I think rescue efforts should be strictly allotted their resources by how funny and dramatically appropriate it would be if the people in question died. So in the case of the bridge, making an effort would be fine, but they should NEVER have tried finding that submarine and should have in fact shot the people on it if it had returned safely.
20 years from now some sailor will tell a wild story of actually finding the sub's wreckage and survivors after the news, the authorities, and their families all officially accepted their deaths.
After quietly contacting the families, the sailor recalls the crew being offered an obscene amount of money to make sure that the knowledge that there were survivors is never made public.
When asked why anybody should believe him, what proof does he have, he points to the couch were the interviewer is sitting and says, "Thats one of the pillows we used to smother them."
I think rescue efforts should be strictly allotted their resources by how funny and dramatically appropriate it would be if the people in question died. So in the case of the bridge, making an effort would be fine, but they should NEVER have tried finding that submarine and should have in fact shot the people on it if it had returned safely.
20 years from now some sailor will tell a wild story of actually finding the sub's wreckage and survivors after the news, the authorities, and their families all officially accepted their deaths.
After quietly contacting the families, the sailor recalls the crew being offered an obscene amount of money to make sure that the knowledge that there were survivors is never made public.
When asked why anybody should believe him, what proof does he have, he points to the couch were the interviewer is sitting and says, "Thats one of the pillows we used to smother them."