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End-of-history status economies. Coordinate a logistics manoeuvre that costs the weekly budget of some country's education budget to rescue a 58yo man.
Six weeks ago, the captain of a Japanese container ship was hit by severe abdominal pain in the North Pacific. The nearest U.S. rescue helicopter was more than 1,000 miles away.
His ship, the One Majesty, was 58 miles south of Adak, Alaska. He was 58 years old and he needed a hospital. There was ocean in every direction.
The U.S. Coast Guard in Kodiak launched an MH-60 Jayhawk anyway.
A thousand miles is Tampa to New York. No helicopter flies that in one hop.
So the Jayhawk hopped down the Aleutian Islands, refueling at Dutch Harbor and again at Adak.
That solved the fuel. It did not solve the crew. Nobody should fly a thousand miles through Aleutian weather and then hold a hover over a moving ship.
So the Alaska Air National Guard sent an HC-130J. It carried a fresh Coast Guard helicopter crew and two pararescuemen out to Adak to take over.
And if that one helicopter broke down out there?
A second Jayhawk flew to Cold Bay just to stand by.
The fresh crew flew the last 58 miles over open water with the HC-130J watching from above. They lowered the hoist to the deck and lifted the captain off.
Back at Adak he was moved onto the HC-130J and flown to Anchorage.
Two Coast Guard helicopters. One Air Guard rescue plane. A relief crew. Two pararescuemen. More than a thousand miles.
All of it for one Japanese sailor none of them had ever met.
From Japan: we saw this. Thank you.
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Michael Carrick handing over his Brunade Launcher to Mauricio Pochettino.
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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester United finalising deal to appoint Mauricio Pochettino if ultimate decision made to replace Michael Carrick. 54yo lined up & terms being done with camp. #MUFC yet to contact US but straight-forward should plan proceed @TheAthleticFC nytimes.com/athletic/77674…
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Mikel Arteta reportedly wants Arsenal training sessions at Sobha Realty held in TOTAL DARKNESS so his players can develop predator-level ball tracking. 🥷
Mikel Arteta reportedly wants Arsenal training sessions at Sobha Realty held in TOTAL DARKNESS so his players can develop predator-level ball tracking. 🥷
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Fun fact: Hata English names zina regional patterns Kenya. Kuna majina utapata yamedominate certain regions kuliko zingine. Sometimes, mtu anaweza jua region umetoka just from your first name, hata kabla hajajua surname yako. For example ukiskia msupa anaitwa Wendy, Blessy, Bessy jua huyo ni miraa babes. Ukiskia ndume inaitwa Willy(Wilberforce), Wycliffe, Sospeter jua huyo ni wa ingo. Ukiskia swahili names sijui Zawadi, Amani, et al huyo si wa bara.
Lakini ukiskia Edwin Sifuna unajua huyo ndo the 6th president of Kenya.
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