WEBVTT
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BASED ON A TRUE STORY
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It all started with one tiny boat.
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Can we just let people drown?
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Can we actually look away?
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The thought flooded me.
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I felt it deeply. It wouldn't go away.
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It only got bigger.
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It got stronger and stronger.
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Till I couldn't break free from it.
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We're facing 20 years in prison now.
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SUMMER 2015
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Go, go, go, go! Yes!
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Go!
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During the summer of 2015,
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hundreds of thousands of refugees
made their way to Germany and Europe.
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- Take out the bottles?
- Mm-hmm.
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They were fleeing from war and violence,
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hoping for protection and a better future.
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- Good morning.
- Morning.
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- Wow, you look great.
- You too.
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Despite great challenges
and a whole bunch of unanswered questions,
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a wave of compassion swept the country.
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There was a true willingness to help.
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- No!
- Not a problem. It's all good.
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- It happens.
- Sorry.
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It's really not a problem.
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We know now we want more
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Oh, ah
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Oh, ah
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A life worth fighting for
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So let them say we can't do better
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Lay out the rules that we can't break
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They wanna sit and watch you wither…
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- Hey there.
- What's up?
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I've got some food donations in here.
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The openheartedness didn't last.
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European governments grew overwhelmed
and decided to shut their borders.
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For many refugees, the only option left
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was to try and survive
an escape across the Mediterranean.
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There were no government rescue missions.
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Only one private ship attempted
to save people from drowning.
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Hey. You want the ball?
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A life worth fighting for…
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Even though
it seemed completely impossible…
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…I wanted to help.
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Ah, no! No!
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- We saw that in one of my classes.
- Two? Two more, Emil!
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…where Europe ends,
and no one cares what happens beyond that.
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Until last year, there was
a government-funded rescue mission.
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The Mare Nostrum rescued
over 150,000 refugees a year.
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And it got canceled. So no more help.
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No one goes out
on rescue missions anymore.
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But there's like 150 people
in each of those rubber boats.
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Or over 1,000 people
in old wooden vessels.
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There isn't a single life jacket.
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If there's an incident, they all drown
'cause no one's there to help.
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So I was thinking,
there's got to be a way to get involved.
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Like buy a rescue ship.
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Buy an actual ship?
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Yeah, I think it's possible.
I've seen a ton for sale online.
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But how are you actually gonna get it?
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You've got nothing in the bank
and no clue about boats.
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Yeah, that's all true, but how about…
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Okay.
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I mean, all around the world,
younger generations are coming together
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and achieving tremendous things.
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I say that we use that same energy
to come up with a creative solution.
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Know what I mean? We need
to focus on things greater than ourselves.
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If there's a way to save lives,
we should do it.
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Hello, Lukas Weiland here.
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I saw your boat listed online
and was wondering if I can see it.
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I'm a private individual.
I know. It's for a good cause.
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I'm… looking for a boat to help migrants
in the Mediterranean in distress.
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We're still raising funds.
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But I was also curious
about what requirements we need
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to meet with these kinds of boats?
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Maybe you'd be able to help me with that?
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Yeah, I… almost have
all the funding secured, um…
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We're getting really close.
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Okay. Got it. I'll reach out again
once I have all the money.
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You said you wanted me
to have a plan. I've got one.
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- Thanks a lot. Lukas, it's wonderful.
- Thank you.
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Really, it's great. But in all honesty,
when I said you should have a plan,
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I never meant buying a ship.
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So, isn't there some other project
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between a job at a supermarket
and… some fantasy?
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Saving drowning people
isn't exactly my idea of a fantasy.
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Oh, come on. I didn't mean it like that.
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I can tell you
exactly what's gonna happen.
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You'll dive right into this
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with all of your passion,
and that's great.
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Thing is, you won't raise enough money.
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After a year, the only thing you'll have
to show for it is a gap in your resume.
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Meanwhile, people like Kitty
will work at human rights law firms
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and really advance the cause.
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Yeah, well, I'm gonna have
to pass two state exams
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before saving the world.
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Of course, you'll get it done.
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I just don't want to be used
as a kind of counterexample
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to criticize your son.
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Point taken.
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Okay. Forgive me.
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The only thing I'm trying to say
is I'm positive
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that choosing a conventional path
isn't automatically selfish.
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I never said it was.
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Okay, say you manage to pull it off
and go down there, then what?
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It won't change anything.
The world's not gonna change.
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The world must change.
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That won't happen if no one does anything.
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And how about what your dad thinks?
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I don't know. Haven't spoken to him.
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I'm just concerned is all. Hmm.
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You gotta keep trying.
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It's true. Yeah, there's a chance
that your mother's right
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and you may not get
the results that you hoped for…
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I doubt it though.
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And anyway, you can't give up on it now.
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You've really gotta try, 'cause you're
convinced it's the right thing.
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You can't just be all like,
"Bad idea. Let's just forget about it,"
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'cause it's too challenging
or it won't look good on your resume.
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And I'll be there for you.
Yeah, I will help you as much as possible.
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But I'm not dropping out of my studies.
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My plan is to get a degree,
and I won't back down.
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- I would never ask you to do that.
- I know that.
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I… I said it as a reminder to myself.
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I just know I'll feel guilty
for my choice.
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"Jugend Rettet."
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What's that?
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"Youth Saves." Your project name.
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Yeah, this is very impressive.
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Great initiative.
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- Hmm?
- Mm-hmm.
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That's not an easy feat.
Takes a lot of courage.
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I'm delighted to see our youth
is starting to get involved in politics.
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But this is a bank.
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It is not a charity.
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Yes, we are a charity,
but we're not a bank.
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As a member of parliament,
I'm not a charity or a bank.
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And frankly, we all agree
that your project is a little too…
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Naive.
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I've gotta say, this is quite unrealistic.
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Especially coming from someone
as young as you.
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But if you'd like, I'd be happy to put
your name on our internship waitlist.
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EVERY PERSON
IN DISTRESS AT SEA DESERVES RESCUE
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There are people dying out there
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'cause they fled
unbearable living conditions.
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And when I say I want to help,
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I'm told it's impossible,
it's unrealistic, and naive.
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What's actually naive is believing
the problem will solve itself.
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Great, thanks.
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Can you do the minutes for the session?
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- Yeah, sure.
- And here, in case you're interested.
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Thanks so much for the photocopies.
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No prob.
So you're getting the ship regardless?
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I'll find a way to buy it
and reach out for some more funding.
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You've gotta shoot for the moon,
am I right?
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'Cause you'll still land someplace higher.
Right? Yeah.
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Land anywhere.
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- You got the tape?
- Yeah.
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Every person in distress
at sea deserves rescue.
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Everyone deserves rescue.
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Hey, we have an information session
Saturday at four on sea rescues.
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- Thank you.
- Come by, yeah?
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JUGEND RETTET
INFO SESSION
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- Oh, thanks.
- Every person deserves rescue.
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Hey there, we're organizing
sea rescue efforts.
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Feel free to drop by
on Saturday at 4:00 p.m.
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We want to organize sea rescues.
Check out our Facebook page.
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- You'll find all the info there.
- Cool.
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Our first meeting's Saturday at 4:00.
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Here, if you want to get involved.
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Out at sea, in the Mediterranean,
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hundreds of people are believed
to have died
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in one of the worst refugee tragedies.
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A trawler with an estimated 700 refugees
on board capsized last night,
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between the Libyan coast
and the Italian island of Lampedusa.
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According to the UNHCR,
only 28 refugees were rescued.
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As a result, the Federal Minister
of the Interior, Thomas de Maizière,
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is calling for a strategy
within the European Union
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to combat refugee smuggling gangs
to stabilize the region.
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As far as we know, the boat capsized
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most likely because the refugees rushed
to the side of the vessel
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the rescuers were arriving at.
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There is simply a lack of ships everywhere
to help rescue people.
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Aid organizations estimate that
in the first months of this current year,
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nearly 1,600 people have perished,
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trying to escape from Africa
to get to Italy.
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These figures are unprecedented.
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SHIP
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Hey, I'm hanging up your info
to get an overview of where we're at.
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Okay, timing-wise, it's already too late
to plan a mission this year.
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Our goal is to have a vessel
in the Mediterranean by next summer,
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am I right?
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So, we've got six months left
to secure a ship,
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and we need to get people to help
with PR, logistics, and hiring a crew.
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We need financing.
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HELPERS - MONEY - SHIP
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I know this is gonna sound crazy,
but I'm obsessed with all this.
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Like, I lay awake.
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Every day, I sit in seminars,
and we keep talking
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about how something has to be done.
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And here you are,
actually doing something about the crisis.
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I feel like I'm just irrelevant.
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You all right?
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Yeah, no, all good.
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Uh, this is great.
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- Great.
- So, does that… mean you're in?
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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So, you take care of the ship,
and I'll handle… logistics and stuff,
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recruiting volunteers,
and we'll handle financing together.
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- Okay.
- How much money do we need?
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Um… so we need
for the boat, fuel, food, accommodations,
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medical supplies, life jackets,
and all that.
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I'd say 300,000 euros.
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300,000?
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Yeah, 'cause ships go
for 60,000 to 100,000.
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So, any idea how we're gonna finance that?
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Sorta. I thought about some crowd funding.
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Charity… donations, and… a flea market.
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- A flea market?
- Yeah, we can sell clothes and stuff.
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Mm-hmm.
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20-WEEK CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN:
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GOAL: 300,000 EUROS
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- May I?
- Sure.
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- Thanks a lot. Bye.
- Every donation helps!
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WEEK 1
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- How much have we raised?
- Uh… around 300?
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Great, only 299,700 left.
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- Hey! Hello.
- Oh, just that! Hey, Domi!
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How's it going?
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Guys, this is Dominique.
She's gonna be in charge of our PR.
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- Awesome.
- Hey.
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Here's a logo in another mock-up.
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Okay, that one's real powerful.
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- That's not it.
- Why don't you like it?
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'Cause the message is all wrong
with the fist.
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WEEK 4
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This one's my absolute favorite.
It's Kitty's artwork.
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Yeah, I think it's great.
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WEEK 6
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Go on, open 'em!
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We were just trying to get some actors
to post about us on their socials.
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So we contacted the German Film Academy,
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and they loved our idea.
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They had an available office,
and they offered it to us.
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- Hey! So you're Lukas?
- Hi. Yeah, that's me.
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- Hi. I'm Katja. Pleased to meet you.
- So nice to meet you.
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Thanks. What you're doing is great. Bravo.
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WEEK 8
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Connections available to…
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Nina? Lukas? Check this out. Finished it.
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Nice!
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It came together well, didn't it?
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You're our hero!
Hell yeah, we have a website!
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- I'm Domi. Thanks for coming.
- Hi, I'm Sam. I'm glad to be here.
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- Happy you're here. I'm Domi.
- Hey. Hi, I'm Paula. How are you doing?
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Jugend Rettet is committed to our moral
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and legal obligation to rescue people
from drowning.
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In order to accomplish that,
the team needs a ship.
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So we're calling on you for donations.
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The train ride took over ten hours
to get here!
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How can they not even show up?
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We're gonna have to choose one soon.
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Because if we don't target one,
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we won't get to show our donors the ship
we want, and crowdfunding will tank.
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People need to know
what they're encouraging.
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- I know.
- Without any money, no ship.
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And that's it for our project.
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We can donate money and call it quits!
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I get it, Nina, all right?
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WEEK 18: 121,000 EUROS RAISED
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- No! No! No way!
- Yes! Yes! I knew you'd get it!
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- God! I've got to get it.
- This street!
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- The bank is loving this.
- How can I pay for it?
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- Okay. It costs thousands!
- Wait. What do I have? A hotel?
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- It still costs…
- I'm gonna need to get a mortgage on it.
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Oh, just a sec.
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- 19,000.
- Just a minute. Yes? Hello?
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"Zoning change approved.
Collect 50 dollars per property…"
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I thought it wasn't available anymore.
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Uh, no, no. We don't have a ship.
We're still looking.
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Yeah.
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Okay, then. How about I call you
from the office tomorrow?
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Great, thanks a lot. Cheers.
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We got one.
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Guess what?
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I found us a ship.
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- You did?
- Yeah. I saw it on one of my trips.
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But it wasn't available.
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But it turns out it is after all.
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- Okay.
- Scooch!
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The Alk Explorer was a patrol boat
in the North Sea.
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So it doubles as a hospital,
the engine's totally overhauled.
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Plus, there's room
for over 200 people on deck.
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And I think the most crucial detail,
what's great,
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is it's got a lower entry point,
so it's easier to get people on board.
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Mm-hmm. And what's the catch?
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Uh, it costs 150,000.
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Yeah, great.
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The deadline for our crowdfunding
is two weeks from now.
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We don't have a ship quite yet.
Unfortunately, we can't afford it.
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As it stands, we're gonna miss
our campaign goal, sadly.
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By quite a lot. Almost half.
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Anyone have other ideas?
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Well, all hope's not gone yet.
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It seems two parties
are still considering larger donations.
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Um, one of them… is a start-up
for e-cigarettes. Drag & Joy.
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They're thinking of giving an extra 20,000
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provided that we print their slogan
on the life jackets.
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What exactly is their slogan?
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"A new source of pleasure."
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So 100 people will be sitting in a dinghy
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with life jackets that say,
"A new source of pleasure."
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Holy moly…
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And what is the second option?
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Um, it's a married couple
with a private foundation.
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- Here?
- Yes.
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We only promote
non-profit projects run by people
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who are truly committed to actively
and democratically participating
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in shaping their living environments.
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In that sense, Jugend Rettet
really caught our attention.
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That's why we asked you to come here.
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We'd like to hear more
about how you wish to do this.
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Go ahead.
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- Well, in the package we prepared--
- Who can tell me about the numbers?
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I can answer Oh, go on.
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And what are your majors?
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- Uh, social and economic communication.
- International relations.
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And I'm still finding my way, sir.
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Have you got anyone with actual experience
in the field working with you?
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Currently, no, but we're busy looking.
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Do you have anyone with
a financial background to manage funds?
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We're in the process of that.
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- A lawyer?
- We have a team.
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Or someone who's done more
than just start an undergrad degree,
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or is everyone just… "finding their way"?
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You're absolutely right.
We're not professionals.
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Nobody on our team has a degree yet.
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We're all just getting started.
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But I assure you that we are serious.
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We'll make up for our innocence
with passion.
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That's exactly why we're looking
for experienced people like you
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who share our commitment to humanity.
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So, nobody.
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We need a plan B.
20:25.771 --> 20:28.063
How about we downsize a little?
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Get a smaller ship, postpone
the start date, and do fewer missions.
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There's a smaller ship we could look into…
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The Passat.
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I'm familiar with it.
I went to check it out.
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Yeah? That's great.
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At least you know… the ship.
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Shit.
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Yeah?
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Uh, okay.
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Mm-hmm.
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Yes, great. Very well.
21:08.313 --> 21:09.438
Lukas!
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Okay.
21:27.355 --> 21:28.438
Hello?
21:28.521 --> 21:31.021
- Mrs. Gans? Hello, we're all here.
- Good.
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Uh, we took a closer look at the budget,
and we think it's quite reasonable.
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- Ask her about the office. The office.
- Right.
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The thing is, we noticed a few items
were missing from your calculations.
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For example, how much your office costs.
21:46.980 --> 21:49.063
It's sponsored by the German Film Academy.
21:49.146 --> 21:50.521
Aha, okay.
21:50.605 --> 21:53.313
And the cost of the shipyard
for prepping the ship?
21:53.396 --> 21:55.605
The owner of the shipyard
has waived the costs.
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He wants to give back.
Plus, it's an easy tax write-off.
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Good. Accommodations in Malta?
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Uh, we'll use an old lighthouse.
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Let me guess, it's also been sponsored?
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- Correct. Yes.
- Yeah.
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I have to say, though, that we do have
concerns on our end
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about the expertise in your project
22:13.521 --> 22:15.438
and about the structure
of the organization.
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We're also wondering how
you'll finance missions in the long-term.
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We'll buy your ship, though.
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- What?
- Yeah.
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My husband and I have agreed
to buy the ship for you.
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Yes! Yes!
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- Have a nice evening.
- You too. Thanks so much.
22:43.021 --> 22:44.813
As an individual, one is powerless
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and cannot change the world.
22:47.063 --> 22:52.105
Well, a few students here in Berlin
make a point against that worldview.
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In the factory hall in the port of Emden
lies a ship,
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bought by the Jugend Rettet organization,
a group of young people
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who stand by their convictions
and want to venture into the Mediterranean
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in just four weeks to rescue refugees
in distress at sea.
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They've been renovating
the ship themselves
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for the past two months
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and their profound commitment has been
pulling at the heartstrings of the nation.
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Okay.
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We saw on Facebook that an awesome group
of young people were having issues
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with the electrical stuff,
so we're helping out
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It's for a good cause.
23:20.188 --> 23:21.813
And after all that hard work,
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the Iuventa is finally ready to set off
for Malta.
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Today's a big day for the mission.
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We hereby christen you Iuventa.
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- Jugend!
- Jugend! Jugend!
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MALTA, JULY 2016
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All right. Watch your heads.
23:49.646 --> 23:51.521
Hey, watch your head.
23:51.605 --> 23:54.688
All right, slow down. Down there.
23:54.771 --> 23:57.063
Hey, um… I'm Maik.
23:57.146 --> 24:01.313
Uh, I just finished high school.
And, uh, I'm glad I got my diploma.
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But I guess that what matters more to me
than pursuing my studies
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is saving people's lives.
24:05.771 --> 24:07.480
That's why it's really
such a massive honor
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to be here with you.
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Plus, you're all really cool. Thank you.
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Next one!
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Hi. My name's Paula.
24:15.271 --> 24:19.396
I read on Facebook that you're looking
for someone who's fluent in Arabic.
24:19.480 --> 24:22.438
Well, I'm studying it,
and I think we need to be the change.
24:22.521 --> 24:23.605
Action is hope, right?
24:23.688 --> 24:27.146
Good. Hey, I'm Sören,
the head of mission on board.
24:27.230 --> 24:30.313
Gotta say, it feels a bit strange
that I'm the oldest one here.
24:30.396 --> 24:32.146
Before you contacted me,
24:32.230 --> 24:35.646
I was working on the Sea-Watch
and before that, on the Lesbos.
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I hope I can be of service to you
with my experience.
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I'm Viola, the captain.
24:41.646 --> 24:44.396
And, um, I was with Sören
on the Sea-Watch.
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My main source of income has been pushing
a 5,000-ton walker over the sea.
24:48.813 --> 24:50.813
I'm first officer
on a seniors' cruise ship.
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The thing is, I believe we can't just wish
for a just world and talk about it.
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You have to want to put those words
into action.
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- Hey!
- Oh! Hey!
24:58.813 --> 25:00.063
- Ah, Su!
- Hey, sorry I'm late.
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We're just doing the introduction round.
It's perfect timing.
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- Shoot!
- Oh, okay. Uh…
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Cool. Uh, so, I'm Su.
25:08.563 --> 25:10.688
I, uh, sorry I missed some introductions.
25:10.771 --> 25:12.521
Looking forward
to getting to know you all.
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Next year, I'm starting a residency
as an orthopedist.
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And meanwhile, I will serve
as an onboard doctor on the Iuventa.
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Bye! Take care of yourselves!
25:29.146 --> 25:30.771
You've got this!
25:32.438 --> 25:34.896
- Well, at least the engine's working.
- Yeah.
25:34.980 --> 25:38.021
It's ancient, but on the flip side,
it was free.
25:41.396 --> 25:43.855
FIRST MISSION 2016
JULY 24
25:43.938 --> 25:46.355
DAY 1: 198 NAUTICAL MILES OFF LIBYA
25:46.438 --> 25:50.855
The sooner we start compression
and ventilation, the better the outcome.
25:50.938 --> 25:54.188
And you have to keep going
until he opens his eyes.
25:54.271 --> 25:56.938
Okay? So you press
and you give him ventilation.
25:57.021 --> 25:58.021
- Yeah.
- Okay.
25:58.605 --> 26:02.480
All right. One, two, three. One, two…
26:04.730 --> 26:06.855
- Oh…
- So glad I didn't have breakfast.
26:08.105 --> 26:09.980
And you also have to remove
his T-shirt first.
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- Yeah, right. I, uh… Like this, right?
- Yup.
26:13.271 --> 26:17.563
- Okay.
- 'Kay.
26:17.646 --> 26:20.105
- One, two, three, four, five--
- From 20, please.
26:20.188 --> 26:23.480
Uh… 27, 28, 29, 30. Go!
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Come here, come here.
26:31.938 --> 26:33.813
Come on, it wasn't that bad!
26:35.230 --> 26:38.605
So you see, you've also got compasses
in there, for bearings.
26:38.688 --> 26:40.855
Notice anything off?
Quickly tell the bridge.
26:40.938 --> 26:43.271
Lukas, how many degrees there?
26:43.771 --> 26:46.896
Uh… 85.
26:46.980 --> 26:49.605
That's correct.
Then you say, "Boat at 85 degrees,"
26:49.688 --> 26:51.563
while you point
your hand towards it, yeah?
26:51.646 --> 26:54.980
You have to keep your finger directly
on it from that point forward, okay?
26:55.063 --> 26:56.980
- Understood.
- Yeah?
26:57.063 --> 26:59.313
And what are rescue missions like for you?
26:59.396 --> 27:02.230
It's never the same, actually.
It's always different.
27:02.313 --> 27:04.813
But, I mean, they must affect you, right?
27:04.896 --> 27:08.688
I'm definitely not more optimistic,
to put it optimistically, I guess.
27:09.563 --> 27:11.480
Yeah, it gets to absolutely everyone.
27:11.563 --> 27:13.980
You're not the same person after.
27:19.896 --> 27:21.438
Let's go down first.
27:21.521 --> 27:23.480
Now, up. Up, up, up!
27:23.563 --> 27:26.063
Yeah, that's good.
Always keep it nice and taut, like this.
27:26.146 --> 27:30.188
Always keep that rope taut,
or you're gonna end up overboard.
27:30.271 --> 27:33.396
You'll fly right off. You'll go swimming.
Okay, please stop.
27:35.313 --> 27:37.980
All right. Try to save me now.
27:38.063 --> 27:40.105
Help! Help!
27:40.188 --> 27:41.563
Help!
27:42.271 --> 27:43.688
Help, help!
27:44.355 --> 27:46.063
Help! Help!
27:56.146 --> 27:59.355
Okay, okay. Never do what Lukas just did.
27:59.438 --> 28:01.105
Always go against your instincts.
28:01.188 --> 28:04.063
Throw a life jacket in the water
so the person can cling to it, understood?
28:04.146 --> 28:05.563
Yes.
28:05.646 --> 28:08.563
Tomorrow we'll get
to the 24-mile zone off Libya.
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This is it, guys.
28:09.896 --> 28:14.105
We could encounter rubber dinghies
transporting refugees at any time.
28:14.188 --> 28:16.230
Passengers are usually traumatized
28:16.313 --> 28:17.938
'cause they've been sitting there
for days,
28:18.021 --> 28:20.146
fighting for their lives
every single minute.
28:20.230 --> 28:23.896
Please know that there isn't
a single usual behavior to expect.
28:23.980 --> 28:24.813
Absolutely.
28:24.896 --> 28:26.646
When there's a rubber dinghy,
28:26.730 --> 28:30.063
engine fishermen are usually lurking
and waiting in the area.
28:30.146 --> 28:33.063
They get the engines back.
Soon as they get the chance,
28:33.146 --> 28:34.938
they dismantle them
and take off with them.
28:35.021 --> 28:37.771
If we do cross paths with them,
just focus on the rescue.
28:37.896 --> 28:39.855
We get everyone off,
we try to destroy the dinghy,
28:39.938 --> 28:43.813
but not if it puts our safety,
or the people we're rescuing, at risk.
28:43.896 --> 28:46.896
Moving on.
This is the so-called Libyan coast guard.
28:46.980 --> 28:49.730
They're… actually Libyan militia.
28:49.813 --> 28:51.980
And they're mostly young guys
28:52.063 --> 28:56.146
who've just fought in the civil war
and organize the escape boats.
28:56.230 --> 28:57.396
Armed, as you can see.
28:57.480 --> 28:59.605
They're aggressive and up for a fight.
28:59.688 --> 29:01.230
These guys are dangerous.
29:01.313 --> 29:02.771
Be super careful.
29:13.188 --> 29:17.730
Hey. I'm doing night watch tonight.
29:18.938 --> 29:21.771
It's so crazy. The sea's totally calm.
29:21.855 --> 29:23.771
It's pitch black.
29:23.855 --> 29:25.605
What are you up to?
29:27.813 --> 29:30.730
I've gotta work today. How are you guys?
29:33.271 --> 29:34.480
Pretty good.
29:35.730 --> 29:39.480
When we were starting all this
in Berlin, then renovating the ship,
29:39.563 --> 29:41.438
everything seemed so clear.
29:41.521 --> 29:43.646
We didn't question anything.
29:44.480 --> 29:46.896
But out here,
it feels completely different.
29:48.063 --> 29:49.980
Suddenly it all seems so real.
29:53.355 --> 29:56.605
We're really scared…
of messing up, you know?
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I totally get that.
30:05.355 --> 30:07.188
But you can count on each other.
30:07.730 --> 30:09.646
Together is always better.
30:15.480 --> 30:16.730
I miss you.
30:20.605 --> 30:23.146
I miss you too. A lot.
30:30.230 --> 30:35.355
FIRST MISSION 2016, 26 JULY, 5:23 A.M.
18 NAUTICAL MILES OFF THE COAST OF LIBYA
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Bridge to lookout.
31:01.313 --> 31:03.188
Lookout to Bridge, receiving.
31:03.271 --> 31:05.063
I see a boat, ten o'clock.
31:13.313 --> 31:14.980
Lukas, we're on. Let's go.
31:16.230 --> 31:19.188
Let's go. Good morning MRCC,
this is motor vessel Iuventa.
31:19.271 --> 31:23.563
I'm in position 33 degrees,
22.2 minutes north
31:23.646 --> 31:27.480
and 012 degrees, 21. 8 minutes east.
31:27.563 --> 31:31.396
I've spotted a boat in distress,
three miles south of our position.
31:38.855 --> 31:41.605
Pull it up. Up, up, up, up.
31:42.271 --> 31:43.605
Now we go out.
31:43.688 --> 31:45.480
Out, out, out, out.
31:45.563 --> 31:47.646
Slowly, slowly, slowly, slowly.
31:53.021 --> 31:55.438
- Okay.
- There they are. Call it in.
31:55.521 --> 31:57.313
Iuventa, Iuventa, Iuventa, RHIB.
31:57.396 --> 31:58.771
Iuventa, RHIB, Iuventa.
31:58.855 --> 32:00.896
Got a visual of the boat,
likely a rubber dinghy.
32:00.980 --> 32:04.021
Head count is unclear. We're approaching.
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Copy, standing by.
32:21.771 --> 32:23.313
Slow down.
32:27.646 --> 32:29.021
Hello!
32:30.146 --> 32:31.521
Hello!
32:32.021 --> 32:34.813
We are from a European rescue vessel.
32:35.980 --> 32:36.980
Hello!
32:38.021 --> 32:39.480
We're here to help you.
32:40.480 --> 32:42.230
You're safe now.
32:43.021 --> 32:44.980
Calm down, you're safe now.
32:45.063 --> 32:47.355
We've come to help you.
32:47.438 --> 32:49.938
Is every… Is everything good?
Are you good?
32:50.938 --> 32:52.938
Is… is everyone all right?
32:53.021 --> 32:55.021
We'll come to you, okay?
32:56.271 --> 32:58.855
- Do you speak English?
- Yes.
32:58.938 --> 33:00.438
- What's your name?
- Lamin.
33:00.521 --> 33:02.230
Lamin? My name is Lukas.
33:02.313 --> 33:05.063
That's Mauro and that's Wanda.
We're gonna do this together now.
33:05.146 --> 33:06.480
- Okay?
- Yes.
33:06.563 --> 33:08.146
- Is anyone injured?
- No.
33:08.230 --> 33:09.896
How many women and children are on board?
33:10.980 --> 33:12.771
Six women and one baby.
33:12.855 --> 33:15.771
- Six women and one baby.
- There are six women and a baby on board.
33:15.855 --> 33:17.688
These are life vests.
33:17.771 --> 33:19.771
You put them over your head,
33:20.480 --> 33:24.396
then strap around
and make them really tight. Okay?
33:24.480 --> 33:26.938
We're gonna start handing them out now.
33:28.396 --> 33:30.396
- Okay?
- There you go.
33:30.480 --> 33:32.688
- Wait, wait, wait!
- No, wait!
33:32.771 --> 33:34.980
No fighting, please!
33:35.063 --> 33:38.063
We've got enough for everyone!
No fighting, please!
33:38.146 --> 33:40.230
- Let's pass them on to the back.
- Wait, stop!
33:40.313 --> 33:43.521
Please, pass them on to the back.
Hand them down, please.
33:43.605 --> 33:46.021
Hand them down. Hand them down, Lamin.
33:46.105 --> 33:48.188
- Pass them to the back!
- No fighting!
33:48.271 --> 33:51.146
There's enough for everyone.
33:51.230 --> 33:53.730
Please hand them down, hand them down.
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Okay? Welcome on board.
34:05.271 --> 34:07.521
Hi, welcome on board.
Be careful, be careful!
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- Welcome. You're doing good.
- Watch your step.
34:09.980 --> 34:13.021
Okay, slowly, slowly. Nice.
34:16.396 --> 34:18.563
Welcome, welcome.
34:19.855 --> 34:22.271
- Hi, I'll help you.
- Okay, slowly, slowly.
34:22.355 --> 34:25.230
Are you okay? I'm the doctor, okay?
You can tell me whatever you need.
34:30.146 --> 34:33.188
Very good. Well done, everyone. Well done.
34:33.271 --> 34:34.438
One by one.
34:34.521 --> 34:36.480
- Very good.
- Wait, wait, there's a baby.
34:38.105 --> 34:39.813
- What's your name?
- Rose.
34:39.896 --> 34:42.230
Rose, my name is Mauro.
And what's your baby's name?
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Pride.
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Okay so, Rose, I'll take Pride
only for one minute, okay?
34:46.605 --> 34:49.230
It's too dangerous for you to climb
on the vessel with him.
34:49.313 --> 34:51.105
Trust me, I'll take care of Pride.
34:57.188 --> 34:58.563
- Okay.
- Okay?
34:59.438 --> 35:00.355
Okay.
35:01.938 --> 35:03.438
I'll help you, okay?
35:08.146 --> 35:10.313
The mother,
and then we'll continue, all right?
35:13.271 --> 35:14.980
Your turn, okay?
35:15.063 --> 35:17.563
I'll help you over. Come on.
35:18.938 --> 35:20.355
Okay. She's really worried.
35:20.438 --> 35:22.771
I'm gonna take your baby
for a few seconds, okay?
35:22.855 --> 35:26.146
Wait, one second.
We need to wait for the baby to be safe.
35:27.105 --> 35:28.980
Just wait for a second.
35:29.063 --> 35:31.521
You're safe. Everything's fine.
35:31.605 --> 35:33.396
There you go, I got you. I got you.
35:33.480 --> 35:35.188
- You can do it. Almost.
- We want to help.
35:35.271 --> 35:38.021
Everything's fine.
You're safe now, all right?
36:06.688 --> 36:08.021
- Paula.
- Yeah?
36:08.105 --> 36:09.313
There's a boat.
36:10.021 --> 36:11.230
Sören from Maik.
36:12.188 --> 36:13.021
Yes?
36:13.105 --> 36:16.021
Yeah, we see a boat coming.
I think they're engine fishermen.
36:17.146 --> 36:20.230
Okay, don't take unnecessary risks.
Come back, please.
36:20.313 --> 36:21.438
Okay, copy.
36:22.855 --> 36:24.230
- Ready?
- Yeah.
36:24.313 --> 36:26.230
- Okay, let's go.
- Whoa.
36:28.021 --> 36:30.521
Engine's gone! We sank it!
Nothing to take here!
36:38.730 --> 36:40.646
- You all right?
- Everything's fine.
36:40.730 --> 36:42.313
- On our way.
- Okay, great.
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You have a little wound here
caused by the fuel of the boat.
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So I'm gonna clean it, disinfect it,
and put a bandage on it, okay?
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It might hurt a little bit.
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Hey.
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- Thank you.
- Where are you from?
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Nigeria. I'm from Nigeria.
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From small village.
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- Sorry.
- In the northeast.
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How old are you?
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Eighteen.
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And how old is he?
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Six months. And three days.
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Mm.
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And why did you… I mean,
why did you leave Nigeria?
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I was living in my village
when Boko Haram came.
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They are killing people.
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They come to the fields where we work
and rape the women and kill the men.
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So I was running from my village
to the city.
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But I had no house.
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So it was not easy there.
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What was the situation on the boat?
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Very scary.
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We were so many. We were squeezed.
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People are vomiting.
It was my first time at sea.
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You can't swim?
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No. Many of us cannot swim.
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It is just life or death.
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- And the sea is so big.
- Yeah.
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So, so big.
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And I was scared.
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And Pride cried.
And I just wanted him to live.
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You know, it's all I could think of.
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Okay, everyone.
Can I have your attention for a moment?
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There's a small boat approaching
on that side
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that will take you to a much bigger boat
from the Italian coast guard.
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They will take care of you,
bring you to safety, and to Italy.
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Because we only rescue,
but they will bring you to Europe, okay?
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Thank you.
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- Thank you for your help on the boat.
- You're welcome.
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Thank you for your help.
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It was my first, uh, time, you know?
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You did a great job.
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We all did, we all did.
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How long have you been traveling?
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I traveled for three years.
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And… why did you leave?
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My father is very ill.
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He lost his job,
and we have no money for food.
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No money for medicine.
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You know, I wanted to be educated.
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I wanted to be a very educated man.
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That's my plan.
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I am praying to God that it will happen.
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And you traveled all by yourself?
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No, I traveled with a friend.
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And… is he here now?
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He's dead.
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We worked in a gold mine in Burkina Faso.
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It was very hot. Fifty degrees.
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Many people died.
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But you have a good job here on board.
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You do good. You travel. You get paid.
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No, no, we're not getting paid.
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- You don't get paid?
- No.
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Oh. Then it's a… it's a shitty job.
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Yeah, I guess it's a shitty job, then.
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Only joking.
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You saved our lives.
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It's a good job.
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One big step.
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- Yes, that's it.
- Thank you.
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- Goodbye, man.
- Thank you.
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- Can you please hold Pride for me?
- Of course.
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- I'll help you over, okay?
- Thank you.
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Well done.
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Be careful with his head. Careful.
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- Take care.
- Goodbye.
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- Goodbye.
- Goodbye, Lukas.
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- Lukas.
- Yes?
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Please have this.
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Thank you. Thank you so much.
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Thank you, Lukas.
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Now you are my friend.
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- Take care.
- Bye, Lukas.
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- Whoo!
- This is great.
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Today on the boat…
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that moment I held Rose's baby… Pride.
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It's like
the weight of the world was on me.
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You know?
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It's the first time in my life
I held a baby. What a feeling.
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I was constantly telling myself,
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"Do not drop it, Mauro."
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"Protect Pride with your life."
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"You'll never do anything
more important than this."
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FIRST MISSION 2016
JULY 29, DAY 06
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30 NAUTICAL MILES OFF LIBYA
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If you want to say something like,
"My name's Paula" or "I'm Lukas or Maik,"
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then you say, "Ana Paula."
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- Ana…
- Ana Lukas.
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Ana Mauro.
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- Ana Maik.
- "Ana Maik," yeah.
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Welcome.
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Welcome.
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I'm Marietta.
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- Marietta?
- Yes.
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- That's a beautiful name.
- Thank you.
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Nice to meet you. Hey, I'm Sören.
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Boat at 135 degrees!
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We see the boat.
Straight ahead, two o'clock.
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I'm born in Eritrea.
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But I had to leave
after… my family was killed by government.
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But in Sudan, they say
I have to marry a very old man.
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Very older than me.
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So… I decide to flee again.
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Look! Dolphins!
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- No way!
- Yes!
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- No!
- Yeah!
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God damn!
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Good morning, Iuventa.
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We have the first sighting of the day.
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It is a blue wooden boat.
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You can go on the longitude.
I'm waiting for… waiting for my orders.
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We'll proceed with the rescue.
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- Perfect. Thank you.
- Thank you.
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- One, two, three.
- I'm done.
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Mwah. I love you.
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That one looks like Mauro!
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You all right? Stay safe.
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- Bye, all the best.
- Bye, all the best, all right? Okay?
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Pass the woman over to us, okay?
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- Okay, carefully, carefully.
- No, Fatima!
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Careful, please.
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Fatima!
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Okay, go back, go back!
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No, no, go back. Go back, please.
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Go back. Please stay calm.
Everybody, stay calm.
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You've got your life vests.
Hold on to them, okay?
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Hold on to them and go back to the boat.
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Please, stay calm, okay?
The life vests help you.
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You're safe, but you have to go back.
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Okay.
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Contact!
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What's her name?
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Fatima, Fatima!
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Fatima.
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- We cannot take you. Sorry--
- No, I have to stay with her!
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We're gonna take her to a bigger ship
and then to a doctor, okay?
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- I'm her brother!
- We're gonna come back. I promise.
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No!
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No!
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Iuventa, RHIB.
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We have two people on board,
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one unconscious,
and we've started resuscitation.
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Roger that. We'll prepare everything.
I'll give Su a heads-up.
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Hang in there.
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22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30.
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- Go.
- One, two, three…
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…26, 27, 28, 29, 30.
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- She's not breathing. It's not working!
- Wait!
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It's not working!
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Go, go, go, go, go!
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One, two, three, four, five…
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Ten.
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Fifteen.
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Twenty…
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25, 26, 27, 8, 9, 10. Go!
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Do one more.
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Lukas.
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- Five.
- It's over.
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- Ten.
- Hey. Lukas.
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Fifteen.
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- Hey, Lukas.
- Twenty.
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- Lukas. Lukas?
- Twenty-five.
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Lukas? Lukas, please, Lukas.
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- Thirty.
- Hey, hey…
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- Lukas, it's not helping.
- Lukas! Lukas.
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It's over. Okay?
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She's dead.
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She's dead.
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You couldn't have saved her, Lukas.
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It doesn't make it less painful,
I know, but you couldn't have saved her.
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She was already gone
when you brought her on the boat.
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You know that, right?
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Hey.
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It's really important that you know that.
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END OF THE FIRST MISSION
BERLIN, 16 AUGUST 2016
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CREW CHANGE ON THE IUVENTA
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- Hi.
- You're back!
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- Oh my gosh!
- Good to see you!
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It's so good to see you!
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It feels so absurd
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that the weather's
always so beautiful down there.
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The sun shines so bright.
The sea's totally calm.
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At night it's completely quiet.
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And you just sit there, knowing
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the rubber dinghies are going out
to sea at that moment.
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The people we meet have often gone
through an odyssey
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that's lasted for years.
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They come to us on the Iuventa.
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And they kiss the deck.
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They lift their arms to the sky.
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They're just so delighted.
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- They're thrilled they're finally safe.
- Mm.
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But we know it's far from over
for them at that point.
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You can't tell them, though.
It's not the time to.
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We are from Europe.
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We're here to help you. You're safe now!
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Is everyone all right?
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- No, wait! No fighting!
- Wait!
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We've got enough for everyone.
No fighting, please!
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Go back, go back! What's her name?
54:33.938 --> 54:35.730
No, Fatima!
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- Fatima!
- Please, please.
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- Go!
- Lukas!
54:39.355 --> 54:41.021
Go! Go!
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- Where are you taking her?
- We cannot, we cannot take you!
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- I'm her brother!
- We're gonna come back, promise!
54:47.396 --> 54:49.396
- She's dead.
- No!
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I'm here with Lukas, Nina,
Domi, and Mauro from Jugend Rettet.
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I really want us to go over how people
can get involved with the cause.
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But before we do, I'd like us to find out
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what our listeners' thoughts are
on what you're doing.
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Isn't it normal to save these poor folks?
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Should we be ashamed of questioning that?
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Joining us on the phone,
I have Christian from Schöneberg.
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Yeah, hi! Um…
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Let me start by saying
that I really appreciate you all helping.
56:19.230 --> 56:20.521
The thing that I'm not getting
56:20.605 --> 56:23.896
is why aren't you taking
these people back to Africa?
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- Why do they all end up in Europe?
- You take it.
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Well, according to
the Geneva Refugee Convention,
56:29.646 --> 56:32.521
we're not allowed to return anyone
to an unsafe country.
56:32.605 --> 56:34.605
Libya is an unsafe country,
and we would've gone
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against the law had we done so.
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Honestly, it's not just
that it's against the law.
56:39.355 --> 56:40.938
They would get thrown into prison,
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tortured, and would possibly die
if we took them back.
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All right, but why not
take them to some other African country
56:46.646 --> 56:47.771
where they'd be safe?
56:47.855 --> 56:50.021
I just don't understand
why they all have to come here.
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'Cause Germany offers
the right to asylum, Christian.
56:52.480 --> 56:55.271
Yeah, but that
doesn't make it okay to take everyone in.
56:55.355 --> 56:58.438
Our problems won't get any better
if we take in more migrants.
56:58.521 --> 57:00.355
- Tell me, Christian?
- Yes?
57:00.438 --> 57:01.646
What scares you exactly?
57:01.730 --> 57:03.605
Not feeling comfortable in my country,
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letting criminals in,
and my children not being safe.
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I'm afraid we won't be able to handle
the added pressure as a country.
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I mean, I think it's great
and all that you're helping people
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in the Mediterranean, but you're certainly
not helping people in Germany.
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That's what I think. Nice talking to you.
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- Christian--
- Bye.
57:26.855 --> 57:29.896
THIRD MISSION 2016, 29 SEPTEMBER, DAY 09
INTERNATIONAL WATERS OFF LIBYA
57:29.980 --> 57:33.230
Okay, so we should all be
at 65 degrees now.
57:33.313 --> 57:34.646
- Yeah?
- Yes.
57:34.730 --> 57:38.230
65 degrees is the bearing
you would give to the bridge.
57:38.313 --> 57:39.146
- Okay?
- Yeah.
57:56.105 --> 57:58.105
Sören, can you please come to the bridge?
57:59.063 --> 58:01.896
Hang on. Wait.
I'll call you back, all right?
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Yeah?
58:04.688 --> 58:08.230
Yeah, a speedboat is approaching us.
Way too fast from the south.
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No idea who it is. They're not answering.
58:10.105 --> 58:12.855
- Uh, are they militia?
- Maybe. We don't know.
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We've begun the lockdown procedure.
58:14.521 --> 58:16.521
Su is escorting everyone
to the engine room.
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I'm going on deck now.
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De-escalation.
You mind staying on the line?
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Of course, yeah.
58:25.896 --> 58:29.188
We do it the way we trained.
We stay in the engine room and wait.
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We won't risk anything.
58:31.855 --> 58:33.105
Come on, go.
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Engine room.
58:43.813 --> 58:46.021
Shit, Viola. They look armed.
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All stations, all stations, all stations.
58:49.355 --> 58:51.730
This is Iuventa, Iuventa, Iuventa.
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I am 15 miles northwest from Tripoli.
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I have a pirate attack.
I repeat, I have a pirate attack.
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I need urgent help.
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Slow down!
59:00.313 --> 59:02.563
Hey, slow down!
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Hey, no shooting! No! No shooting.
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Please, no shooting.
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We do search and rescue.
59:10.605 --> 59:13.896
We do search and rescue.
We have… We don't have a problem.
59:16.230 --> 59:20.188
Please. We do search
and rescue. We're… We're friendly.
59:20.271 --> 59:23.021
We have no problem here.
Everything is fine here.
59:23.105 --> 59:24.896
- What do you want?
- Yes.
59:26.313 --> 59:27.688
- Everything is fine.
- Where is crew?
59:27.771 --> 59:30.230
Everything is fine.
59:30.313 --> 59:32.021
Hey! Come on, stop. Come on, stop!
59:32.105 --> 59:33.771
What do you want?
59:33.855 --> 59:36.230
Come on, come down.
We're staying here, okay?
59:36.313 --> 59:37.646
Watch your head. Be careful.
59:37.730 --> 59:39.230
The engine is really hot.
59:40.480 --> 59:41.980
Where are the others?
59:45.355 --> 59:47.688
Hey, why are you doing this?
59:47.771 --> 59:49.396
There's no one here, okay?
59:51.896 --> 59:54.396
It's all right, okay?
59:58.480 --> 01:00:02.855
Please don't. Stop. Hey! Hey!
01:00:02.938 --> 01:00:05.188
Please, please be calm.
Please be calm.
01:00:08.063 --> 01:00:09.188
Crew.
01:00:09.271 --> 01:00:10.938
Crew. Where's crew?
01:00:13.730 --> 01:00:15.771
Okay. My name is Su.
01:00:15.855 --> 01:00:17.355
My name is Su.
01:00:17.438 --> 01:00:20.188
I'm the doctor on this vessel.
Please! I'm the doctor, leave them!
01:00:22.063 --> 01:00:24.813
Iuventa, Iuventa, Iuventa.
Armed groups are boarding our ship.
01:00:26.688 --> 01:00:30.146
We are a search and rescue organization.
We're here to save people at sea.
01:00:30.230 --> 01:00:32.438
- Viola?
- We're peaceful. We help people.
01:00:32.521 --> 01:00:34.980
Sören?
01:00:35.063 --> 01:00:38.438
- Hey! We are a rescue mission.
- Walk! Walk!
01:00:38.521 --> 01:00:39.646
- Hey!
- Move.
01:00:39.730 --> 01:00:41.813
- Hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
- Stand aside!
01:00:41.896 --> 01:00:43.813
Passports. Give me passports.
01:00:49.105 --> 01:00:50.521
This is national water.
01:00:50.605 --> 01:00:53.646
This is international waters.
You can't just board my ship like this.
01:00:53.730 --> 01:00:55.355
- We did nothing wrong.
- No!
01:00:57.896 --> 01:01:01.813
- This is Libyan country. No rescue here.
- This is international waters!
01:01:11.480 --> 01:01:14.646
As long as I see Libyan mountains,
this is my water.
01:01:15.480 --> 01:01:18.813
Next time we see you, we arrest you.
And we'll bring you to jail.
01:01:19.313 --> 01:01:22.105
Next time we see you in our water,
we sink this ship.
01:01:22.188 --> 01:01:23.480
You understand?
01:01:24.271 --> 01:01:28.313
Understood.
01:01:59.771 --> 01:02:01.396
So, I talked to the crew.
01:02:01.480 --> 01:02:04.688
We took a vote,
and we would all like to continue.
01:02:06.146 --> 01:02:08.771
I hear you, but this is
not your decision alone.
01:02:08.855 --> 01:02:10.646
We can't risk a situation
like this happening.
01:02:10.730 --> 01:02:12.355
I mean, they were armed.
01:02:12.438 --> 01:02:14.563
Lukas, we're aware of that. We were here.
01:02:14.646 --> 01:02:17.980
We just think you should take a break
for a couple of weeks, that's all.
01:02:18.105 --> 01:02:20.855
And we'll do a new danger assessment
and adjust.
01:02:20.938 --> 01:02:23.271
What about those people in Libya
getting on boats tonight?
01:02:23.355 --> 01:02:25.688
- I bet they want a break.
- Drop the attitude, Viola.
01:02:25.771 --> 01:02:26.730
We were down there too.
01:02:26.813 --> 01:02:28.938
You're not the only one
who knows how bad it is.
01:02:29.021 --> 01:02:31.646
If we stay on mission,
it'll send the right message.
01:02:31.730 --> 01:02:34.480
That they can't intimidate us.
Or else, they've won.
01:02:34.563 --> 01:02:35.980
You understand me?
01:02:38.688 --> 01:02:40.063
It's your choice.
01:02:47.021 --> 01:02:48.438
Okay. We'll go back to Malta,
01:02:48.521 --> 01:02:50.896
take a break,
and prepare for the next mission.
01:02:52.688 --> 01:02:54.771
Okay.
01:02:55.855 --> 01:02:57.313
We'll have to go with that.
01:02:57.396 --> 01:02:58.396
Yup.
01:02:58.480 --> 01:03:00.646
So that's the signal you want to send?
01:03:00.730 --> 01:03:02.396
At least you're not in danger.
01:03:12.688 --> 01:03:14.396
That's Chimamanda Ngozi's
01:03:14.480 --> 01:03:16.771
whole point
in "The Danger of a Single Story."
01:03:16.855 --> 01:03:20.563
If you pigeonhole certain people
into a category, say poor, uneducated,
01:03:20.646 --> 01:03:24.480
or powerless, and you reinforce it…
you know, by saying it over and over,
01:03:24.563 --> 01:03:26.271
you start seeing it as fact.
01:03:26.355 --> 01:03:31.271
The thing is… storytelling has the power
to influence our views on people.
01:03:31.980 --> 01:03:34.063
I've got another example, 'kay?
01:03:34.146 --> 01:03:35.688
Take the history of America.
01:03:35.771 --> 01:03:37.938
Instead of focusing
on Christopher Columbus,
01:03:38.021 --> 01:03:41.230
we talk about Native Americans,
the story's totally different.
01:03:43.563 --> 01:03:44.563
You there?
01:03:54.605 --> 01:03:56.188
Lukas!
01:03:56.271 --> 01:03:57.938
- My friend!
- Lamin!
01:03:59.063 --> 01:04:00.438
How… How are you?
01:04:00.521 --> 01:04:03.730
Uh, sorry. Uh… I…
I've gotta take this. Wait.
01:04:05.730 --> 01:04:06.730
Lamin!
01:04:08.688 --> 01:04:11.688
Oh, the… the connection is really bad.
Should we switch to audio?
01:04:11.771 --> 01:04:14.105
- Yes, yes.
- Yeah.
01:04:15.146 --> 01:04:17.396
How… How did you find me?
01:04:17.480 --> 01:04:19.230
You are on Facebook.
01:04:19.313 --> 01:04:21.396
Oh, right.
01:04:21.480 --> 01:04:25.230
But, uh… how are you? Where are you now?
01:04:25.313 --> 01:04:28.063
I'm in Konstanz.
01:04:29.271 --> 01:04:30.271
What?
01:04:30.355 --> 01:04:32.646
I'm in Konstanz.
01:04:33.230 --> 01:04:36.188
- No way, you're not.
- Yes!
01:04:37.771 --> 01:04:39.688
How did you get all the way there?
01:04:39.771 --> 01:04:42.855
In Italy, they put me in place for minors.
01:04:42.938 --> 01:04:45.230
In Salerno, in small village.
01:04:45.313 --> 01:04:49.230
So, I asked if there is a possibility
for me to go to school.
01:04:49.313 --> 01:04:51.896
You know, that was in my mind.
To be educated.
01:04:52.605 --> 01:04:56.605
But they told me, it's a small village,
they don't have a school.
01:04:56.688 --> 01:05:01.105
So, I got information in Germany
that you can go to school.
01:05:01.188 --> 01:05:03.521
So, my plan is, "only Germany."
01:05:03.605 --> 01:05:06.771
I don't go anywhere, only Germany.
I'm going.
01:05:06.855 --> 01:05:09.730
- So you just went to Germany?
- Yes!
01:05:09.855 --> 01:05:11.730
Really? But how?
01:05:11.813 --> 01:05:13.105
I go on train.
01:05:13.188 --> 01:05:15.646
And sometimes, they said
I have to leave train
01:05:15.730 --> 01:05:16.938
because I have no ticket.
01:05:17.563 --> 01:05:20.063
And one moment, I decided to walk.
01:05:20.146 --> 01:05:21.938
You walked to Germany?
01:05:22.021 --> 01:05:23.480
Yeah! Yeah!
01:05:23.563 --> 01:05:27.896
I walked and walked.
And one moment, I saw, you know,
01:05:27.980 --> 01:05:30.813
I saw cars with the D, the D sticker.
01:05:30.896 --> 01:05:34.646
Police came. I asked, "Am I in Germany?"
01:05:34.730 --> 01:05:38.896
And they were really friendly
and said, "Yes, you are in Germany."
01:05:38.980 --> 01:05:39.813
Incredible.
01:05:40.688 --> 01:05:41.855
That's so incredible.
01:05:41.938 --> 01:05:46.688
I called my mother, and she cried
because she thought I am dead.
01:05:47.813 --> 01:05:50.230
But now, they are really happy.
01:05:50.313 --> 01:05:52.063
Really happy.
01:05:53.480 --> 01:05:54.938
And you, my friend?
01:05:55.021 --> 01:05:58.646
How are you?
You still have this shitty job?
01:05:59.688 --> 01:06:02.980
Uh, yeah. I still have the shitty job.
01:06:03.063 --> 01:06:05.021
Um, but it's okay.
01:06:05.105 --> 01:06:08.105
I am just joking, my friend. You know?
01:06:08.188 --> 01:06:10.146
No, I know.
01:06:10.230 --> 01:06:12.188
I know. I know.
01:06:12.271 --> 01:06:15.105
Hey, you still have the bracelet?
01:06:15.188 --> 01:06:16.313
Yeah. Yes, yeah.
01:06:16.396 --> 01:06:19.063
I have it with me all the time.
I wear it every day.
01:06:20.021 --> 01:06:22.271
It is so good to hear you.
01:06:22.355 --> 01:06:25.521
Ah, Lamin, it… it's so good
to hear your voice.
01:06:25.605 --> 01:06:29.688
Really. I mean it.
It's so good to hear you.
01:06:37.688 --> 01:06:39.855
- Hey.
- Hey.
01:06:42.063 --> 01:06:43.480
Where's Kitty?
01:06:43.563 --> 01:06:45.355
She's taking some time.
01:06:50.355 --> 01:06:51.771
It's hard for you guys?
01:06:52.980 --> 01:06:53.980
Mm-hmm.
01:06:56.105 --> 01:06:59.938
I guess we're just
in two different worlds these days.
01:07:06.396 --> 01:07:07.813
You all right?
01:07:08.855 --> 01:07:11.146
Yeah, kind of exhausted.
01:07:11.230 --> 01:07:15.938
It's like I thought that having this ship
meant our problems would be solved.
01:07:17.855 --> 01:07:20.813
Yeah.
01:07:26.063 --> 01:07:28.646
- Is Mauro sleeping?
- Yeah.
01:07:29.813 --> 01:07:33.355
Or at least he's trying.
He's not doing too good.
01:07:34.896 --> 01:07:38.855
Were you aware that he'd hide
in the engine room to cry every day?
01:07:41.896 --> 01:07:43.938
But he was looking forward
to the next mission.
01:07:44.021 --> 01:07:45.980
And I thought it might be good for him.
01:07:48.063 --> 01:07:49.980
It's like he can't move on.
01:07:59.813 --> 01:08:02.105
That's too bad, your donation
would have been a great help.
01:08:02.188 --> 01:08:04.563
Domi. Please include
these expenses, thanks.
01:08:04.646 --> 01:08:07.396
Um, but did you know
you can get a tax write-off for donations?
01:08:07.480 --> 01:08:10.646
"You wanna destroy the continent."
"Where are they all gonna live?"
01:08:10.730 --> 01:08:12.688
"Has that even crossed your minds?"
01:08:12.771 --> 01:08:14.146
The mission is in two weeks,
01:08:14.230 --> 01:08:16.938
but we don't have a first officer
or someone to drive the RHIB.
01:08:17.021 --> 01:08:19.605
We also need someone for the sick bay.
Su needs a break.
01:08:19.688 --> 01:08:22.230
"It's human trafficking and you should all
get what you deserve."
01:08:22.313 --> 01:08:24.146
"You should do time."
01:08:24.230 --> 01:08:26.813
"Traffickers without borders
should die at sea."
01:08:26.896 --> 01:08:29.188
- It's locked. I can't get in.
- What is it?
01:08:29.271 --> 01:08:31.730
We got hacked.
The website, social media, all of it.
01:08:32.396 --> 01:08:34.605
- Do we know who it was?
- Some right-wingers! Who else?!
01:08:34.688 --> 01:08:36.521
Fuck! Shit! Dammit!
01:08:36.605 --> 01:08:38.021
"I saw you on TV."
01:08:38.105 --> 01:08:41.688
"This plan you're so proud of
is a really shitty idea."
01:08:41.771 --> 01:08:44.271
"Seriously, where are they supposed
to go?"
01:08:44.355 --> 01:08:45.646
"What about our jobs and women?"
01:08:46.313 --> 01:08:48.855
What is that? Who went to Hamburg?
01:08:48.938 --> 01:08:51.396
Why is there a receipt
from fucking Hamburg?
01:08:53.605 --> 01:08:55.021
Found this under the sink.
01:08:55.105 --> 01:08:57.605
"Fuck you and your Islamization
of the West."
01:08:57.688 --> 01:09:00.730
"Germany's for Germans, and that's it."
01:09:00.813 --> 01:09:02.146
Lukas.
01:09:02.230 --> 01:09:04.896
The Italian Coast Guard ordered
the Iuventa to the Port of Lampedusa.
01:09:04.980 --> 01:09:06.980
- With only five refugees on board.
- Wait.
01:09:07.063 --> 01:09:09.021
What? That doesn't make any sense.
01:09:09.105 --> 01:09:10.896
- Viola, I've got you on speaker.
- Yeah.
01:09:10.980 --> 01:09:12.230
We've got five minors on board,
01:09:12.313 --> 01:09:14.438
and there are four
or five rubber dinghies out there,
01:09:14.521 --> 01:09:16.146
transporting like 500 people.
01:09:16.230 --> 01:09:18.355
We can't assist them if we leave now.
01:09:18.438 --> 01:09:21.771
- Can't you transfer passengers?
- Yeah, no, we've tried.
01:09:21.855 --> 01:09:24.605
The Italians said it was out
of the question without a reason.
01:09:24.688 --> 01:09:27.355
We have to head to Lampedusa.
Their tone is raising in their emails.
01:09:27.438 --> 01:09:29.980
They're all, "Follow the orders!"
You know?
01:09:30.063 --> 01:09:32.980
- Right. Where are you right now?
- A whole day away from Lampedusa.
01:09:33.063 --> 01:09:35.021
We'll lose two days
getting there and back.
01:09:35.105 --> 01:09:36.646
So we're not doing it.
01:09:36.730 --> 01:09:39.480
No way. We always have
to cooperate with the authorities.
01:09:39.563 --> 01:09:40.980
- It's the law.
- Nina.
01:09:41.063 --> 01:09:43.730
We have to rescue those people.
That's why we're here.
01:09:43.813 --> 01:09:46.396
- Because lives come first.
- What are you trying to say?
01:09:46.480 --> 01:09:49.521
I'm saying we're disregarding the order.
We're staying put.
01:09:50.688 --> 01:09:53.605
You can't. No. If you don't comply,
we will not stand by you.
01:09:53.688 --> 01:09:55.896
You will have stayed
against our explicit orders,
01:09:55.980 --> 01:09:57.521
and we will cancel all future missions.
01:09:57.605 --> 01:10:00.688
We cooperate.
It's the Jugend Rettet core tenet.
01:10:00.771 --> 01:10:03.230
- Are you serious right now?
- Yeah.
01:10:33.813 --> 01:10:37.146
Hey.
01:10:57.438 --> 01:10:58.438
Yeah?
01:11:06.188 --> 01:11:07.646
- Hello?
- Hello?
01:11:07.730 --> 01:11:09.313
Refugees. We heard we can live here.
01:11:09.396 --> 01:11:10.563
- Open door, come on!
- What?
01:11:14.021 --> 01:11:16.355
- Come on, let us in! Hey!
- We're hungry, hey!
01:11:16.438 --> 01:11:18.521
- It's a gang of fascists.
- What?
01:11:18.605 --> 01:11:20.188
Don't open the door!
01:11:20.271 --> 01:11:22.855
- Hey, are you nuts?
- Leave right now!
01:11:22.938 --> 01:11:25.271
- Who is that?
- A bunch of fascists.
01:11:25.355 --> 01:11:26.480
Why the fuck are you here?!
01:11:26.563 --> 01:11:28.563
- Should we call the cops?
- Yeah! Go call the cops.
01:11:28.646 --> 01:11:33.605
Listen, we're calling the police now.
What the fuck is your problem?!
01:11:33.688 --> 01:11:36.896
- Get out of here! Fuck off, guys!
- That's enough!
01:11:36.980 --> 01:11:39.438
Yes, hi. We've got a bunch
of guys banging at our door
01:11:39.521 --> 01:11:40.980
and yelling at us to let them in.
01:11:43.230 --> 01:11:47.313
Please come quick.
01:11:47.396 --> 01:11:49.771
We're calling the police,
so go on and fuck off!
01:11:49.855 --> 01:11:52.480
- They're still banging.
- Just get out of here!
01:11:52.563 --> 01:11:55.105
- Yeah, okay, thanks. Okay.
- Come on, fuck off already!
01:11:58.355 --> 01:11:59.563
Get lost!
01:11:59.646 --> 01:12:02.563
- I'll handle this.
- They're not leaving!
01:12:02.646 --> 01:12:05.230
- Get lost!
- Oh!
01:12:05.313 --> 01:12:06.813
Fuck off! Now!
01:12:13.230 --> 01:12:14.730
Mauro, are you all right?
01:12:15.938 --> 01:12:18.021
- Are you okay? Can you hear?
- I can't breathe.
01:12:18.105 --> 01:12:19.355
Okay, exhale.
01:12:19.938 --> 01:12:23.230
- Inhale slowly. You're safe.
- Okay.
01:12:23.313 --> 01:12:25.355
- Hey.
- It's fine. They're gone.
01:12:25.438 --> 01:12:29.771
- I can't breathe.
- Exhale slowly.
01:12:29.855 --> 01:12:31.105
You're safe.
01:12:35.063 --> 01:12:36.480
It's all good.
01:12:46.563 --> 01:12:48.563
They're gone now. It's okay.
01:13:00.813 --> 01:13:02.646
We stop missions in the winter.
01:13:02.730 --> 01:13:04.271
The refugees don't cross in dinghies.
01:13:04.355 --> 01:13:06.771
The sea gets really dicey.
The weather's too bad.
01:13:06.855 --> 01:13:09.605
We're using the downtime
to tune up the ship.
01:13:09.688 --> 01:13:11.855
And in January,
we're organizing a big meeting
01:13:11.938 --> 01:13:15.188
to go over everything that happened
during our first year at sea.
01:13:16.105 --> 01:13:19.563
The good stuff and the challenges.
01:13:20.063 --> 01:13:22.563
- Hm. Mm.
- Mm-hmm.
01:13:23.063 --> 01:13:25.771
- What?
- Nothing.
01:13:26.271 --> 01:13:28.521
- What is it?
- Nothing.
01:13:29.271 --> 01:13:32.021
Well, I didn't want
to bring this up tonight.
01:13:32.105 --> 01:13:33.480
I'm just concerned.
01:13:33.563 --> 01:13:34.896
You've been doing this two years.
01:13:34.980 --> 01:13:36.605
You said you'd give it one.
01:13:36.688 --> 01:13:39.313
Mm-hmm. So?
01:13:39.396 --> 01:13:43.438
So, Kitty's almost done with her program.
You haven't even started a degree.
01:13:44.563 --> 01:13:47.438
You think I should mention it down there?
I could tell the refugees,
01:13:47.521 --> 01:13:50.188
"Sorry! I gotta move on now.
My mother thinks this isn't honorable."
01:13:50.271 --> 01:13:52.646
- That's not what I meant.
- What did you mean?
01:13:53.771 --> 01:13:56.605
I am only saying
that nearly two years have gone by,
01:13:56.688 --> 01:13:58.646
and I haven't heard from you
in six months.
01:13:58.730 --> 01:14:00.230
So I am worried.
01:14:00.313 --> 01:14:03.563
- You can't go on like this.
- Trust me. I wish I could just stop!
01:14:05.605 --> 01:14:08.313
I'd be thrilled to move on with my life.
01:14:09.146 --> 01:14:12.105
I wish no one needed rescuing anymore
or someone else would do it.
01:14:12.188 --> 01:14:14.480
But no one steps in.
01:14:16.396 --> 01:14:19.813
Governments aren't offering to take over.
They're not helping!
01:14:22.855 --> 01:14:24.438
You're not either.
01:14:26.771 --> 01:14:29.688
You believe giving 500 euros
at Christmas is enough support.
01:14:33.271 --> 01:14:35.063
We won't stop till it changes.
01:14:38.730 --> 01:14:39.730
Good.
01:14:54.480 --> 01:14:57.730
What I don't understand is…
are there charges against us?
01:14:57.813 --> 01:14:59.521
Why do you need to search our ship?
01:14:59.605 --> 01:15:01.396
No. No, it's just routine.
01:15:01.480 --> 01:15:02.688
It's not routine.
01:15:02.771 --> 01:15:05.271
And for five minors,
you don't have to search our ship.
01:15:05.355 --> 01:15:08.230
It doesn't make any sense!
Look, our papers are in order.
01:15:08.313 --> 01:15:10.438
Everything is fine.
I really don't get the point.
01:15:10.521 --> 01:15:12.313
These are routines. Don't worry.
01:15:12.396 --> 01:15:14.813
There are people
out at sea. They need our help.
01:15:14.896 --> 01:15:18.480
Otherwise, they're going to die
while we have this discussion here.
01:15:19.313 --> 01:15:22.313
So that's what complying
with the authorities looks like.
01:15:22.396 --> 01:15:25.271
You get pulled from your mission,
and the ship gets searched.
01:15:25.355 --> 01:15:28.355
They interviewed us all night
and let us go back the next morning.
01:15:28.438 --> 01:15:30.313
We lost two whole days because of it.
01:15:31.063 --> 01:15:33.771
We had to go there
because we had five minors on board.
01:15:33.855 --> 01:15:36.730
There were hundreds of people
still out there on rubber dinghies.
01:15:36.813 --> 01:15:38.771
We don't know what happened to them.
01:15:38.855 --> 01:15:41.063
But here's the thing,
at that moment like that,
01:15:41.146 --> 01:15:42.730
there's nothing that the coast guard
01:15:42.813 --> 01:15:44.688
or any authority can say.
01:15:44.771 --> 01:15:46.230
We're there to save people.
01:15:46.313 --> 01:15:48.896
Okay. But what did you expect us
to do, then?
01:15:48.980 --> 01:15:51.855
Because ignoring the authorities
is not a good solution.
01:15:51.938 --> 01:15:53.105
Stay and rescue.
01:15:53.188 --> 01:15:56.021
You should have stood by the decision
and let us refuse the orders.
01:15:56.105 --> 01:15:58.146
- It would've been bad.
- This is our ship.
01:15:58.230 --> 01:15:59.813
We are free to do as we please on it.
01:15:59.896 --> 01:16:02.188
But it's not your ship!
It's not ours either.
01:16:02.271 --> 01:16:04.563
You didn't pay for it.
It is not private property.
01:16:04.646 --> 01:16:06.355
It's not ours!
01:16:06.438 --> 01:16:08.646
And all of us know
that you just want to save people,
01:16:08.730 --> 01:16:10.313
but we have to play by the damn rules!
01:16:10.396 --> 01:16:12.896
I'm not doing what I want to.
I'm doing what I have to.
01:16:12.980 --> 01:16:15.105
Well, Jugend Rettet
always has to cooperate.
01:16:15.188 --> 01:16:17.480
I mean, if cooperating means
letting people die out there,
01:16:17.563 --> 01:16:18.980
we shouldn't cooperate.
01:16:19.063 --> 01:16:21.230
It is criminal
to go against the authorities.
01:16:21.313 --> 01:16:23.271
We will lose funding,
and we won't save any lives.
01:16:23.355 --> 01:16:26.813
This silly image you're trying to project
by wearing your designer outfits--
01:16:26.896 --> 01:16:27.938
Viola!
01:16:28.021 --> 01:16:30.313
It's not helping us rescue anyone.
It's an act!
01:16:30.396 --> 01:16:32.271
- You're out of line!
- I carry corpses.
01:16:32.355 --> 01:16:34.480
You just sit at your desk
with your spreadsheets.
01:16:34.563 --> 01:16:36.313
Wow, Viola. You don't get it at all.
01:16:36.396 --> 01:16:39.063
Without us here, in Berlin,
you wouldn't have a ship.
01:16:39.146 --> 01:16:41.480
I don't sit here
and sweet-talk for donations.
01:16:41.563 --> 01:16:43.896
I do public relations,
fundraising, advocacy work,
01:16:43.980 --> 01:16:45.271
and read every fucking email.
01:16:45.355 --> 01:16:46.521
I sift through all the hate.
01:16:46.605 --> 01:16:48.063
How dare you say I just sit here!
01:16:48.146 --> 01:16:49.855
I'm killing myself
to get people's support!
01:16:49.938 --> 01:16:52.563
Without all the work we do here,
we wouldn't have a single penny.
01:16:52.646 --> 01:16:56.396
Yeah, but if we let the Italians bully us,
your fucking money's useless!
01:16:56.480 --> 01:16:57.646
Enough!
01:16:58.605 --> 01:17:00.605
This is why we're falling apart.
01:17:00.688 --> 01:17:03.146
You're being really disrespectful
and self-righteous.
01:17:03.230 --> 01:17:06.146
- I just say it how it is.
- Why are you fighting us?
01:17:06.230 --> 01:17:07.105
'Cause we have to.
01:17:15.438 --> 01:17:17.813
She was really shitty in there.
01:17:20.438 --> 01:17:22.188
I spend like all of my time in this place.
01:17:22.271 --> 01:17:24.271
I don't have a life,
and they say I don't care?
01:17:24.355 --> 01:17:27.188
I'm more into my outfits
than saving the migrants who need my help?
01:17:27.271 --> 01:17:29.396
She's all acting
like there's two types of people.
01:17:29.480 --> 01:17:31.605
The ones who work at computers
and those who save lives.
01:17:31.688 --> 01:17:35.063
I hear you. Just try to keep in mind
these are views on the same problem.
01:17:35.146 --> 01:17:36.105
At the end of the day,
01:17:36.188 --> 01:17:37.980
the point is to get out there
and save lives.
01:17:38.063 --> 01:17:42.771
I'm perfectly aware of what goes on at sea
even though I don't go on the missions!
01:17:43.480 --> 01:17:46.146
But the people here
don't seem to care about that!
01:17:46.230 --> 01:17:48.896
Y'know, before it was all,
"We can do it!" That time's passed.
01:17:49.480 --> 01:17:51.646
Nobody wants anything
to change around here.
01:17:51.730 --> 01:17:53.646
Sure, they want the migrant problem
to be solved.
01:17:53.730 --> 01:17:55.980
They don't want to actually help
with any of it though.
01:17:56.063 --> 01:17:57.563
They want it to just disappear!
01:17:58.063 --> 01:18:00.688
How can they see that welcoming people
could bring us together
01:18:00.771 --> 01:18:02.105
if it's tearing us apart?
01:18:02.188 --> 01:18:04.896
I think I should work elsewhere.
01:18:06.396 --> 01:18:08.063
- Sorry.
- Domi.
01:18:08.771 --> 01:18:09.813
Domi!
01:18:47.563 --> 01:18:48.646
Hey.
01:19:02.105 --> 01:19:04.230
Fucking Libyan Coast Guard.
01:19:04.313 --> 01:19:05.480
Oh shit.
01:19:06.480 --> 01:19:09.521
They're shooting at them.
01:19:10.480 --> 01:19:13.563
- Do you know where Sören and Viola are?
- Upstairs.
01:19:13.646 --> 01:19:14.646
Thanks.
01:19:18.896 --> 01:19:21.855
Last year's militia are now
official Libyan Coast Guard.
01:19:21.938 --> 01:19:24.896
Yeah. Europe's actually training
and financing them.
01:19:25.730 --> 01:19:27.355
Everything's changing. It's crazy.
01:19:27.438 --> 01:19:29.105
No one wants anything to do with refugees.
01:19:29.188 --> 01:19:32.396
European countries want
to block the Mediterranean route.
01:19:32.480 --> 01:19:35.855
That's why they ordered us to Lampedusa.
They don't want witnesses.
01:19:35.938 --> 01:19:37.688
Yeah. They want us to back down.
01:19:37.771 --> 01:19:40.605
But there are as many dinghies
out there as last year.
01:19:40.688 --> 01:19:41.646
They come in waves.
01:19:41.730 --> 01:19:45.146
Sometimes we see eight
or nine boats out there at the same time.
01:19:45.230 --> 01:19:47.438
It's insane. Hundreds of people.
01:19:47.521 --> 01:19:49.563
They all die if no one rescues them.
01:20:06.771 --> 01:20:07.855
Sören!
01:20:08.688 --> 01:20:09.813
Sören!
01:20:09.896 --> 01:20:11.563
- Sören!
- What?
01:20:11.646 --> 01:20:15.021
There's way too many of them!
Where's the fucking coast guard?
01:20:15.105 --> 01:20:18.813
They said they were on their way!
But that was hours ago!
01:20:18.896 --> 01:20:20.646
We can't handle it all alone!
01:20:20.730 --> 01:20:23.688
Get the people from there,
onto the life raft.
01:20:23.771 --> 01:20:25.480
We'll fill the raft, okay?
01:20:25.563 --> 01:20:27.938
Everybody, I need your help.
01:20:28.521 --> 01:20:29.938
Pull the people inside.
01:20:30.813 --> 01:20:32.105
Okay.
01:20:32.605 --> 01:20:35.105
I need space. Guys, I need space!
01:20:36.021 --> 01:20:39.105
I got him! I got him!
01:20:39.730 --> 01:20:43.605
Come on, let me through.
Sorry, sorry, sorry.
01:20:47.938 --> 01:20:49.521
What's up with the coast guard?
01:20:49.605 --> 01:20:51.688
They saw two other boats
that need rescuing.
01:20:51.771 --> 01:20:53.438
What about other ships? The navy?
01:20:53.521 --> 01:20:55.896
- Apparently, no one can.
- No one can help?
01:20:57.271 --> 01:20:59.230
- Okay.
- Hang on, Sören.
01:21:00.438 --> 01:21:02.688
We've got to get everyone on deck
and dump the life rafts.
01:21:02.771 --> 01:21:04.730
- No way. We can't.
- We've got to.
01:21:04.813 --> 01:21:06.938
This boat won't move
in this weather if we don't!
01:21:07.021 --> 01:21:08.396
It's the way to fight the waves.
01:21:08.480 --> 01:21:11.396
Viola. The deck is full.
Why don't you get that?
01:21:11.480 --> 01:21:14.563
- There's no more room!
- I get it, but it's the only way.
01:21:14.646 --> 01:21:17.938
- One big wave and it's all over.
- Yeah, I know that!
01:21:22.230 --> 01:21:23.438
Fuck.
01:21:27.063 --> 01:21:30.980
God fucking damn it. Lord help us.
01:21:31.063 --> 01:21:33.271
Get everyone up! Get them all up there!
01:21:34.688 --> 01:21:37.688
Lukas! Lukas! Maik! Come up here!
01:21:37.771 --> 01:21:41.396
We have to get everyone up here.
Everyone below deck!
01:21:41.480 --> 01:21:44.063
Here, come on! Come up!
01:21:44.146 --> 01:21:45.730
Get below deck!
01:21:45.813 --> 01:21:48.688
Get everyone down there!
Get everyone below deck!
01:21:48.771 --> 01:21:50.521
One after the other!
01:21:54.313 --> 01:21:57.271
Get inside. You can come here.
Come here, come here.
01:21:57.355 --> 01:21:59.480
Okay, go inside. Go inside!
Go inside, go inside.
01:22:01.688 --> 01:22:03.855
She's really weak. She's really weak.
01:22:03.938 --> 01:22:06.480
Watch your head. Watch your feet, please!
01:22:06.563 --> 01:22:07.771
Go there.
01:22:07.855 --> 01:22:09.896
Okay, be careful. Try to hold on.
01:22:09.980 --> 01:22:12.313
Be careful! Watch your step, please.
Go there.
01:22:12.396 --> 01:22:13.688
Please move back a bit.
01:22:13.771 --> 01:22:15.938
- One by one!
- Back up!
01:22:16.021 --> 01:22:17.896
Slower. Careful, please.
Please, take care!
01:22:20.271 --> 01:22:23.188
Spread out! Everybody spread out!
01:22:25.063 --> 01:22:28.771
Please, everyone needs to wait a minute!
And be careful!
01:22:28.855 --> 01:22:30.521
Please slow down!
01:22:30.605 --> 01:22:32.313
Try to make space for everyone.
01:22:32.396 --> 01:22:35.313
Mayday, mayday.
This is Iuventa, Iuventa, Iuventa.
01:22:35.396 --> 01:22:37.313
I have 400 people on board.
01:22:37.396 --> 01:22:40.813
With the current weather situation,
I'm not able to safely navigate.
01:22:40.896 --> 01:22:44.896
Please. I need immediate assistance.
I'm not able to get out of this situation.
01:22:44.980 --> 01:22:46.896
Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!
01:22:50.730 --> 01:22:51.771
Man overboard!
01:22:54.980 --> 01:22:57.938
Go back to your vessel! Go back!
01:23:01.021 --> 01:23:02.438
Go back to the--
01:23:05.146 --> 01:23:08.605
Okay, come here! Come here! Grab my hand!
01:23:09.105 --> 01:23:12.146
Hold on tight! I'm here for you!
Take my hand!
01:23:27.813 --> 01:23:30.146
Over here! Come on! Take my hand!
01:23:30.230 --> 01:23:31.855
Come on! Come on, now!
01:23:46.771 --> 01:23:48.271
God help us.
01:23:57.855 --> 01:24:01.605
We were out there for 48 hours in total.
01:24:01.688 --> 01:24:03.896
We were left to ourselves completely.
01:24:03.980 --> 01:24:06.355
No ships came to help.
The Coast Guard never showed up.
01:24:06.438 --> 01:24:07.730
Neither did the Navy.
01:24:07.813 --> 01:24:10.063
Our ship was so packed,
we couldn't fit anyone else.
01:24:10.146 --> 01:24:12.188
We had to watch people drown.
01:24:12.271 --> 01:24:15.230
We ran out of space on board
and life vests. We had nothing.
01:24:15.313 --> 01:24:18.563
We were devastated.
We were over capacity. People kept coming.
01:24:18.646 --> 01:24:20.480
We couldn't help them all.
01:24:20.563 --> 01:24:23.771
A container ship finally appeared
and offered us a hand.
01:24:23.855 --> 01:24:25.563
With that crew's help, we got to catch up
01:24:25.646 --> 01:24:27.230
with another rescue mission.
01:24:27.313 --> 01:24:29.688
Folks from Save the Children, a big ship.
01:24:29.771 --> 01:24:32.313
The people we'd rescued got on.
That's what we do.
01:24:32.396 --> 01:24:34.938
You're still in the Mediterranean.
Whereabouts?
01:24:35.021 --> 01:24:36.105
In Malta.
01:24:36.188 --> 01:24:38.438
Yeah. We're getting ourselves ready
for the next mission.
01:24:38.521 --> 01:24:39.813
Bergmann, what are you thinking?
01:24:39.896 --> 01:24:42.230
You believe policies are sufficient
in dealing with this?
01:24:42.313 --> 01:24:45.688
Uh… Well, let me just start
by saying that these young folks
01:24:45.771 --> 01:24:48.771
are doing some extraordinary work
down there.
01:24:48.855 --> 01:24:50.980
And look, I don't mean
to question their motives.
01:24:51.063 --> 01:24:53.230
They are surely honorable.
They really are.
01:24:53.313 --> 01:24:57.355
But as far as we see it,
these rescue ships are also pull factors.
01:24:57.438 --> 01:25:00.396
You mean they actually cause
these migrants
01:25:00.480 --> 01:25:02.813
to risk their lives
in the hopes of being saved?
01:25:02.896 --> 01:25:03.730
Exactly.
01:25:03.813 --> 01:25:06.063
They're willing to do just about anything
01:25:06.146 --> 01:25:07.980
to get out of their dire situations.
01:25:08.063 --> 01:25:11.688
They'll risk their lives if a ship
is supposed to bring them to Europe.
01:25:11.771 --> 01:25:14.021
- But it doesn't happen like that at all.
- Mr. Weiland?
01:25:14.105 --> 01:25:16.271
I mean, I'm sorry but it's not true.
01:25:16.355 --> 01:25:18.146
People don't get onto these dinghies
01:25:18.230 --> 01:25:21.313
thinking an NGO rescue ship
is waiting out there to save them.
01:25:21.396 --> 01:25:23.730
No, people do it
because they're in war zones.
01:25:23.813 --> 01:25:27.063
They're living in countries
that outlaw their sexuality or religion.
01:25:27.146 --> 01:25:29.063
They can't even feed their families.
01:25:29.146 --> 01:25:32.730
You have to be pretty desperate
to get on a rubber dinghy like that.
01:25:32.813 --> 01:25:36.563
One would only venture out to sea
for a matter of life or death.
01:25:36.646 --> 01:25:39.563
Once on board our boat,
they're not interested in welfare checks.
01:25:39.646 --> 01:25:42.730
All they want is to write to their mothers
to tell them they survived.
01:25:42.813 --> 01:25:44.355
And what is your response
01:25:44.438 --> 01:25:48.980
to the allegations that there are rescuers
working with the human traffickers?
01:25:49.063 --> 01:25:52.271
That there's a whole line of communication
that takes place
01:25:52.355 --> 01:25:54.146
before each dinghy departs.
01:25:54.230 --> 01:25:56.521
That's not true either.
These allegations are false.
01:25:56.605 --> 01:25:58.730
The authorities are aware of that.
01:25:58.813 --> 01:26:03.188
That's all false information
aimed at discrediting our mission.
01:26:03.271 --> 01:26:04.896
Of course, people end up believing it
01:26:04.980 --> 01:26:07.438
since it's repeated so much
on talk shows like this.
01:26:07.521 --> 01:26:10.938
There's never any communication
in advance with them.
01:26:11.021 --> 01:26:14.396
We heard that you leave them boats
and motors sometimes.
01:26:14.480 --> 01:26:15.855
We're in the middle of the sea.
01:26:15.938 --> 01:26:19.313
So, of course, we can't always destroy
the rubber dinghies during rescues.
01:26:19.396 --> 01:26:24.480
We're busy saving people in danger
because… because it's our priority.
01:26:25.480 --> 01:26:28.896
Our mission is saving lives.
Not handling boats.
01:26:36.480 --> 01:26:42.646
MALTA. LATE JULY 2017
01:27:10.021 --> 01:27:12.813
- Wow, you look like shit.
- Yeah.
01:27:14.938 --> 01:27:16.521
- Let's go for a walk.
- Mm-hmm.
01:27:21.563 --> 01:27:24.521
So what's the conference,
uh… you're going to?
01:27:24.605 --> 01:27:27.230
- Where is it again?
- Uh, in Syracuse, in Sicily.
01:27:27.313 --> 01:27:28.438
Right.
01:27:28.521 --> 01:27:31.355
The conference is focused
on international human rights.
01:27:37.438 --> 01:27:42.230
Nina mentioned the situation down here
is getting really hard.
01:27:42.313 --> 01:27:44.980
That's an understatement, for sure.
01:27:45.063 --> 01:27:46.438
This is a war.
01:27:48.605 --> 01:27:51.521
They're fighting the refugees,
so they're fighting us too.
01:27:52.563 --> 01:27:56.521
The Italian government has asked us
to sign a code of conduct.
01:27:56.605 --> 01:27:59.021
They want the police to ride along
on the Iuventa
01:27:59.105 --> 01:28:02.480
so they can… interrogate the refugees
as soon as they board.
01:28:02.563 --> 01:28:06.521
Odds are, they're just going to ask,
"Who was driving the dinghy?"
01:28:06.605 --> 01:28:10.355
And someone will proudly say
they were in charge,
01:28:10.438 --> 01:28:15.313
feeling heroic, and they'll get locked up
for 20 years for human trafficking.
01:28:15.396 --> 01:28:18.605
Most NGOs already signed it,
but we're not gonna do that.
01:28:21.230 --> 01:28:23.521
I know exactly how they're gonna answer.
01:28:49.313 --> 01:28:51.063
My ferry's gonna leave soon.
01:29:03.813 --> 01:29:05.813
When's your next mission?
01:29:07.313 --> 01:29:09.230
Uh… tomorrow.
01:29:31.563 --> 01:29:34.896
Take care of yourself.
01:29:45.230 --> 01:29:48.230
Excuse me.
Why are you bringing two people on board?
01:29:50.521 --> 01:29:53.855
Where did you find them?
What do you want us to do with them now?
01:29:56.271 --> 01:29:57.896
'Cause we don't know why they're here.
01:29:59.188 --> 01:30:01.980
What should we do now?
No, I don't understand.
01:30:03.021 --> 01:30:04.188
Who are they?
01:30:04.271 --> 01:30:06.771
Apparently, two brothers from Syria.
01:30:06.855 --> 01:30:09.771
With nice suitcases?
Brought here by the Coast Guard.
01:30:11.188 --> 01:30:13.355
So we need to take them to Lampedusa?
For real?
01:30:13.438 --> 01:30:16.896
- Yeah.
- That's nuts.
01:30:20.188 --> 01:30:23.480
- We're just trying to--
- Okay, stop. Um…who are you?
01:30:23.563 --> 01:30:25.646
- We are brothers from Syria.
- Brothers, okay.
01:30:25.730 --> 01:30:27.230
- Lukas.
- Just wait a second.
01:30:27.313 --> 01:30:30.938
Honestly, you don't look like brothers.
Can you stop filming for a second?
01:30:31.021 --> 01:30:32.980
What is this? What are you doing here?
01:30:33.063 --> 01:30:35.146
We're doing interviews for a documentary.
01:30:35.230 --> 01:30:36.646
Documentary?
01:30:36.730 --> 01:30:39.855
- About the situation of refugees.
- Okay, no. Uh, please take it down, okay?
01:30:39.938 --> 01:30:42.646
We're not doing an interview.
We're not doing a documentary here.
01:30:42.730 --> 01:30:45.605
- Take it down. Hey! Take it… Fuck!
- What?
01:30:45.688 --> 01:30:47.396
This is insane.
01:30:47.980 --> 01:30:52.646
LAMPEDUSA, 02 AUGUST 2017
01:31:01.855 --> 01:31:03.521
Who's the captain here?
01:31:04.813 --> 01:31:08.896
- This ship is under police investigation.
- Why?
01:31:08.980 --> 01:31:11.938
I'm sorry, madam.
But you have to leave the ship.
01:31:13.646 --> 01:31:15.730
- What's the reason?
- Please.
01:31:15.813 --> 01:31:18.438
The whole crew has
to leave the ship. Now.
01:31:18.521 --> 01:31:21.105
- Come on.
- We've done nothing wrong.
01:31:21.188 --> 01:31:24.313
There is no reason
for us to leave this ship.
01:31:24.396 --> 01:31:26.980
I mean…
01:31:28.188 --> 01:31:31.313
Are we under arrest?
What? Please don't touch me.
01:31:55.063 --> 01:31:58.771
Nina? Wait, we're putting you on speaker.
01:31:59.688 --> 01:32:01.896
- All right.
- Okay. Where are you?
01:32:01.980 --> 01:32:03.646
By the boat. They're searching it.
01:32:03.730 --> 01:32:06.313
I know. The phones
are ringing off the hook here.
01:32:06.396 --> 01:32:08.646
They're seizing the ship now.
01:32:08.730 --> 01:32:11.105
We're going to get charged
with human trafficking.
01:32:11.980 --> 01:32:13.396
What?
01:32:13.480 --> 01:32:16.313
That's what the Italian authorities
told the press.
01:32:16.396 --> 01:32:19.021
They've got a 400-page indictment
against us.
01:32:19.105 --> 01:32:21.521
It's all over the media already.
01:32:21.605 --> 01:32:23.605
Yup, look at all this.
01:32:25.688 --> 01:32:27.730
So, they knew before us?
01:32:27.813 --> 01:32:30.355
Looks like they were fully prepared.
01:32:32.230 --> 01:32:35.855
I found a lawyer from Borderline Europe
who's on vacation on Lampedusa.
01:32:35.938 --> 01:32:37.855
She's headed to the indictment hearing
right now,
01:32:37.938 --> 01:32:39.730
and you need to meet with her.
01:32:41.396 --> 01:32:42.896
Okay, thanks.
01:32:42.980 --> 01:32:46.313
- Take care of yourselves.
- We will. Bye.
01:32:46.396 --> 01:32:48.480
Yes. Take them all.
01:32:59.230 --> 01:33:02.355
First, I have to ask you
to switch off your mobile devices, please.
01:33:02.438 --> 01:33:05.146
And I see that you have a fridge.
01:33:05.230 --> 01:33:07.730
Would you be so kind
to actually switch them off
01:33:07.813 --> 01:33:09.480
and put them in there, please?
01:33:12.021 --> 01:33:13.396
Thank you.
01:33:13.480 --> 01:33:17.188
They tapped over 40 phones.
Lawyers, priests, journalists…
01:33:17.271 --> 01:33:18.688
It's all in here.
01:33:20.063 --> 01:33:24.021
There are three criminal offenses
brought against the Iuventa crew.
01:33:24.105 --> 01:33:30.188
One suggests a direct handover of people
from the smugglers to the Iuventa.
01:33:30.271 --> 01:33:33.021
The other one,
a hand gesture, like waving.
01:33:33.105 --> 01:33:37.188
Which is supposed to prove communication
and establish relationship
01:33:37.271 --> 01:33:38.521
between you and them.
01:33:38.605 --> 01:33:39.813
Hand-waving?
01:33:39.896 --> 01:33:43.105
They seized our ship
because someone waved a hand?
01:33:43.896 --> 01:33:44.896
Yes.
01:33:44.980 --> 01:33:46.730
And… the third one
01:33:46.813 --> 01:33:52.396
accuses you of returning
three refugee boats to Libyan smugglers.
01:33:53.730 --> 01:33:58.855
This all results in a charge of aiding
and abetting unauthorized immigration,
01:33:58.938 --> 01:34:00.980
which means people smuggling.
01:34:01.980 --> 01:34:03.688
How did they get the photos?
01:34:03.771 --> 01:34:06.271
Obviously they had someone
on board who took them.
01:34:06.355 --> 01:34:09.230
There was a spy?
There was a spy on board the other ship?
01:34:09.313 --> 01:34:11.980
- We just pulled the boats out of the way.
- Yeah.
01:34:12.063 --> 01:34:14.480
We tried not to jeopardize
the rescue operation.
01:34:15.146 --> 01:34:19.521
If you only look at the photo,
it tells a different story.
01:34:19.605 --> 01:34:22.146
And that's the story
that they told the press.
01:34:22.230 --> 01:34:23.563
What?
01:34:23.646 --> 01:34:25.355
Oh, and there is one more thing.
01:34:25.438 --> 01:34:29.105
The files indicate
that the Italian authorities
01:34:29.188 --> 01:34:34.521
have transcripts of conversations
on board of the Iuventa.
01:34:34.605 --> 01:34:36.521
- What?
- You mean they bugged us?
01:34:36.605 --> 01:34:37.771
Mm.
01:34:37.855 --> 01:34:41.480
That's why they ordered us
to Lampedusa. To bug us.
01:34:42.563 --> 01:34:45.355
Shit, man.
01:34:46.605 --> 01:34:50.605
What happens if we're…
uh, what's the word?
01:34:50.688 --> 01:34:52.271
- Convicted.
- Yeah.
01:34:52.938 --> 01:34:55.355
People smuggling is a serious accusation.
01:34:55.438 --> 01:35:00.646
So if the court rules against you,
you might have to go to jail.
01:35:08.480 --> 01:35:11.021
At least five, up to 20 years.
01:35:11.855 --> 01:35:16.146
And 15,000 euro fine per person
brought into Italy.
01:36:49.355 --> 01:36:52.396
- Hello, my friend.
- Hello, Lamin.
01:36:52.480 --> 01:36:55.063
I tried to call you five times.
01:36:55.146 --> 01:36:57.771
I saw that, yeah.
You already speaking German, or what
01:36:57.855 --> 01:37:01.313
Yes, I got a course! Intensive course.
01:37:01.396 --> 01:37:05.938
And I told myself, "If you want to go
to school, you have to learn German."
01:37:06.521 --> 01:37:09.688
- That's fantastic.
- Yes, it's hard.
01:37:09.771 --> 01:37:12.438
It's really a difficult language.
01:37:12.521 --> 01:37:15.146
But now I can stay in Germany.
01:37:15.230 --> 01:37:18.896
I'll finish school,
and then I'll do an apprenticeship.
01:37:18.980 --> 01:37:20.771
Industrial mechanic.
01:37:21.355 --> 01:37:25.105
Industrial mechanics? Cool.
01:37:25.188 --> 01:37:28.563
And I called you because I wanted
to tell you something
01:37:28.646 --> 01:37:33.355
I couldn't have done that
without you all. You know?
01:37:33.438 --> 01:37:38.271
That day on your ship
was the happiest day in my life, you know?
01:37:38.355 --> 01:37:41.855
And now, I'm getting educated.
01:37:41.938 --> 01:37:43.813
I can follow my dreams.
01:37:43.896 --> 01:37:46.771
And I can do all of that because of you.
01:37:49.271 --> 01:37:51.105
That's why I wanted to thank you.
01:37:52.271 --> 01:37:53.771
That's why I'm calling.
01:37:57.188 --> 01:37:59.480
- What is wrong, my friend?
- Nothing.
01:38:00.605 --> 01:38:02.855
- What is it?
- Lamin, they seized our ship.
01:38:02.938 --> 01:38:03.771
What?
01:38:03.855 --> 01:38:06.646
Yeah, they're saying we work
with smugglers together.
01:38:06.730 --> 01:38:09.605
- But you don't.
- No, I know. I know we don't.
01:38:09.688 --> 01:38:12.355
I tell them that you didn't do that.
01:38:12.438 --> 01:38:14.688
Yeah, that would… that would be great.
01:38:14.771 --> 01:38:17.563
I tell them that you did not work
with the smugglers.
01:38:17.646 --> 01:38:20.230
I was there. I can testify.
01:38:20.313 --> 01:38:22.646
We all do. All of us.
01:38:23.563 --> 01:38:28.063
Without you, we all would have died.
For sure.
01:38:28.855 --> 01:38:32.313
You saved us and now, we'll save you.
01:38:32.396 --> 01:38:35.063
Lamin, that… that would be amazing.
01:38:36.271 --> 01:38:37.396
Really.
01:38:44.021 --> 01:38:47.396
What if the refugees are our witnesses?
01:38:48.271 --> 01:38:51.230
They were there.
They can say that they were in distress.
01:38:51.313 --> 01:38:54.771
That they fought for their lives
and we didn't collaborate with smugglers.
01:38:54.855 --> 01:38:57.355
I mean, we don't know
where they are today.
01:38:57.438 --> 01:39:00.521
They probably live all over Europe
if they are still in Europe.
01:39:00.605 --> 01:39:03.688
We can find them, I'm sure. Right?
01:39:09.855 --> 01:39:11.646
When are we allowed to leave Lampedusa?
01:39:11.730 --> 01:39:13.480
Who are the people
in charge of the Iuventa?
01:39:15.563 --> 01:39:18.313
So I would suggest
the three of you stay here
01:39:18.396 --> 01:39:20.771
and wait for the decision
of the authorities.
01:39:21.855 --> 01:39:26.813
They might come up to question you
or come up with an arrest warrant.
01:39:26.896 --> 01:39:29.896
Why can't we just fly back?
I mean, what can they do?
01:39:29.980 --> 01:39:31.896
Arrest us because we tried to flee?
01:39:31.980 --> 01:39:32.896
Yes.
01:39:32.980 --> 01:39:35.313
What? But no, they can't arrest us.
01:39:35.396 --> 01:39:37.980
We are all European citizens.
01:39:38.063 --> 01:39:41.230
I mean, they just seized our ship
without any reason.
01:39:41.313 --> 01:39:42.938
Exactly.
01:39:43.021 --> 01:39:47.230
I think the crew can leave.
They can't force them to stay.
01:39:47.313 --> 01:39:50.980
But… I don't know
what will happen to the three of you.
01:39:51.063 --> 01:39:54.355
Great. I guess we're stuck here.
01:40:00.188 --> 01:40:02.105
I'll be, uh, right back.
01:40:02.188 --> 01:40:06.146
- Lukas!
- I know how to get us out of here!
01:40:12.980 --> 01:40:15.480
I knew Mauro had a sailing license.
01:40:15.563 --> 01:40:17.980
So he got on the next flight
to Mallorca with Nina.
01:40:18.063 --> 01:40:18.896
Good luck.
01:40:18.980 --> 01:40:21.396
Dressed like tourists,
they chartered a boat
01:40:21.480 --> 01:40:25.396
and sailed nonstop for five days
and five nights straight to Lampedusa.
01:40:26.063 --> 01:40:28.980
While the rest of the crew
flew back to Berlin,
01:40:29.063 --> 01:40:31.896
Nina and Mauro smuggled us off the island.
01:40:46.896 --> 01:40:49.730
For a brief moment, we were free.
01:40:54.563 --> 01:40:57.521
We're officially in international waters.
You can come up.
01:40:59.188 --> 01:41:00.771
- Let's celebrate.
- Okay.
01:41:00.855 --> 01:41:02.563
I know this is super inappropriate,
01:41:02.646 --> 01:41:04.813
but we were given this bottle
when we rented the boat.
01:41:04.896 --> 01:41:06.521
- So let's enjoy.
- Cheers.
01:41:13.605 --> 01:41:14.605
To us.
01:41:24.355 --> 01:41:27.146
The case became one of the longest
and most elaborate
01:41:27.230 --> 01:41:31.188
against a civilian rescue organization
in history.
01:41:33.313 --> 01:41:36.896
Were you responsible
for communication during the operations?
01:41:36.980 --> 01:41:38.438
Among others, yes.
01:41:38.521 --> 01:41:42.105
So your crew relied on secret,
encrypted channels? Is that correct?
01:41:42.188 --> 01:41:45.980
We used WhatsApp.
It's not secret. It's practical.
01:41:46.063 --> 01:41:48.813
The Italian authorities wanted
to set a precedent with us,
01:41:48.896 --> 01:41:51.063
despite there being no evidence
to support their claims.
01:41:51.146 --> 01:41:53.980
Witnesses reported strong light signal
from your ship.
01:41:54.063 --> 01:41:55.313
What were you signaling?
01:41:55.980 --> 01:41:58.355
Nothing. We were scanning
for boats in distress.
01:41:59.063 --> 01:42:00.313
Using searchlights at night
01:42:00.396 --> 01:42:02.688
is standard procedure
in every rescue operation.
01:42:02.771 --> 01:42:04.938
They called us the "taxis of the sea."
01:42:06.271 --> 01:42:09.188
Their goal was
to discredit and silence us.
01:42:10.021 --> 01:42:13.438
Every transfer was documented,
reported to the authorities.
01:42:13.521 --> 01:42:15.896
You can check the records,
the e-mails, the phone logs…
01:42:15.980 --> 01:42:18.396
It's all there. Everything is on record.
01:42:18.480 --> 01:42:21.230
We continued trying
to find those we'd rescued.
01:42:21.313 --> 01:42:24.521
Anyone willing to testify
that we were innocent.
01:42:28.563 --> 01:42:31.396
Many were living in temporary camps
and shelters,
01:42:31.480 --> 01:42:34.230
far from their families and dreams
of a safe future.
01:42:38.855 --> 01:42:40.730
They were all willing to testify for us.
01:42:40.813 --> 01:42:42.313
- Hi.
- Hello, Rose.
01:42:42.396 --> 01:42:45.396
We were captured
by the Libyan militias in the desert.
01:42:45.480 --> 01:42:47.063
And taken to prison.
01:42:47.146 --> 01:42:49.980
They beat us and left us
without food for days.
01:42:50.063 --> 01:42:52.605
Many women were forced into prostitution.
01:42:52.688 --> 01:42:57.063
When I close my eyes, I…
I still hear the scream of people.
01:42:57.146 --> 01:42:59.646
Objection. None of this
is relevant to this case.
01:42:59.730 --> 01:43:02.480
Overruled. It's relevant. Please go on.
01:43:03.896 --> 01:43:07.105
We were drifting for days,
abandoned at sea,
01:43:07.188 --> 01:43:09.021
before the Iuventa found us.
01:43:09.105 --> 01:43:13.771
There was no direct handover.
Or collaboration with the smugglers.
01:43:13.855 --> 01:43:17.563
Without them, I would not be here.
01:43:17.646 --> 01:43:20.521
We would not be here to tell our story.
01:43:20.605 --> 01:43:22.271
We would be dead.
01:43:23.646 --> 01:43:26.438
The Iuventa people saved our lives.
01:43:26.938 --> 01:43:28.271
That's what they did.
01:43:29.980 --> 01:43:35.396
On April 19, 2024,
after over 40 hearings and seven years,
01:43:35.480 --> 01:43:37.521
the judge announced the verdict.
01:43:39.730 --> 01:43:42.271
The evidence presented in this case
01:43:42.355 --> 01:43:46.063
speaks with absolute clarity
and completeness
01:43:46.146 --> 01:43:50.230
to the absence of the offenses
brought against the defendants.
01:43:51.313 --> 01:43:56.813
When individuals risk their lives
to escape torture and enslavement,
01:43:57.438 --> 01:43:59.396
this court cannot punish those
01:43:59.480 --> 01:44:03.855
whose actions were aimed
towards ensuring their survival.
01:44:04.521 --> 01:44:06.480
The act of saving lives at sea
01:44:06.563 --> 01:44:10.813
is not and has never been
a criminal offense.
01:44:10.896 --> 01:44:12.896
Yeah!
01:44:13.688 --> 01:44:16.188
We were acquitted on all charges.
01:44:21.396 --> 01:44:22.896
I can only speak for myself,
01:44:22.980 --> 01:44:25.480
but I will always rescue people
from drowning.
01:44:29.980 --> 01:44:31.980
Helping is not a crime.
01:44:34.313 --> 01:44:36.313
It is an act of humanity.
01:44:44.480 --> 01:44:46.855
BETWEEN 2016 AND 2017,
01:44:46.938 --> 01:44:51.646
THE IUVENTA CREW SAVED OVER 23,000 LIVES.
01:44:52.563 --> 01:44:55.605
DURING THE SEVEN YEARS OF THE TRIAL
AGAINST THE IUVENTA
01:44:55.688 --> 01:44:58.938
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DROWNED
IN THE MEDITERRANEAN,
01:44:59.563 --> 01:45:02.521
WITH THE ALMOST ONE MILLION EUROS
SPENT ON THE TRIAL
01:45:02.605 --> 01:45:07.605
"JUGEND RETTET" COULD HAVE CONTINUED
SAVING LIVES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
01:45:07.688 --> 01:45:09.480
FOR FOUR MORE YEARS.
01:45:10.188 --> 01:45:13.563
OR BOUGHT SIX MORE SHIPS LIKE THE IUVENTA
01:45:13.646 --> 01:45:16.938
AND USED THEM FOR RESCUE OPERATIONS.
01:45:18.188 --> 01:45:21.646
THE IUVENTA RUSTED IN THE PORT OF TRAPANI.
01:45:21.730 --> 01:45:26.480
IN 2024, IT WAS RETURNED
TO "JUGEND RETTET" AS A WRECK.
01:45:27.230 --> 01:45:31.980
MANY MEMBERS OF THE IUVENTA CREW
REMAINED ACTIVE DESPITE THE CHARGES
01:45:32.063 --> 01:45:35.271
AND WORKED
WITH OTHER RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS.
01:45:36.021 --> 01:45:38.563
IN 2020, THE IUVENTA CREW WAS AWARDED
01:45:38.646 --> 01:45:43.396
THE AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
HUMAN RIGHTS PRIZE FOR THEIR WORK.
01:45:44.230 --> 01:45:51.230
THEIR STORY INSPIRED MANY OTHERS
TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED.
01:45:52.438 --> 01:45:57.313
THIS FILM IS DEDICATED TO ALL THE PEOPLE
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN,
01:45:57.396 --> 01:46:00.730
TO THOSE WHO SURVIVED,
AND TO ALL THOSE WHO HELPED THEM.
01:46:05.271 --> 01:46:10.355
23,000 LIVES
01:52:03.646 --> 01:52:08.646
Subtitle translation by: Diana Renker