Narrator: WITH WEATHER CONDITIONS INTENSIFYING,
THE RESCUE SWIMMER MUST CUT THROUGH THE 25-KNOT WINDS,
AND SAFELY NAVIGATE THE VESSEL'S PITCHING STACK OF POTS
AMID 10-FOOT SEAS.
HI. HOW YOU DOING?
GOOD. GOOD. JUST HERE.
TWO HOURS AGO, DECKHAND CODY RHODES
TOOK THE FALLING FORCE
OF A 1,000-POUND STEEL CRAB POT TO HIS LEFT LEG,
TWISTING THE FLESH AND BONE,
RESULTING IN A GRUESOME SPIRAL FRACTURE
OF HIS FIBULA AND TIBIA.
UNABLE TO CLIMB THE STACK,
THE INJURED DECKHAND MUST BE HOISTED FROM THE DECK...
...EXTRACTING THE SURVIVOR
FROM BETWEEN THE PITCHING WALL OF POTS
IN AN INCREASINGLY HOSTILE BERING SEA.
WATCH OUT.
♪♪
AFTER 18 HARROWING MINUTES ON SCENE...
...THE U.S. COAST GUARD SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES
THEIR MISSION.