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the split second someone decides your survival is worth their risk.
means to save someone or something from danger, harm, or loss, often at a cost to the one doing the saving.
from from old french rescourre, from latin re- (back) plus excutere (to shake out) — literally to shake someone free.
legal dutymost countries impose no duty to rescue strangers
good samaritan lawsprotect rescuers from lawsuits if they mess up
paradoxrescuers die trying to save people more often than expected
for instance
thai cave rescue — 12 boys, 1 coach, pulled from flooded cave, 2018
chilean miners — 33 men trapped 700 meters underground, saved after 69 days, 2010
dunkirk evacuation — 338,000 soldiers ferried across the channel by civilian boats, 1940
apollo 13 — nasa improvised a fix to bring three astronauts home, 1970