to bingo." I ain't leaving here without him. Er, send somebody back for us, cos I'm staying 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 rescue swimmer on scene." Who do we have left in the shop? 08 is all we've got left, but no crew. Get her on the line. Krauss, suit up. We're handling this. I need a swimmer. . Don't worry. No, they'll get him. Don't worry, don't worry. (GROANS) Here we go! Hold on. Ready to go home? Yeah, man. Captain! Captain! We cleared in, Lieutenant? Aye-aye, Captain. Outstanding. Rescue swimmer one, this is 6008. Do you read? Come in, rescue swimmer one. 6008. Do you read? Come on, Jake. Be there. (HELICOPTER ROTORS WHIRR) Cabin door coming open. Cabin door's open and locked. Right there. Right side. Nobody on board. All right. I see what I want. Just get me down. The right-hand corner. Try to avoid the rigging. OK. Swimmer requests aft right-hand corner. Right-hand corner. Rescue checklist for a harness deployment of the rescue swimmer. No trail line. Roger that. We'll do the hoist at 100 feet. Roger that. Kodiak Ops, Kodiak Ops, this is rescue 6028. "Rescue 6028, Kodiak Ops. Go ahead." Swimmer's ready. Load-checking swimmer. Load checking complete. Swimmer's going out the door. Swimmer's out the door. Swimmer's on the 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. Fouled cable! Paying out slack. Coast Guard helo, this is swimmer number one. I'm the engine room and the hold of the boat is filling up. He's trying to free the cable. Come on. OK, cable free. Cable free. Attaboy. Cable's free and I got a fray right here. 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 'em loose! I know. 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! Both swimmers are out and in sight. I got 'em. 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?! The cable's starting to part! Hold, hold, hold! Hold right there. Bringing them up. 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. It'll hold. Senior fell! Senior fell! Jake's got him! We gotta get 'em up. (GROANS) 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! Put me down! I can't! You gotta lower me down now! Get me outta here! You gotta lower me down! I can't! I'll freefall! 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 let go. He was 80 or 90 feet up. 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 into the debris. Lost swimmer. Lost swimmer. 'The coast guard mounted 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?' '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 of weeks later.' Where is he? Huh? 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's a fisher of men, a last hope for all those who've 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. # "Never Let Go" - Bryan Adams # Can you lay your life down # So a stranger can live? # Can you take what you need # And take less than you give? # Could you close every day # Without the glory and fame? # Could you hold your head high # When no-one knows your name? # That's how legends are made # At least that's what they say # We say goodbye # But never let go # We live, we die # Cos you can't save every soul # You gotta take every chance to # Show that you're the kind of man who # Will never look back, will never look down # And never let go # Can you lose everything # You ever had planned? # Can you sit down again # And play another hand? # Could you risk everything # For the chance of being alone? # Under pressure find the grace # Or would you come undone? # That's how legends are made # At least that's what they say # We say goodbye # But never let go # We live, we die # Cos you can't save every soul # Gotta take every chance to # Show that you're the kind of man who # Will never look back, will never look down # And never let go # Never let go # Gotta take every chance to # Show that you're the kind of man who # Will never look back and never look down # And never let go # We say goodbye # But never let go # We live, we die # But you can't save every soul # Gotta take every chance to # Show that you're the kind of man who # Will never look back, will never look down # Never look down # Will never look back, will never look down # And never let go # # "Run Me In The Dirt (Throwdown)" - Marty James and Joseph "Butch" Flythe # Oh, ah, oh, ah, yeah # Run me, run me, run me in the dirt, yeah # Oh, ah, oh, ah, yeah # Yeah # You ready, man? # Run me, run me, run me, make it hurt, yeah # Now, how do we decide who lives and who dies? # It's heads or tails, set sails and the goal's to survive # I'm always ready, I wear my heart on my sleeve # So that others may live, so that a stranger can breathe # I live by the sea and my life is a storm # You comin' with me and we'll get to the shore # This is hard core, my brother's gotta live for this # I got love for oorah class 5506, come on # Oh, ah, oh, ah, yeah # I got one life, one shot, so what's it gonna be now? # Fly me, fly me, fly me out to sea, yeah # I can't think twice tonight, man, I'm ready to throw down # Oh, ah, oh, ah, yeah # I got one life, one shot, so what's it gonna be now? # People in the water waiting for me, yeah # I can't think twice tonight, man, I'm ready to throw down # Oh, ah, oh, ah, yeah # Run me, run me, run me in the dirt, yeah # Oh, ah, oh, ah, yeah # Kick me, kick me, kick me out the door, yeah # Oh, ah, oh, ah, yeah # Save 50 people and come back for more, yeah # Oh, ah, oh, ah, yeah # Run me, run me, run me in the dirt, yeah... # IMS Subtitles www.able.co.nz Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air.