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"It is desperately unfair to them when somebody untrained, with a "cowboy" attitude, shows up and flips the script. " Those rescued by the cowboys did not expr
by lukan 2y ago
"It is desperately unfair to them when somebody untrained, with a "cowboy" attitude, shows up and flips the script. "
Those rescued by the cowboys did not expressed that. Sure, everyone prefers the professionals to show up, but if they don't, because they are overwhelmed by the situation, I surely would be glad, if an "cowboy" comes instead to pick me up.
Troublemakers in search for attention are to be kept away for sure, but those who are reasonable and willing to help and have a helicopter, like the person from the story, are probably open for an official way to help. Not what happened here.
- jquery 2y agoThe article is written with an obvious slant, from the perspective of a guy who decided to go to the media to bash first responders after being asked to coordinate via proper channels. I would take anything he said with a huge grain of salt.
- lukan 2y ago"I would take anything he said with a huge grain of salt." I do and I did not like that reporting, but if the facts are somewhat right, the arrest threat from wanting to at least still pick up his left behind son is way over the line, of anything reasonable.
- jquery 2y agoIs it? He was simply told not to fly in that area anymore. Either his son was fine in which case no big deal, or his son wasn't fine in which case he was creating more people who needed to be rescued.
- lukan 2y agoThe son was left there on a mission agreed with local official staff to rescue a person of greater need, which otherwise would have been needed to rescue anyway. If the local chief decides to send a free helicopter away is one thing, but then sending the father away while failing to provide another extraction is just a sign of not being able to handle the situation. Ideally, there would have been an easy process for volunteers to get involved. They might have told him to come, but with the son back at home.
- probably_wrong 2y ago> Those rescued by the cowboys did not expressed that Probably, but that's literal survivorship bias: those who died due to a badly-performed search have nothing to say.
- lukan 2y agoBut those investigating that would have? In other words, sources please.
- jquery 2y agoThis. People ranting and raving don’t understand these rescue protocols are literally written in blood. Not saying the right call was made here, but going straight to the media and bellyaching that first responders didn’t lick your shoes and call you a hero is gross.