另外,电影中介绍了一个Fire shelter,如图。这是灭火队员们用于自救的最后一个手段,对于一晃而过的火势有用,但在那场持续性高温灾难中,The firefighters had apparently deployed fire shelters against the burnover, which reached over 2,000 degrees, but not all of the bodies were found inside them.
亮点二:海岸防卫队的营救。由于当时大部分人员及船只前去营救另一条油轮,办公室内经验不足、地形不熟的新任指挥官命令前来请求批准结婚的Bernard C. Webber带队前往营救断裂的SS Pendleton。于是,Webber带上3名自愿者,其中两人是无救援经验的新人,驾驶着港内剩下的最好的船:一条11米长的木制电动机救生艇出发了,去搜救不明位置的断裂油轮,要命的是暴风雨中他们自己的指南针也毁坏了……
接下来,请自己读下面这个链接吧,他们agreed, “We would all live, or we would all die.”,就这样,一条只能容纳12人的木制小船带回了32条人命。
All four Coast Guardsmen were awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal for their heroic actions. Their successful rescue operation has been noted as one of the greatest in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.