Ironworks Gaming Forum - View Single Post - British Divers stuck in cave turn down help???

Skunk · 03-24-2004, 06:46 AM

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/m...pedcavers.html

They are British armed forces personnel and they are not in any immediate danger.

There could be a whole host of reasons why they are turning down aid from the locals. They are all described as expert cavers by the MOD and may feel that the equipment of the rescue team is inadequate. Maybe they feel that it would be embarrassing to the UK armed forces to be rescued by Mexican soldiers. Maybe they are carrying equipment which is 'secret' or maybe one of them is in a branch of the forces which is publicity shy (ie SAS).

If they die as a result of turning down help - then so be it. No fault could be assigned to Mexico under those circumstances.

But they had BETTER have a good reason that nullifies the message that they're refusal of help is sending out; that the Mexican rescuers are somehow incompetent/untrustworthy. That is something that they will need to address when they finally get out.

03-24-2004, 06:46 AM	#5
Skunk Banned User Join Date: September 3, 2001 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Age: 63 Posts: 1,463	http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/m...pedcavers.html They are British armed forces personnel and they are not in any immediate danger. There could be a whole host of reasons why they are turning down aid from the locals. They are all described as expert cavers by the MOD and may feel that the equipment of the rescue team is inadequate. Maybe they feel that it would be embarrassing to the UK armed forces to be rescued by Mexican soldiers. Maybe they are carrying equipment which is 'secret' or maybe one of them is in a branch of the forces which is publicity shy (ie SAS). If they die as a result of turning down help - then so be it. No fault could be assigned to Mexico under those circumstances. But they had BETTER have a good reason that nullifies the message that they're refusal of help is sending out; that the Mexican rescuers are somehow incompetent/untrustworthy. That is something that they will need to address when they finally get out.