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Is this man a magnet for accidents at sea?
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this post was submitted on 28 Feb 2024
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Also there is a financial incentive. There is part of martime law about salvage rights. The person doing the rescuing has rights to the stuff they saved. Obviously it doesn't apply to just saving some person floating,. A ship with people, you get some rights to the value of the ship and its contents.
One of the more interesting examples https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/oldies-amp-oddities-the-alraigo-incident-10366728/