the first rescue footage of those darwin award nominees that were aboard the HMS Bounty off the coast of cape hatteras, N.C. built in 1962 it’s a replica of a ship first built in 1784! yeah i’d take that into a hurricane any day….
The Coast Guard rescued 14 people from life rafts in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 90 miles southeast of Hatteras, N.C., Monday, Oct. 29, and two people remain missing. The first MH-60 Jayhawk crew arrived on scene at approximately 6:30 a.m. and hoisted five people into the aircraft, and a second helicopter arrived and rescued nine people and all were taken to Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., with no life-threatening conditions. U.S. Coast Guard video by Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C.

oh my lord, fuck you, OP.
THIS. Already sent an angry ask, but yes. This.
No. Don’t you dare mock the captain, crew or ship. There are things we do because we’re paid to do them, and one of them...