Not to mention the people on the sub were fucking idiots that stupidly decided to do some tourism is a deathtrap VS 6 people that were just doing their job
I get the point being made, but iirc there was no real confirmation that the sub had exploded initially, and so there was the belief that they might’ve been just floating around down there still alive but unable to communicate with the surface. Whereas with this I think it’s a more surefire thing that they’re dead - like unless they’re clinging to debris or were able to swim to shore, I’d imagine the only other option is they’re drowned
The water at the time was around 40 Fahrenheit/9 Celsius. That gives you, if you survive the fall — which includes not inhaling water with the human gasp response when you hit the cold water or breaking you pelvis/legs/back on the at-that-height now concrete-consistency water (~20 feet/7 meters or above) — a rough seven minutes to get to shore and wrapped up nice, tight, and warm to prevent hypothermia.
Dog shit comparison just as dismissive of human lives as the irony it implies.
The people on the bridge fell into cold water under thousands of tons of steel with no underwater breathing equipment. The others were presumed missing in a submarine until pieces of it were found. There were also political reasons to keep looking for the submarine even though survival was extremely unlikely. Maybe instead of trying to turn every single death that can be blamed on the state into an ideological battle, we can just respect that this is a tragedy and those families deserve to morne without their relatives deaths being appropriated for political means?
Boy with all the charmers responding to this comment I really can't see why such an insufferable band of assholes can't get together and form a revolution that actually works. Don't worry guys, I'm sure all the straw men and ad hominin attacks will get this movement off the ground in no time!! Keep up the good work!!
There were also political reasons to keep looking for the submarine even though survival was extremely unlikely
So you concede to the original fuckin point yet demand we still ignore the obvious and callous disregard authorities and the media have for the lives of workers?
You have no idea what you're trying to say do you?
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."
There was zero chance of anyone being alive in that sub after six days, and there was basically nothing that could have pulled it to the surface from such a depth.
we can just respect that this is a tragedy and those families deserve to morne without their relatives
lol, says guy justifying the lack of effort in trying to save those people. I'd rather a living relative than "mourne".
Oh sorry I didn't realize you were an expert in search strategy. What would you have done differently to increase the survivability of those trapped underwater for several hours with no breathing equipment?
Great job with the ad hom btw. I can see you're also an expert in winning arguments.