HALIFAX — As the search for a missing submersible with five people aboard continued about 700 kilometres south of Newfoundland, two federal cabinet ministers…
“At this point, we are doing whatever we can to save lives and that is our most important priority,” she told a media briefing.
As the search entered its fourth day, critics on social media raised questions about the logic behind committing so many resources to saving members of an elite, high-risk expedition that charged members of the public $250,000 to take part.Article content Christopher Boyer, executive director of the U.S.-based National Association for Search and Rescue, said the debate over who should pay for the high-risk operation is complicated by the fact that there is a simple “social contract,” or moral imperative, that essentially states: When someone’s in need, we want to help.Article content
“It took an act like that to get us to the point where someone could say, ‘I don’t want heroic measures taken to save me.’ And maybe there should be something similar for high-risk activities, where we don’t expect heroic measures to save us if something goes wrong.”Article content Meanwhile, the Canadian Coast Guard has committed to sending a small fleet to rescue those aboard the minivan-sized Titan submersible. The offshore science vessel CCGS John Cabot, the heavy icebreaker CCGS Terry Fox and the multitask vessel CCGS Ann Harvey are now part of the rescue team.Article content
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