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A winch system and four hundred feet of cable would allow them to lift survivors on board, but they had no basket, so Kurt would have to go down and grab them himself He clicked the cable to the harness he’d pulled on previously and slid hi over the side

“I see no one,” the pilot said

“They could be clinging to the side,” Kurt replied “Take us around”

Kurt could feel adrenaline surging through his body, ed craft came in from the South African Coast Guard station

“Vessel Ethernet reports heavy flooding,” the South African controller had informed thee”

“Confir what he’d heard

“Ethernet,” the controller advised “Out of San Francisco Seven persons known to be aboard Including Brian Westgate, his wife, and two children”

Brian Westgate was an Internet billionaire His wife, Sienna, was an old friend of Kurt’s Years earlier, she’d been the love of his life

The s ever did, but he was the type to recover quickly He blocked out any thoughts of the past or fears of not reaching the yacht in time and focused on the task at hand

“Get the spotlight on, Joe!”

As the helicopter circled the floundering vessel and dropped toward it, Kurt could see waves sweeping over the hull The only saving grace was that the forward superstructure was being sheltered by the aft section of the ship

Joe turned on the spotlight, and the rain beca for a ht, Kurt could see the hull e

“There! Near the bridge”

The pilot saw it too He maneuvered the helicopter closer, as Joe unlatched himself and came back to operate the winch

“This cable isn’t designed to hoist people,” he reminded Kurt