Seven Submerged Russians Rescued by British Remote Boat

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good that this once actually had a happy ending.

but seriously, isn't it time that we withheld our nations' funding of the Thunderbirds? I mean, they've never been around when we've really needed them! Thunderbird 4 could have taken care of this one easily, but nooooooo....

"International Rescue," my ass!

― kingfish (Kingfish), Sunday, 7 August 2005 08:06 (twenty years ago)

Yes! I was very happy to hear the good news.

― nathalie sans denouement (stevie nixed), Sunday, 7 August 2005 08:44 (twenty years ago)

It did cast me back to how happy I would have been if the Kursk sailors had been rescued.

― DV (dirtyvicar), Sunday, 7 August 2005 09:59 (twenty years ago)

I'm really glad theres a happy ending this time. I remember Kursk so well.

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Sunday, 7 August 2005 10:22 (twenty years ago)

Yay. Good news indeed. (But did anyone notice how weirdly contradictory some of the news coverage was on this story, especially regarding sequence of events?)

― EmVee, Sunday, 7 August 2005 10:50 (twenty years ago)

Such good news. Now lets hope the astronauts get back - I can then stop worrying about lovely human beings travelling in inhospitable environments in the equivalent of tin cans.

― aimurchie (aimurchie), Sunday, 7 August 2005 11:18 (twenty years ago)

Thank you England for saving the Russian sailors! Somehow this story as it was developing really filled me with terrible dread - I remember the Kursk when that was going on; I'm not numb to horrible things in the world, but I don't often feel the kind of horror I was feeling as I thought about those people running out of air. I am so happy that this story has a happy ending!

― Banana Nutrament (ghostface), Sunday, 7 August 2005 12:21 (twenty years ago)

The Kursk tragedy hit hard for me for a simple reason -- my dad served in the submarine fleet for most of his career. And having been on a few subs and knowing how claustrophobic they are by design...I can only imagine what it was like.

So this, yes, is a much happier story.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 7 August 2005 13:08 (twenty years ago)

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