A couple was drowning.
A dart game to settle the tab? That's the date we can't break?
A drunken celebration gone wrong?
A friend of mine once suggested fishing.
A hundred bucks says she shuts you down in less than a minute.
A last hope for all those who have been left behind.
A nightmare. People burning in their beds.
A pretty damn good life, if you ask me.
About what I said earlier, about you being old and washed up and that.
Again!
Ah.
Ah... It's so the guy behind me knows what place he's coming in.
Airman Fischer's coming in late yeah!
Airman Fischer's coming in late, yeah!
All I'm asking is that you go down there for a few months.
All right, boys, let's go eat.
All right, come on. Get in the basket.
All right, I got 'em.
All right, I see where I want.
All right, knock it off.
All right, look. I'm gonna help you out here.
All right, now you.
All right, now. Three letters.
All right, on your back.
All right, sit down. Have a beer.
All right, take the stick.
All right, that's it. Time out.
All right.
All right.
All right.
All right.
All right. A hundred bucks says I close in less than a minute.
All right. All right.
All right. Fine, you're dismissed.
All right. Now it's just like that when you're in the water.
All right... You call it, swimmer.
All saying, "Save me, save me." They're looking for a miracle.
All saying, "Save me, save me." They're looking for a miracle.
All saying, "Save me, save me".
All those saves...
All together, uh, I don't know. Ten weeks first time,
Along the bottom of the pool, down and back.
Along with these. I...
Alright, I'm gonna lower you down, all right?
Although, to be fair, it's pretty lame.
Am I right?
And always wanting more.
And always wanting more.
And as hard as I can, for as long as I can.
And can be detected by infrared miles out.
And danced, sang, sweat and screwed my way through
And destroys His good work with winds that rip houses off the ground,
And how's that?
And I didn't. But, um...
And if I can't answer that for me, I'm certainly not going to try and answer it for you.
And let the waves take you down to the boat.
And maybe we can get a hobby. Both of us.
And pay attention to what you really have down there.
And the attrition rate at this school is well over 50 percent.
And the sea takes the rest.
And the stand team arrives here next Tuesday.
And there is no greater calling in the world than that.
And they're having a big reception.
And we can have meaningless sex immediately afterwards.
And you may have killed your wife, sir!
And... and to our gal, Lindsey.
Approach a drowning victim in high seas.
Are gonna determine whether you live or die.
Are you a coroner?
Are you crazy? That's a command to get up!
Are you ok? What happened? I mean, I waited for two hours.
Are you ready?
Aren't you gonna answer that?
As a rescue swimmer, you need to look down
As it turns out, not a half bad teacher.
As it turns out, not a half bad teacher.
As you can see the crew on the deck in a relatively manageable hoisting position.
At 24 years old, you have to become that miracle.
At 24 years old, you have to find a way to be that miracle.
At least they can't say we quit.
Attaboy.
Aye, aye, Senior Chief.
Aye, aye, Senior Chief.
Aye, aye, Senior Chief.
Aye, aye, Senior Chief. Class 5506, form it up!
Aye, aye, Senior Chief. Let's go, out of the water.
Aye, aye, Senior.
Aye, captain.
Back off.
Basket is going out of the cabin door.
Basket is in the water.
Basket is on its way up.
Basket is outside the cabin, going down.
Be advised, we are RTB at this time.
Be there in 20 minutes. Requesting ambulance on scene when we land.
Because pronouncing people dead is not part of our job description.
Because you still have the ability to think. Say it.
Before you go, I gotta know one thing.
Before you leave that helicopter...
Ben looks him dead in the eye and you know what he said?
Ben Randall always said life is about making choices.
Ben Randall got every one of those people off, except for this one guy...
Ben, would you care to address the class?
Best of luck.
Better learn to swim against the current, not with it.
Big as day and still alive.
Big swim champ, offer to every Ivy League, you give it all up
Bingo. We're at bingo. Gotta go.
Blow it.
Boarder, right 15.
Both swimmers coming out. Both swimmers in sight.
Bring it on in. All right.
But he didn't let go.
But he still thinks he can cook.
But I found my answer a couple weeks later.
But I never made it this far.
But I've laid under thousands of skies with sunny days. Yeah.
But it didn't matter, because we have all been trained the same way.
But it didn't matter, because...
But it is close, in a very safe place.
But it is one you will have to make as a rescue swimmer.
But nothing acute, nothing new.
But our program has been proven to work.
But suddenly...
But the body of Senior Chief Ben Randall was never found.
But there's some here who aren't interested in that victim.
But this, of course, is only a legend.
But we're not building up ice.
But what if it happens again? What then?
But when it comes down to it, you will choose yourself over them every time.
But you don't think you can make it.
But you know what I see when I look at it?
By the time I got there, the husband was
Cabin door closing.
Cabin door is open and locked.
Cabin door is open and locked.
Cabin door open and locked.
Cable's free. They got a fray right here. It's still good.
Cable's starting to burst. The cable. Hold, hold.
Can I... see you tomorrow night?
Can you die from chlorine poisoning?
Can you open these up for me?
Captain, Airman Fischer. I just have one question.
Captain, I'm a rescue swimmer. I'm here to help you out.
Captain! Captain!
Captain's down below. One other man on deck.
Case in point, this vessel's trapped in pancake ice in the Bering Sea.
Cash? What cash?
Checking swimmer.
Checklist complete. Swimmer's coming out.
Checklist part two. Swimmer's getting ready.
Chief Skinner, they're all yours.
Chief! Get me out of here!
Class 5506, ooh rah, Hodge. On three...
Class 5506, will you come find me if I am lost?
Class leader, you are done. Form it up in the shallow end.
Class winner, right here.
Class, turn around and greet Senior Chief Ben Randall.
Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley ten miles southwest of Ashlock.
Coast Guard helo, do you copy?
Coast Guard helo, this is rescue swimmer one, do you copy?
Come in, rescue swimmer one. 6008, do you read me?
Come on, Carl. We gotta go, now!
Come on, Jake.
Come on, Jake. Be there.
Come on, you're hurting me. Man, get off.
Come on! Lean and rest.
Come on. Come on!
Come on. I'll show you around.
Come on. You're all fighting for seconds. Just first loser.
Computer says winds at 60 85 knots.
Congratulations, Jake. Make us proud up there.
Copy that.
Crew said that she went under. They thought you'd lost her.
D O R. Drop on request.
Deploy up top.
Didn't promote you to a desk when you turned 40 like everybody else.
Dislocated his shoulder, tore every tendon in his hand.
Do a rescue checklist part two for a harness deployment on the rescue swimmer.
Do you have a death wish or are you just shit stupid?
Do you hear me? Do you hear me?
Does this class understand?
Does this mean you're not gonna fail me?
Doggone it.
Don't have a ready for pickup signal.
Don't need no land, don't need no trees!
Don't need no land. Don't need no trees.
Don't quit on me.
Don't worry. Don't worry.
Don't worry. No, no. They'll get him.
Don't you leave me!
Dragging his wife under, just...
Drop in.
Each one is more fiendishly clever than the last.
Ease it back. Hold. The basket is in the water.
Easy forward.
Easy, Chief.
Eight feet deep in the deep end?
Emotional bond.
En route to Cold Bay. Should be on scene three, four hours.
Evening, ma'am. Can I buy you a drink?
Every 18 weeks a new bunch of you guys comes in