Translated video description:
HOW WE ACT IN EMERGENCIES (DEFYING THE MYTH OF SISYPHUS)
We leave you this video made by the crew of the Salvamar Izar. The steps are clear.
- We go on duty
- We collect data
- We get underway
- We locate
- We act
- Every second counts. That’s why we do it quickly. And we save lives.
- Back to base
What this video doesn’t say is that after returning to base, the operation starts again with another call: someone in danger, someone at sea who needs our help!
Some will say it’s like the myth of Sisyphus (that absurd punishment of Sisyphus to push a heavy rock up a mountain only to fall back down when he reaches the top). But, in this case, reaching the top translates into lives saved. Many lives. In the 30 years since Salvamento Marítimo was created, more than 680,000 people have been searched for, rescued or assisted.
Thank you for this video (by Álvaro Rodríguez) and thanks to all the professionals for climbing impossible peaks. That is what makes you ‘special’.