1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.BZ 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.BZ 3 00:00:10,458 --> 00:00:16,208 BASED ON A TRUE STORY 4 00:00:24,791 --> 00:00:26,791 [muffled groaning] 5 00:00:31,958 --> 00:00:34,416 [man] It all started with one tiny boat. 6 00:00:40,958 --> 00:00:42,875 Can we just let people drown? 7 00:00:44,958 --> 00:00:46,791 [indistinct shouting] 8 00:00:46,875 --> 00:00:48,916 [man] Can we actually look away? 9 00:00:52,125 --> 00:00:54,708 The thought flooded me. 10 00:00:56,958 --> 00:00:59,083 I felt it deeply. It wouldn't go away. 11 00:01:00,708 --> 00:01:02,083 It only got bigger. 12 00:01:03,416 --> 00:01:05,750 It got stronger and stronger. 13 00:01:07,875 --> 00:01:09,666 Till I couldn't break free from it. 14 00:01:10,625 --> 00:01:12,666 [sighs] 15 00:01:12,750 --> 00:01:14,625 We're facing 20 years in prison now. 16 00:01:15,708 --> 00:01:18,750 ["Disparate Youth" by Santigold playing] 17 00:01:19,750 --> 00:01:23,666 SUMMER 2015 18 00:01:23,750 --> 00:01:25,333 [excited chatter] 19 00:01:28,333 --> 00:01:31,500 [upbeat electronic pop continues] 20 00:01:31,583 --> 00:01:33,291 [laughing] 21 00:01:34,541 --> 00:01:37,166 [laughs] Go, go, go, go! Yes! 22 00:01:37,250 --> 00:01:38,875 -[exclaims] -Go! 23 00:01:39,625 --> 00:01:40,916 [laughing] 24 00:01:42,500 --> 00:01:45,250 [woman yelps, giggles] 25 00:01:47,250 --> 00:01:49,000 [both panting] 26 00:01:50,750 --> 00:01:52,000 [woman groans] 27 00:01:52,083 --> 00:01:54,500 -[sighs, laughs] -[exhales] 28 00:01:55,375 --> 00:01:57,458 [man] During the summer of 2015, 29 00:01:57,541 --> 00:02:00,583 hundreds of thousands of refugees made their way to Germany and Europe. 30 00:02:00,666 --> 00:02:02,250 -Take out the bottles? -Mm-hmm. 31 00:02:06,416 --> 00:02:08,583 [man] They were fleeing from war and violence, 32 00:02:08,666 --> 00:02:11,125 hoping for protection and a better future. 33 00:02:11,958 --> 00:02:13,833 -[man 2] Good morning. -Morning. 34 00:02:15,291 --> 00:02:18,666 -Wow, you look great. -You too. 35 00:02:18,750 --> 00:02:21,875 [man] Despite great challenges and a whole bunch of unanswered questions, 36 00:02:21,958 --> 00:02:23,875 a wave of compassion swept the country. 37 00:02:23,958 --> 00:02:25,708 There was a true willingness to help. 38 00:02:25,791 --> 00:02:28,250 -[boy] No! -Not a problem. It's all good. 39 00:02:28,333 --> 00:02:31,958 -It happens. -[speaking Turkish] Sorry. 40 00:02:32,041 --> 00:02:33,708 It's really not a problem. 41 00:02:33,791 --> 00:02:36,250 ♪ We know now we want more ♪ 42 00:02:36,916 --> 00:02:38,583 ♪ Oh, ah ♪ 43 00:02:38,666 --> 00:02:40,500 -[indistinct chatter] -♪ Oh, ah ♪ 44 00:02:40,583 --> 00:02:42,750 ♪ A life worth fighting for ♪ 45 00:02:44,666 --> 00:02:47,791 ♪ So let them say we can't do better ♪ 46 00:02:51,166 --> 00:02:53,916 ♪ Lay out the rules that we can't break ♪ 47 00:02:57,166 --> 00:03:00,333 ♪ They wanna sit and watch you wither… ♪ 48 00:03:02,125 --> 00:03:03,291 -Hey there. -What's up? 49 00:03:03,375 --> 00:03:05,791 I've got some food donations in here. 50 00:03:09,333 --> 00:03:11,458 [man] The openheartedness didn't last. 51 00:03:11,541 --> 00:03:16,000 European governments grew overwhelmed and decided to shut their borders. 52 00:03:16,083 --> 00:03:18,125 For many refugees, the only option left 53 00:03:18,208 --> 00:03:20,750 was to try and survive an escape across the Mediterranean. 54 00:03:20,833 --> 00:03:22,958 There were no government rescue missions. 55 00:03:23,041 --> 00:03:27,166 Only one private ship attempted to save people from drowning. 56 00:03:28,291 --> 00:03:31,125 Hey. You want the ball? 57 00:03:31,208 --> 00:03:33,458 ♪ A life worth fighting for… ♪ 58 00:03:33,541 --> 00:03:34,458 [kids shouting] 59 00:03:34,541 --> 00:03:37,041 [man] Even though it seemed completely impossible… 60 00:03:37,125 --> 00:03:39,375 -[girl shouts] -[man groans] 61 00:03:39,458 --> 00:03:40,708 [man] …I wanted to help. 62 00:03:40,791 --> 00:03:42,833 [groans playfully, laughs] Ah, no! No! 63 00:03:42,916 --> 00:03:45,875 [group exclaims] 64 00:03:47,958 --> 00:03:51,666 -[woman] We saw that in one of my classes. -Two? Two more, Emil! 65 00:03:51,750 --> 00:03:54,750 [woman] …where Europe ends, and no one cares what happens beyond that. 66 00:03:54,833 --> 00:03:57,750 Until last year, there was a government-funded rescue mission. 67 00:03:57,833 --> 00:04:01,250 The Mare Nostrum rescued over 150,000 refugees a year. 68 00:04:01,333 --> 00:04:03,208 And it got canceled. So no more help. 69 00:04:03,291 --> 00:04:05,125 No one goes out on rescue missions anymore. 70 00:04:05,208 --> 00:04:08,958 But there's like 150 people in each of those rubber boats. 71 00:04:09,041 --> 00:04:11,625 Or over 1,000 people in old wooden vessels. 72 00:04:11,708 --> 00:04:13,083 There isn't a single life jacket. 73 00:04:13,166 --> 00:04:16,541 If there's an incident, they all drown 'cause no one's there to help. 74 00:04:17,250 --> 00:04:21,291 So I was thinking, there's got to be a way to get involved. 75 00:04:21,375 --> 00:04:23,208 Like buy a rescue ship. 76 00:04:25,583 --> 00:04:26,791 Buy an actual ship? 77 00:04:26,875 --> 00:04:29,541 Yeah, I think it's possible. I've seen a ton for sale online. 78 00:04:29,625 --> 00:04:31,208 But how are you actually gonna get it? 79 00:04:31,291 --> 00:04:33,500 You've got nothing in the bank and no clue about boats. 80 00:04:33,583 --> 00:04:35,750 Yeah, that's all true, but how about… 81 00:04:37,125 --> 00:04:38,250 Okay. 82 00:04:39,041 --> 00:04:42,458 I mean, all around the world, younger generations are coming together 83 00:04:42,541 --> 00:04:44,125 and achieving tremendous things. 84 00:04:44,208 --> 00:04:49,125 I say that we use that same energy to come up with a creative solution. 85 00:04:49,208 --> 00:04:52,708 Know what I mean? We need to focus on things greater than ourselves. 86 00:04:52,791 --> 00:04:55,500 If there's a way to save lives, we should do it. 87 00:05:02,625 --> 00:05:04,041 Hello, Lukas Weiland here. 88 00:05:04,125 --> 00:05:07,958 I saw your boat listed online and was wondering if I can see it. 89 00:05:08,833 --> 00:05:12,166 I'm a private individual. I know. It's for a good cause. 90 00:05:12,250 --> 00:05:16,458 I'm… looking for a boat to help migrants in the Mediterranean in distress. 91 00:05:16,541 --> 00:05:18,000 We're still raising funds. 92 00:05:18,083 --> 00:05:20,166 But I was also curious about what requirements we need 93 00:05:20,250 --> 00:05:22,041 to meet with these kinds of boats? 94 00:05:22,125 --> 00:05:24,500 Maybe you'd be able to help me with that? 95 00:05:24,583 --> 00:05:28,833 Yeah, I… almost have all the funding secured, um… 96 00:05:30,083 --> 00:05:31,625 We're getting really close. 97 00:05:32,291 --> 00:05:36,333 Okay. Got it. I'll reach out again once I have all the money. 98 00:05:36,416 --> 00:05:39,125 You said you wanted me to have a plan. I've got one. 99 00:05:39,208 --> 00:05:42,000 -Thanks a lot. Lukas, it's wonderful. -Thank you. 100 00:05:42,083 --> 00:05:46,000 Really, it's great. But in all honesty, when I said you should have a plan, 101 00:05:46,083 --> 00:05:48,000 I never meant buying a ship. 102 00:05:48,083 --> 00:05:50,083 So, isn't there some other project 103 00:05:50,166 --> 00:05:53,875 between a job at a supermarket and… some fantasy? 104 00:05:53,958 --> 00:05:56,958 Saving drowning people isn't exactly my idea of a fantasy. 105 00:05:57,041 --> 00:05:58,750 Oh, come on. I didn't mean it like that. 106 00:05:59,250 --> 00:06:01,166 I can tell you exactly what's gonna happen. 107 00:06:01,250 --> 00:06:02,500 You'll dive right into this 108 00:06:02,583 --> 00:06:04,666 with all of your passion, and that's great. 109 00:06:04,750 --> 00:06:06,333 Thing is, you won't raise enough money. 110 00:06:06,416 --> 00:06:09,458 After a year, the only thing you'll have to show for it is a gap in your resume. 111 00:06:09,541 --> 00:06:12,958 Meanwhile, people like Kitty will work at human rights law firms 112 00:06:13,041 --> 00:06:14,916 and really advance the cause. 113 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,583 Yeah, well, I'm gonna have to pass two state exams 114 00:06:17,666 --> 00:06:19,041 before saving the world. 115 00:06:19,125 --> 00:06:20,541 Of course, you'll get it done. 116 00:06:21,583 --> 00:06:23,958 I just don't want to be used as a kind of counterexample 117 00:06:24,041 --> 00:06:25,750 to criticize your son. 118 00:06:25,833 --> 00:06:27,375 Point taken. 119 00:06:27,458 --> 00:06:29,458 Okay. Forgive me. 120 00:06:29,541 --> 00:06:32,083 The only thing I'm trying to say is I'm positive 121 00:06:32,166 --> 00:06:35,125 that choosing a conventional path isn't automatically selfish. 122 00:06:35,208 --> 00:06:36,333 I never said it was. 123 00:06:36,416 --> 00:06:40,083 Okay, say you manage to pull it off and go down there, then what? 124 00:06:40,166 --> 00:06:42,291 It won't change anything. The world's not gonna change. 125 00:06:42,375 --> 00:06:44,208 The world must change. 126 00:06:45,625 --> 00:06:47,750 That won't happen if no one does anything. 127 00:06:48,625 --> 00:06:50,500 And how about what your dad thinks? 128 00:06:52,791 --> 00:06:54,541 I don't know. Haven't spoken to him. 129 00:06:54,625 --> 00:06:57,666 I'm just concerned is all. Hmm. 130 00:07:01,875 --> 00:07:03,583 You gotta keep trying. 131 00:07:04,083 --> 00:07:06,750 It's true. Yeah, there's a chance that your mother's right 132 00:07:06,833 --> 00:07:09,000 and you may not get the results that you hoped for… 133 00:07:09,083 --> 00:07:10,250 I doubt it though. 134 00:07:10,750 --> 00:07:14,625 And anyway, you can't give up on it now. 135 00:07:15,458 --> 00:07:18,166 You've really gotta try, 'cause you're convinced it's the right thing. 136 00:07:18,250 --> 00:07:21,208 You can't just be all like, "Bad idea. Let's just forget about it," 137 00:07:21,291 --> 00:07:24,166 'cause it's too challenging or it won't look good on your resume. 138 00:07:25,833 --> 00:07:29,958 And I'll be there for you. Yeah, I will help you as much as possible. 139 00:07:30,041 --> 00:07:31,875 But I'm not dropping out of my studies. 140 00:07:31,958 --> 00:07:34,666 My plan is to get a degree, and I won't back down. 141 00:07:34,750 --> 00:07:37,500 -I would never ask you to do that. -I know that. [sighs] 142 00:07:38,916 --> 00:07:41,791 I… I said it as a reminder to myself. 143 00:07:41,875 --> 00:07:44,625 I just know I'll feel guilty for my choice. 144 00:07:53,041 --> 00:07:54,416 "Jugend Rettet." 145 00:07:58,000 --> 00:07:59,000 What's that? 146 00:07:59,583 --> 00:08:01,333 "Youth Saves." Your project name. 147 00:08:04,958 --> 00:08:06,958 [both laugh] 148 00:08:09,416 --> 00:08:10,833 [energetic music playing] 149 00:08:10,916 --> 00:08:13,125 Yeah, this is very impressive. 150 00:08:13,208 --> 00:08:14,833 Great initiative. 151 00:08:14,916 --> 00:08:16,541 -Hmm? -Mm-hmm. 152 00:08:16,625 --> 00:08:19,375 That's not an easy feat. Takes a lot of courage. 153 00:08:20,041 --> 00:08:23,875 I'm delighted to see our youth is starting to get involved in politics. 154 00:08:23,958 --> 00:08:25,375 But this is a bank. 155 00:08:25,458 --> 00:08:27,000 It is not a charity. 156 00:08:28,083 --> 00:08:30,583 Yes, we are a charity, but we're not a bank. 157 00:08:30,666 --> 00:08:34,416 As a member of parliament, I'm not a charity or a bank. 158 00:08:34,500 --> 00:08:38,208 And frankly, we all agree that your project is a little too… 159 00:08:38,708 --> 00:08:40,000 Naive. 160 00:08:40,083 --> 00:08:42,250 I've gotta say, this is quite unrealistic. 161 00:08:42,333 --> 00:08:44,916 Especially coming from someone as young as you. 162 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,041 But if you'd like, I'd be happy to put your name on our internship waitlist. 163 00:08:54,333 --> 00:08:56,625 EVERY PERSON IN DISTRESS AT SEA DESERVES RESCUE 164 00:08:58,875 --> 00:09:00,333 There are people dying out there 165 00:09:00,416 --> 00:09:02,166 'cause they fled unbearable living conditions. 166 00:09:02,250 --> 00:09:03,666 And when I say I want to help, 167 00:09:03,750 --> 00:09:07,208 I'm told it's impossible, it's unrealistic, and naive. 168 00:09:07,833 --> 00:09:11,166 What's actually naive is believing the problem will solve itself. 169 00:09:11,833 --> 00:09:12,916 Great, thanks. 170 00:09:13,416 --> 00:09:15,041 Can you do the minutes for the session? 171 00:09:15,125 --> 00:09:17,083 -Yeah, sure. -And here, in case you're interested. 172 00:09:22,666 --> 00:09:24,875 Thanks so much for the photocopies. 173 00:09:24,958 --> 00:09:28,458 No prob. So you're getting the ship regardless? 174 00:09:28,541 --> 00:09:31,458 I'll find a way to buy it and reach out for some more funding. 175 00:09:31,541 --> 00:09:33,583 You've gotta shoot for the moon, am I right? 176 00:09:33,666 --> 00:09:36,000 'Cause you'll still land someplace higher. Right? Yeah. 177 00:09:36,083 --> 00:09:37,166 -Land anywhere. -[laughs] 178 00:09:37,250 --> 00:09:39,500 -You got the tape? -Yeah. 179 00:09:39,583 --> 00:09:41,166 [energetic music playing] 180 00:09:41,250 --> 00:09:44,250 [Lukas] Every person in distress at sea deserves rescue. 181 00:09:44,333 --> 00:09:45,375 Everyone deserves rescue. 182 00:09:45,458 --> 00:09:48,500 Hey, we have an information session Saturday at four on sea rescues. 183 00:09:48,583 --> 00:09:49,875 -Thank you. -Come by, yeah? 184 00:09:49,958 --> 00:09:54,708 JUGEND RETTET INFO SESSION 185 00:09:54,791 --> 00:09:58,041 -[girl] Oh, thanks. -[Lukas] Every person deserves rescue. 186 00:10:00,416 --> 00:10:02,583 [Lukas] Hey there, we're organizing sea rescue efforts. 187 00:10:02,666 --> 00:10:05,375 Feel free to drop by on Saturday at 4:00 p.m. 188 00:10:05,458 --> 00:10:08,041 We want to organize sea rescues. Check out our Facebook page. 189 00:10:08,125 --> 00:10:09,916 -You'll find all the info there. -Cool. 190 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,541 Our first meeting's Saturday at 4:00. 191 00:10:16,458 --> 00:10:18,208 Here, if you want to get involved. 192 00:10:33,333 --> 00:10:35,333 [energetic music fades] 193 00:10:51,916 --> 00:10:53,625 [reporter] Out at sea, in the Mediterranean, 194 00:10:53,708 --> 00:10:55,708 hundreds of people are believed to have died 195 00:10:55,791 --> 00:10:57,875 in one of the worst refugee tragedies. 196 00:10:57,958 --> 00:11:01,833 A trawler with an estimated 700 refugees on board capsized last night, 197 00:11:01,916 --> 00:11:05,833 between the Libyan coast and the Italian island of Lampedusa. 198 00:11:05,916 --> 00:11:09,625 According to the UNHCR, only 28 refugees were rescued. 199 00:11:09,708 --> 00:11:12,958 As a result, the Federal Minister of the Interior, Thomas de Maizière, 200 00:11:13,041 --> 00:11:15,541 is calling for a strategy within the European Union 201 00:11:15,625 --> 00:11:19,666 to combat refugee smuggling gangs to stabilize the region. 202 00:11:22,416 --> 00:11:24,500 [reporter 2] As far as we know, the boat capsized 203 00:11:24,583 --> 00:11:27,833 most likely because the refugees rushed to the side of the vessel 204 00:11:27,916 --> 00:11:29,916 the rescuers were arriving at. 205 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,750 There is simply a lack of ships everywhere to help rescue people. 206 00:11:33,833 --> 00:11:37,791 Aid organizations estimate that in the first months of this current year, 207 00:11:37,875 --> 00:11:40,250 nearly 1,600 people have perished, 208 00:11:40,333 --> 00:11:42,833 trying to escape from Africa to get to Italy. 209 00:11:42,916 --> 00:11:44,875 These figures are unprecedented. 210 00:11:44,958 --> 00:11:46,541 [tense music playing] 211 00:11:46,625 --> 00:11:48,958 SHIP 212 00:11:54,041 --> 00:11:58,041 Hey, I'm hanging up your info to get an overview of where we're at. 213 00:11:59,291 --> 00:12:02,458 Okay, timing-wise, it's already too late to plan a mission this year. 214 00:12:02,541 --> 00:12:06,000 Our goal is to have a vessel in the Mediterranean by next summer, 215 00:12:06,083 --> 00:12:07,500 am I right? 216 00:12:07,583 --> 00:12:10,416 So, we've got six months left to secure a ship, 217 00:12:10,500 --> 00:12:16,333 and we need to get people to help with PR, logistics, and hiring a crew. 218 00:12:16,833 --> 00:12:18,583 We need financing. 219 00:12:21,208 --> 00:12:22,791 HELPERS - MONEY - SHIP 220 00:12:22,875 --> 00:12:27,625 I know this is gonna sound crazy, but I'm obsessed with all this. 221 00:12:27,708 --> 00:12:28,666 Like, I lay awake. 222 00:12:28,750 --> 00:12:30,916 Every day, I sit in seminars, and we keep talking 223 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,541 about how something has to be done. 224 00:12:33,625 --> 00:12:37,166 And here you are, actually doing something about the crisis. 225 00:12:37,250 --> 00:12:39,916 I feel like I'm just irrelevant. [sighs] 226 00:12:41,125 --> 00:12:42,375 You all right? 227 00:12:43,958 --> 00:12:45,375 Yeah, no, all good. 228 00:12:45,458 --> 00:12:48,208 Uh, this is great. 229 00:12:50,166 --> 00:12:53,125 -Great. -So, does that… mean you're in? 230 00:12:53,791 --> 00:12:54,875 -Yeah. -[chuckles] 231 00:12:54,958 --> 00:12:56,541 Yeah. 232 00:12:56,625 --> 00:13:00,166 So, you take care of the ship, and I'll handle… logistics and stuff, 233 00:13:00,250 --> 00:13:04,250 recruiting volunteers, and we'll handle financing together. 234 00:13:04,333 --> 00:13:06,750 -Okay. -How much money do we need? 235 00:13:06,833 --> 00:13:10,791 Um… so we need for the boat, fuel, food, accommodations, 236 00:13:10,875 --> 00:13:12,916 medical supplies, life jackets, and all that. 237 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,250 I'd say 300,000 euros. 238 00:13:16,458 --> 00:13:17,666 300,000? 239 00:13:18,250 --> 00:13:21,166 [sighs] Yeah, 'cause ships go for 60,000 to 100,000. 240 00:13:22,041 --> 00:13:23,041 [sighs] 241 00:13:23,541 --> 00:13:25,666 So, any idea how we're gonna finance that? 242 00:13:25,750 --> 00:13:28,208 Sorta. I thought about some crowd funding. 243 00:13:28,291 --> 00:13:32,916 Charity… donations, and… a flea market. 244 00:13:33,833 --> 00:13:37,083 -A flea market? -Yeah, we can sell clothes and stuff. 245 00:13:37,166 --> 00:13:38,291 Mm-hmm. 246 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:40,791 [energetic music playing] 247 00:13:44,208 --> 00:13:47,208 20-WEEK CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN: 248 00:13:47,291 --> 00:13:49,375 GOAL: 300,000 EUROS 249 00:13:50,041 --> 00:13:51,458 -May I? -Sure. 250 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,541 -Thanks a lot. Bye. -Every donation helps! 251 00:13:55,625 --> 00:13:56,875 WEEK 1 252 00:13:56,958 --> 00:13:59,916 -How much have we raised? -Uh… around 300? 253 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,458 Great, only 299,700 left. 254 00:14:02,541 --> 00:14:04,625 -Hey! Hello. [giggles] -Oh, just that! Hey, Domi! 255 00:14:04,708 --> 00:14:06,208 How's it going? [chuckles] 256 00:14:06,291 --> 00:14:09,208 Guys, this is Dominique. She's gonna be in charge of our PR. 257 00:14:09,291 --> 00:14:10,458 -[Kitty] Awesome. -Hey. 258 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:15,875 Here's a logo in another mock-up. 259 00:14:15,958 --> 00:14:17,666 Okay, that one's real powerful. 260 00:14:17,750 --> 00:14:19,625 -That's not it. -Why don't you like it? 261 00:14:19,708 --> 00:14:21,833 'Cause the message is all wrong with the fist. 262 00:14:21,916 --> 00:14:23,500 WEEK 4 263 00:14:24,625 --> 00:14:25,666 [squeaks] 264 00:14:26,416 --> 00:14:29,875 This one's my absolute favorite. It's Kitty's artwork. 265 00:14:29,958 --> 00:14:31,208 Yeah, I think it's great. 266 00:14:31,291 --> 00:14:32,416 [Domi chuckles] 267 00:14:32,500 --> 00:14:35,125 WEEK 6 268 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,625 [chuckles] Go on, open 'em! 269 00:14:44,708 --> 00:14:48,541 We were just trying to get some actors to post about us on their socials. 270 00:14:48,625 --> 00:14:50,708 [woman] So we contacted the German Film Academy, 271 00:14:50,791 --> 00:14:52,250 and they loved our idea. 272 00:14:52,333 --> 00:14:54,500 They had an available office, and they offered it to us. 273 00:14:55,250 --> 00:14:57,666 -Hey! So you're Lukas? -Hi. Yeah, that's me. 274 00:14:57,750 --> 00:15:00,041 -Hi. I'm Katja. Pleased to meet you. -So nice to meet you. 275 00:15:00,125 --> 00:15:02,000 Thanks. What you're doing is great. Bravo. 276 00:15:02,083 --> 00:15:04,500 WEEK 8 277 00:15:05,416 --> 00:15:07,416 [man on PA] Connections available to… 278 00:15:07,500 --> 00:15:10,041 Nina? Lukas? Check this out. Finished it. 279 00:15:10,916 --> 00:15:12,333 -[gasps] -Nice! 280 00:15:12,416 --> 00:15:13,791 It came together well, didn't it? 281 00:15:13,875 --> 00:15:16,041 [Domi] You're our hero! Hell yeah, we have a website! 282 00:15:16,125 --> 00:15:19,291 -I'm Domi. Thanks for coming. -Hi, I'm Sam. I'm glad to be here. 283 00:15:19,375 --> 00:15:22,166 -Happy you're here. I'm Domi. -Hey. Hi, I'm Paula. How are you doing? 284 00:15:22,250 --> 00:15:24,541 [Katja on video] Jugend Rettet is committed to our moral 285 00:15:24,625 --> 00:15:27,750 and legal obligation to rescue people from drowning. 286 00:15:27,833 --> 00:15:31,458 In order to accomplish that, the team needs a ship. 287 00:15:31,541 --> 00:15:34,291 So we're calling on you for donations. 288 00:15:34,375 --> 00:15:36,375 The train ride took over ten hours to get here! 289 00:15:36,458 --> 00:15:38,250 How can they not even show up? 290 00:15:41,791 --> 00:15:43,375 [sighs deeply] 291 00:15:43,875 --> 00:15:45,791 [Nina] We're gonna have to choose one soon. 292 00:15:45,875 --> 00:15:47,166 Because if we don't target one, 293 00:15:47,250 --> 00:15:50,541 we won't get to show our donors the ship we want, and crowdfunding will tank. 294 00:15:50,625 --> 00:15:52,875 People need to know what they're encouraging. 295 00:15:52,958 --> 00:15:55,333 -I know. -[Nina] Without any money, no ship. 296 00:15:55,416 --> 00:15:56,708 And that's it for our project. 297 00:15:56,791 --> 00:15:58,333 We can donate money and call it quits! 298 00:15:58,416 --> 00:16:00,000 I get it, Nina, all right? 299 00:16:04,708 --> 00:16:10,000 WEEK 18: 121,000 EUROS RAISED 300 00:16:28,083 --> 00:16:31,666 -[chuckles] -How about loyalty points? [laughs] 301 00:16:32,875 --> 00:16:35,750 -[Lukas] No! No! No way! -Yes! Yes! I knew you'd get it! 302 00:16:35,833 --> 00:16:38,208 -God! I've got to get it. -This street! 303 00:16:38,291 --> 00:16:40,166 -The bank is loving this. -How can I pay for it? 304 00:16:40,250 --> 00:16:42,916 -Okay. It costs thousands! -Wait. What do I have? A hotel? 305 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,500 -It still costs… -I'm gonna need to get a mortgage on it. 306 00:16:45,583 --> 00:16:47,166 -[phone vibrating] -Oh, just a sec. 307 00:16:47,250 --> 00:16:50,625 -19,000. -Just a minute. Yes? Hello? 308 00:16:50,708 --> 00:16:53,083 "Zoning change approved. Collect 50 dollars per property…" 309 00:16:53,166 --> 00:16:55,166 I thought it wasn't available anymore. 310 00:16:56,833 --> 00:17:00,416 Uh, no, no. We don't have a ship. We're still looking. 311 00:17:01,458 --> 00:17:02,458 Yeah. 312 00:17:03,208 --> 00:17:06,333 Okay, then. How about I call you from the office tomorrow? 313 00:17:07,291 --> 00:17:08,791 Great, thanks a lot. Cheers. 314 00:17:10,708 --> 00:17:11,708 We got one. 315 00:17:13,333 --> 00:17:14,958 [exclaims, laughs] 316 00:17:15,041 --> 00:17:16,250 Guess what? 317 00:17:18,333 --> 00:17:19,416 I found us a ship. 318 00:17:19,500 --> 00:17:21,875 -[gasps] You did? -Yeah. I saw it on one of my trips. 319 00:17:21,958 --> 00:17:23,125 But it wasn't available. 320 00:17:24,166 --> 00:17:25,916 But it turns out it is after all. 321 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,750 -[Nina] Okay. -Scooch! [grunts] 322 00:17:29,250 --> 00:17:34,125 The Alk Explorer was a patrol boat in the North Sea. 323 00:17:34,208 --> 00:17:36,875 So it doubles as a hospital, the engine's totally overhauled. 324 00:17:36,958 --> 00:17:39,333 Plus, there's room for over 200 people on deck. 325 00:17:39,416 --> 00:17:41,375 And I think the most crucial detail, what's great, 326 00:17:41,458 --> 00:17:44,500 is it's got a lower entry point, so it's easier to get people on board. 327 00:17:44,583 --> 00:17:47,041 Mm-hmm. And what's the catch? 328 00:17:48,291 --> 00:17:50,541 Uh, it costs 150,000. 329 00:17:52,083 --> 00:17:54,500 -Yeah, great. -[Mauro sighs] 330 00:17:54,583 --> 00:17:57,833 The deadline for our crowdfunding is two weeks from now. 331 00:17:57,916 --> 00:18:02,083 We don't have a ship quite yet. Unfortunately, we can't afford it. 332 00:18:02,166 --> 00:18:05,125 As it stands, we're gonna miss our campaign goal, sadly. 333 00:18:05,208 --> 00:18:07,166 By quite a lot. Almost half. 334 00:18:08,125 --> 00:18:10,041 Anyone have other ideas? 335 00:18:10,958 --> 00:18:12,208 Well, all hope's not gone yet. 336 00:18:12,291 --> 00:18:15,083 It seems two parties are still considering larger donations. 337 00:18:15,791 --> 00:18:21,750 Um, one of them… is a start-up for e-cigarettes. Drag & Joy. 338 00:18:21,833 --> 00:18:24,250 They're thinking of giving an extra 20,000 339 00:18:24,333 --> 00:18:26,958 provided that we print their slogan on the life jackets. 340 00:18:27,041 --> 00:18:28,791 What exactly is their slogan? 341 00:18:28,875 --> 00:18:30,708 "A new source of pleasure." 342 00:18:30,791 --> 00:18:31,791 [chuckles] 343 00:18:31,875 --> 00:18:33,791 [Nina] So 100 people will be sitting in a dinghy 344 00:18:33,875 --> 00:18:36,000 with life jackets that say, "A new source of pleasure." 345 00:18:36,083 --> 00:18:37,750 -[chuckles] -Holy moly… 346 00:18:37,833 --> 00:18:40,250 And what is the second option? 347 00:18:40,750 --> 00:18:44,458 Um, it's a married couple with a private foundation. 348 00:18:44,958 --> 00:18:46,958 [indistinct chatter] 349 00:18:50,041 --> 00:18:51,125 -Here? -[Nina] Yes. 350 00:18:53,666 --> 00:18:56,625 [woman] We only promote non-profit projects run by people 351 00:18:56,708 --> 00:18:59,916 who are truly committed to actively and democratically participating 352 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,041 in shaping their living environments. 353 00:19:03,125 --> 00:19:06,458 In that sense, Jugend Rettet really caught our attention. 354 00:19:07,583 --> 00:19:10,083 That's why we asked you to come here. 355 00:19:10,166 --> 00:19:12,416 We'd like to hear more about how you wish to do this. 356 00:19:13,958 --> 00:19:14,958 -[sighs] -Go ahead. 357 00:19:15,041 --> 00:19:17,875 -Well, in the package we prepared-- -Who can tell me about the numbers? 358 00:19:22,291 --> 00:19:23,375 I can answer Oh, go on. 359 00:19:23,458 --> 00:19:24,708 And what are your majors? 360 00:19:25,208 --> 00:19:29,625 -Uh, social and economic communication. -[sighs] International relations. 361 00:19:29,708 --> 00:19:32,208 And I'm still finding my way, sir. 362 00:19:32,291 --> 00:19:36,083 Have you got anyone with actual experience in the field working with you? 363 00:19:36,166 --> 00:19:37,875 Currently, no, but we're busy looking. 364 00:19:37,958 --> 00:19:41,500 Do you have anyone with a financial background to manage funds? 365 00:19:41,583 --> 00:19:42,916 We're in the process of that. 366 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:44,458 -[man] A lawyer? -We have a team. 367 00:19:44,541 --> 00:19:47,583 Or someone who's done more than just start an undergrad degree, 368 00:19:47,666 --> 00:19:50,208 or is everyone just… "finding their way"? 369 00:19:50,291 --> 00:19:53,000 You're absolutely right. We're not professionals. 370 00:19:53,583 --> 00:19:55,750 Nobody on our team has a degree yet. 371 00:19:55,833 --> 00:19:57,375 We're all just getting started. 372 00:19:57,458 --> 00:19:59,625 But I assure you that we are serious. 373 00:19:59,708 --> 00:20:02,041 We'll make up for our innocence with passion. 374 00:20:02,125 --> 00:20:05,041 That's exactly why we're looking for experienced people like you 375 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,208 who share our commitment to humanity. 376 00:20:08,958 --> 00:20:10,625 So, nobody. 377 00:20:18,541 --> 00:20:20,041 [Domi sighs] 378 00:20:23,166 --> 00:20:24,666 We need a plan B. 379 00:20:25,666 --> 00:20:27,958 How about we downsize a little? 380 00:20:28,458 --> 00:20:32,666 Get a smaller ship, postpone the start date, and do fewer missions. 381 00:20:34,166 --> 00:20:37,416 There's a smaller ship we could look into… 382 00:20:37,500 --> 00:20:38,500 The Passat. 383 00:20:38,583 --> 00:20:41,083 I'm familiar with it. I went to check it out. 384 00:20:41,166 --> 00:20:42,416 Yeah? That's great. 385 00:20:42,500 --> 00:20:46,833 At least you know… the ship. [sighs] 386 00:20:46,916 --> 00:20:47,958 [Lukas] Shit. 387 00:20:52,583 --> 00:20:54,583 [cell phone ringing] 388 00:20:58,625 --> 00:20:59,625 Yeah? 389 00:21:02,250 --> 00:21:03,416 Uh, okay. 390 00:21:04,125 --> 00:21:05,041 Mm-hmm. 391 00:21:05,583 --> 00:21:07,333 Yes, great. Very well. 392 00:21:08,208 --> 00:21:09,333 Lukas! 393 00:21:12,791 --> 00:21:13,791 [knocking on door] 394 00:21:22,208 --> 00:21:23,333 Okay. 395 00:21:25,500 --> 00:21:27,166 [line ringing] 396 00:21:27,250 --> 00:21:28,333 [woman on phone] Hello? 397 00:21:28,416 --> 00:21:30,916 -Mrs. Gans? Hello, we're all here. -Good. 398 00:21:31,958 --> 00:21:35,958 Uh, we took a closer look at the budget, and we think it's quite reasonable. 399 00:21:36,041 --> 00:21:39,250 -Ask her about the office. The office. -Right. 400 00:21:39,333 --> 00:21:43,583 The thing is, we noticed a few items were missing from your calculations. 401 00:21:43,666 --> 00:21:46,791 For example, how much your office costs. 402 00:21:46,875 --> 00:21:48,958 It's sponsored by the German Film Academy. 403 00:21:49,041 --> 00:21:50,416 Aha, okay. 404 00:21:50,500 --> 00:21:53,208 And the cost of the shipyard for prepping the ship? 405 00:21:53,291 --> 00:21:55,500 The owner of the shipyard has waived the costs. 406 00:21:55,583 --> 00:21:58,291 He wants to give back. Plus, it's an easy tax write-off. 407 00:21:59,333 --> 00:22:01,458 Good. Accommodations in Malta? 408 00:22:01,541 --> 00:22:04,000 Uh, we'll use an old lighthouse. 409 00:22:04,083 --> 00:22:06,208 Let me guess, it's also been sponsored? 410 00:22:06,291 --> 00:22:08,208 -Correct. Yes. -Yeah. 411 00:22:09,125 --> 00:22:11,708 I have to say, though, that we do have concerns on our end 412 00:22:11,791 --> 00:22:13,333 about the expertise in your project 413 00:22:13,416 --> 00:22:15,333 and about the structure of the organization. 414 00:22:15,416 --> 00:22:19,666 We're also wondering how you'll finance missions in the long-term. 415 00:22:21,583 --> 00:22:23,375 We'll buy your ship, though. 416 00:22:26,291 --> 00:22:27,583 -What? -Yeah. 417 00:22:28,625 --> 00:22:32,333 My husband and I have agreed to buy the ship for you. 418 00:22:32,833 --> 00:22:37,125 -[group exclaims] -[gasps] Yes! Yes! 419 00:22:37,916 --> 00:22:40,833 -Have a nice evening. -You too. Thanks so much. 420 00:22:40,916 --> 00:22:42,833 [all exclaim] 421 00:22:42,916 --> 00:22:44,708 [reporter] As an individual, one is powerless 422 00:22:44,791 --> 00:22:46,875 and cannot change the world. 423 00:22:46,958 --> 00:22:52,000 Well, a few students here in Berlin make a point against that worldview. 424 00:22:52,083 --> 00:22:54,750 In the factory hall in the port of Emden lies a ship, 425 00:22:54,833 --> 00:22:58,041 bought by the Jugend Rettet organization, a group of young people 426 00:22:58,125 --> 00:23:01,375 who stand by their convictions and want to venture into the Mediterranean 427 00:23:01,458 --> 00:23:04,583 in just four weeks to rescue refugees in distress at sea. 428 00:23:04,666 --> 00:23:06,958 They've been renovating the ship themselves 429 00:23:07,041 --> 00:23:08,250 for the past two months 430 00:23:08,333 --> 00:23:12,041 and their profound commitment has been pulling at the heartstrings of the nation. 431 00:23:12,125 --> 00:23:12,958 [man] Okay. 432 00:23:13,041 --> 00:23:16,208 We saw on Facebook that an awesome group of young people were having issues 433 00:23:16,291 --> 00:23:18,750 with the electrical stuff, so we're helping out 434 00:23:18,833 --> 00:23:20,000 It's for a good cause. 435 00:23:20,083 --> 00:23:21,708 [reporter] And after all that hard work, 436 00:23:21,791 --> 00:23:24,291 the Iuventa is finally ready to set off for Malta. 437 00:23:24,375 --> 00:23:26,000 Today's a big day for the mission. 438 00:23:26,083 --> 00:23:28,958 [together] We hereby christen you Iuventa. 439 00:23:29,041 --> 00:23:31,541 -Jugend! -Jugend! Jugend! 440 00:23:31,625 --> 00:23:34,708 [crowd cheers] 441 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:44,000 MALTA, JULY 2016 442 00:23:47,666 --> 00:23:49,458 [man] All right. Watch your heads. 443 00:23:49,541 --> 00:23:51,416 Hey, watch your head. 444 00:23:51,500 --> 00:23:54,583 All right, slow down. Down there. 445 00:23:54,666 --> 00:23:56,958 Hey, um… I'm Maik. 446 00:23:57,041 --> 00:24:01,208 Uh, I just finished high school. And, uh, I'm glad I got my diploma. 447 00:24:01,291 --> 00:24:04,166 But I guess that what matters more to me than pursuing my studies 448 00:24:04,250 --> 00:24:05,583 is saving people's lives. 449 00:24:05,666 --> 00:24:07,375 That's why it's really such a massive honor 450 00:24:07,458 --> 00:24:08,541 to be here with you. 451 00:24:08,625 --> 00:24:11,041 Plus, you're all really cool. Thank you. 452 00:24:11,666 --> 00:24:13,250 -Next one! -[grunts] 453 00:24:13,333 --> 00:24:15,083 [Paula] Hi. My name's Paula. 454 00:24:15,166 --> 00:24:19,291 I read on Facebook that you're looking for someone who's fluent in Arabic. 455 00:24:19,375 --> 00:24:22,333 Well, I'm studying it, and I think we need to be the change. 456 00:24:22,416 --> 00:24:23,500 Action is hope, right? 457 00:24:23,583 --> 00:24:27,041 [man] Good. Hey, I'm Sören, the head of mission on board. 458 00:24:27,125 --> 00:24:30,208 Gotta say, it feels a bit strange that I'm the oldest one here. 459 00:24:30,291 --> 00:24:32,041 Before you contacted me, 460 00:24:32,125 --> 00:24:35,541 I was working on the Sea-Watch and before that, on the Lesbos. 461 00:24:35,625 --> 00:24:38,833 I hope I can be of service to you with my experience. 462 00:24:38,916 --> 00:24:41,458 I'm Viola, the captain. 463 00:24:41,541 --> 00:24:44,291 And, um, I was with Sören on the Sea-Watch. 464 00:24:44,375 --> 00:24:48,625 My main source of income has been pushing a 5,000-ton walker over the sea. 465 00:24:48,708 --> 00:24:50,708 I'm first officer on a seniors' cruise ship. 466 00:24:50,791 --> 00:24:54,291 The thing is, I believe we can't just wish for a just world and talk about it. 467 00:24:54,375 --> 00:24:57,000 You have to want to put those words into action. 468 00:24:57,083 --> 00:24:58,625 -[woman] Hey! -Oh! Hey! 469 00:24:58,708 --> 00:24:59,958 -Ah, Su! -Hey, sorry I'm late. 470 00:25:00,041 --> 00:25:02,458 We're just doing the introduction round. It's perfect timing. 471 00:25:02,541 --> 00:25:04,708 -Shoot! -Oh, okay. Uh… 472 00:25:04,791 --> 00:25:08,375 Cool. Uh, so, I'm Su. 473 00:25:08,458 --> 00:25:10,583 I, uh, sorry I missed some introductions. 474 00:25:10,666 --> 00:25:12,416 Looking forward to getting to know you all. 475 00:25:12,500 --> 00:25:15,833 Next year, I'm starting a residency as an orthopedist. 476 00:25:15,916 --> 00:25:19,458 And meanwhile, I will serve as an onboard doctor on the Iuventa. 477 00:25:19,541 --> 00:25:21,541 [hopeful music rises] 478 00:25:23,250 --> 00:25:25,625 Bye! Take care of yourselves! 479 00:25:29,041 --> 00:25:30,666 [Nina] You've got this! 480 00:25:32,333 --> 00:25:34,791 -Well, at least the engine's working. -Yeah. 481 00:25:34,875 --> 00:25:37,916 It's ancient, but on the flip side, it was free. 482 00:25:38,916 --> 00:25:40,541 [laughs] 483 00:25:41,291 --> 00:25:43,750 FIRST MISSION 2016 JULY 24 484 00:25:43,833 --> 00:25:46,250 DAY 1: 198 NAUTICAL MILES OFF LIBYA 485 00:25:46,333 --> 00:25:50,750 The sooner we start compression and ventilation, the better the outcome. 486 00:25:50,833 --> 00:25:54,083 And you have to keep going until he opens his eyes. 487 00:25:54,166 --> 00:25:56,833 Okay? So you press and you give him ventilation. 488 00:25:56,916 --> 00:25:57,916 -Yeah. -Okay. 489 00:25:58,500 --> 00:26:02,375 All right. One, two, three. One, two… 490 00:26:02,458 --> 00:26:04,541 -[coughing] -You're pressing on his stomach. 491 00:26:04,625 --> 00:26:06,750 -Oh… -So glad I didn't have breakfast. 492 00:26:06,833 --> 00:26:07,916 [group laughs] 493 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:09,875 And you also have to remove his T-shirt first. 494 00:26:09,958 --> 00:26:13,083 -Yeah, right. I, uh… Like this, right? -Yup. 495 00:26:13,166 --> 00:26:17,458 -[sighs] Okay. [chuckles] -[softly] 'Kay. 496 00:26:17,541 --> 00:26:20,000 -One, two, three, four, five-- -From 20, please. 497 00:26:20,083 --> 00:26:23,375 Uh… 27, 28, 29, 30. Go! 498 00:26:24,125 --> 00:26:26,291 [chuckles] 499 00:26:27,291 --> 00:26:29,291 -Come here, come here. -[group chuckles] 500 00:26:29,375 --> 00:26:31,750 -[coughing] -[group laughs] 501 00:26:31,833 --> 00:26:33,708 Come on, it wasn't that bad! 502 00:26:33,791 --> 00:26:35,041 [bright music playing] 503 00:26:35,125 --> 00:26:38,500 So you see, you've also got compasses in there, for bearings. 504 00:26:38,583 --> 00:26:40,750 Notice anything off? Quickly tell the bridge. 505 00:26:40,833 --> 00:26:43,166 Lukas, how many degrees there? 506 00:26:43,666 --> 00:26:46,791 [Lukas] Uh… 85. 507 00:26:46,875 --> 00:26:49,500 That's correct. Then you say, "Boat at 85 degrees," 508 00:26:49,583 --> 00:26:51,458 while you point your hand towards it, yeah? 509 00:26:51,541 --> 00:26:54,875 You have to keep your finger directly on it from that point forward, okay? 510 00:26:54,958 --> 00:26:56,875 -[man] Understood. -Yeah? 511 00:26:56,958 --> 00:26:59,208 And what are rescue missions like for you? 512 00:26:59,291 --> 00:27:02,125 It's never the same, actually. It's always different. 513 00:27:02,208 --> 00:27:04,708 But, I mean, they must affect you, right? 514 00:27:04,791 --> 00:27:08,583 I'm definitely not more optimistic, to put it optimistically, I guess. 515 00:27:09,458 --> 00:27:11,375 Yeah, it gets to absolutely everyone. 516 00:27:11,458 --> 00:27:13,875 You're not the same person after. 517 00:27:15,250 --> 00:27:17,250 [bright music building] 518 00:27:19,791 --> 00:27:21,333 [Sören] Let's go down first. 519 00:27:21,416 --> 00:27:23,375 Now, up. Up, up, up! 520 00:27:23,458 --> 00:27:25,958 Yeah, that's good. Always keep it nice and taut, like this. 521 00:27:26,041 --> 00:27:30,083 Always keep that rope taut, or you're gonna end up overboard. 522 00:27:30,166 --> 00:27:33,291 You'll fly right off. You'll go swimming. Okay, please stop. 523 00:27:35,208 --> 00:27:37,875 All right. Try to save me now. 524 00:27:37,958 --> 00:27:40,000 Help! Help! 525 00:27:40,083 --> 00:27:41,458 Help! 526 00:27:42,166 --> 00:27:43,583 Help, help! 527 00:27:44,250 --> 00:27:45,958 Help! Help! 528 00:27:54,208 --> 00:27:55,958 [Lukas gasping] 529 00:27:56,041 --> 00:27:59,250 Okay, okay. Never do what Lukas just did. 530 00:27:59,333 --> 00:28:01,000 Always go against your instincts. 531 00:28:01,083 --> 00:28:03,958 Throw a life jacket in the water so the person can cling to it, understood? 532 00:28:04,041 --> 00:28:05,458 [group] Yes. 533 00:28:05,541 --> 00:28:08,458 Tomorrow we'll get to the 24-mile zone off Libya. 534 00:28:08,541 --> 00:28:09,708 This is it, guys. 535 00:28:09,791 --> 00:28:14,000 We could encounter rubber dinghies transporting refugees at any time. 536 00:28:14,083 --> 00:28:16,125 Passengers are usually traumatized 537 00:28:16,208 --> 00:28:17,833 'cause they've been sitting there for days, 538 00:28:17,916 --> 00:28:20,041 fighting for their lives every single minute. 539 00:28:20,125 --> 00:28:23,791 Please know that there isn't a single usual behavior to expect. 540 00:28:23,875 --> 00:28:24,708 Absolutely. 541 00:28:24,791 --> 00:28:26,541 When there's a rubber dinghy, 542 00:28:26,625 --> 00:28:29,958 engine fishermen are usually lurking and waiting in the area. 543 00:28:30,041 --> 00:28:32,958 They get the engines back. Soon as they get the chance, 544 00:28:33,041 --> 00:28:34,833 they dismantle them and take off with them. 545 00:28:34,916 --> 00:28:37,666 If we do cross paths with them, just focus on the rescue. 546 00:28:37,791 --> 00:28:39,750 We get everyone off, we try to destroy the dinghy, 547 00:28:39,833 --> 00:28:43,708 but not if it puts our safety, or the people we're rescuing, at risk. 548 00:28:43,791 --> 00:28:46,791 [Sören] Moving on. This is the so-called Libyan coast guard. 549 00:28:46,875 --> 00:28:49,625 They're… actually Libyan militia. 550 00:28:49,708 --> 00:28:51,875 And they're mostly young guys 551 00:28:51,958 --> 00:28:56,041 who've just fought in the civil war and organize the escape boats. 552 00:28:56,125 --> 00:28:57,291 Armed, as you can see. 553 00:28:57,375 --> 00:28:59,500 They're aggressive and up for a fight. 554 00:28:59,583 --> 00:29:01,125 These guys are dangerous. 555 00:29:01,208 --> 00:29:02,666 Be super careful. 556 00:29:13,083 --> 00:29:17,625 [Lukas] Hey. I'm doing night watch tonight. 557 00:29:18,833 --> 00:29:21,666 It's so crazy. The sea's totally calm. 558 00:29:21,750 --> 00:29:23,666 It's pitch black. 559 00:29:23,750 --> 00:29:25,500 What are you up to? 560 00:29:27,708 --> 00:29:30,625 [Kitty] I've gotta work today. How are you guys? 561 00:29:33,166 --> 00:29:34,375 [Lukas] Pretty good. 562 00:29:35,625 --> 00:29:39,375 When we were starting all this in Berlin, then renovating the ship, 563 00:29:39,458 --> 00:29:41,333 everything seemed so clear. 564 00:29:41,416 --> 00:29:43,541 We didn't question anything. 565 00:29:44,375 --> 00:29:46,791 But out here, it feels completely different. 566 00:29:47,958 --> 00:29:49,875 Suddenly it all seems so real. 567 00:29:53,250 --> 00:29:56,500 We're really scared… of messing up, you know? 568 00:30:02,041 --> 00:30:03,625 [Kitty] I totally get that. 569 00:30:05,250 --> 00:30:07,083 But you can count on each other. 570 00:30:07,625 --> 00:30:09,541 Together is always better. 571 00:30:15,375 --> 00:30:16,625 [Lukas] I miss you. 572 00:30:20,500 --> 00:30:23,041 [Kitty] I miss you too. A lot. 573 00:30:30,125 --> 00:30:35,250 FIRST MISSION 2016, 26 JULY, 5:23 A.M. 18 NAUTICAL MILES OFF THE COAST OF LIBYA 574 00:30:59,250 --> 00:31:01,125 [gasps] Bridge to lookout. 575 00:31:01,208 --> 00:31:03,083 [Viola] Lookout to Bridge, receiving. 576 00:31:03,166 --> 00:31:04,958 I see a boat, ten o'clock. 577 00:31:05,041 --> 00:31:07,041 [suspenseful music rises] 578 00:31:13,208 --> 00:31:14,875 Lukas, we're on. Let's go. 579 00:31:16,125 --> 00:31:19,083 Let's go. Good morning MRCC, this is motor vessel Iuventa. 580 00:31:19,166 --> 00:31:23,458 I'm in position 33 degrees, 22.2 minutes north 581 00:31:23,541 --> 00:31:27,375 and 012 degrees, 21. 8 minutes east. 582 00:31:27,458 --> 00:31:31,291 I've spotted a boat in distress, three miles south of our position. 583 00:31:38,750 --> 00:31:41,500 Pull it up. Up, up, up, up. 584 00:31:42,166 --> 00:31:43,500 Now we go out. 585 00:31:43,583 --> 00:31:45,375 Out, out, out, out. 586 00:31:45,458 --> 00:31:47,541 Slowly, slowly, slowly, slowly. 587 00:31:52,916 --> 00:31:55,333 -Okay. -There they are. Call it in. 588 00:31:55,416 --> 00:31:57,208 Iuventa, Iuventa, Iuventa, RHIB. 589 00:31:57,291 --> 00:31:58,666 Iuventa, RHIB, Iuventa. 590 00:31:58,750 --> 00:32:00,791 Got a visual of the boat, likely a rubber dinghy. 591 00:32:00,875 --> 00:32:03,916 Head count is unclear. We're approaching. 592 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:05,541 Copy, standing by. 593 00:32:21,666 --> 00:32:23,208 Slow down. 594 00:32:23,291 --> 00:32:25,291 [passengers calling out] 595 00:32:27,541 --> 00:32:28,916 Hello! 596 00:32:30,041 --> 00:32:31,416 Hello! 597 00:32:31,916 --> 00:32:34,708 We are from a European rescue vessel. 598 00:32:35,875 --> 00:32:36,875 Hello! 599 00:32:37,916 --> 00:32:39,375 We're here to help you. 600 00:32:40,375 --> 00:32:42,125 You're safe now. 601 00:32:42,916 --> 00:32:44,875 Calm down, you're safe now. 602 00:32:44,958 --> 00:32:47,250 We've come to help you. 603 00:32:47,333 --> 00:32:49,833 Is every… Is everything good? Are you good? 604 00:32:50,833 --> 00:32:52,833 Is… is everyone all right? 605 00:32:52,916 --> 00:32:54,916 We'll come to you, okay? 606 00:32:56,166 --> 00:32:58,750 -Do you speak English? -Yes. 607 00:32:58,833 --> 00:33:00,333 -What's your name? -Lamin. 608 00:33:00,416 --> 00:33:02,125 [Lukas] Lamin? My name is Lukas. 609 00:33:02,208 --> 00:33:04,958 That's Mauro and that's Wanda. We're gonna do this together now. 610 00:33:05,041 --> 00:33:06,375 -Okay? -Yes. 611 00:33:06,458 --> 00:33:08,041 -Is anyone injured? -No. 612 00:33:08,125 --> 00:33:09,791 How many women and children are on board? 613 00:33:10,875 --> 00:33:12,666 Six women and one baby. 614 00:33:12,750 --> 00:33:15,666 -Six women and one baby. -There are six women and a baby on board. 615 00:33:15,750 --> 00:33:17,583 These are life vests. 616 00:33:17,666 --> 00:33:19,666 You put them over your head, 617 00:33:20,375 --> 00:33:24,291 then strap around and make them really tight. Okay? 618 00:33:24,375 --> 00:33:26,833 We're gonna start handing them out now. 619 00:33:28,291 --> 00:33:30,291 -Okay? -There you go. 620 00:33:30,375 --> 00:33:32,583 -Wait, wait, wait! -No, wait! 621 00:33:32,666 --> 00:33:34,875 -No fighting, please! -[clamoring] 622 00:33:34,958 --> 00:33:37,958 We've got enough for everyone! No fighting, please! 623 00:33:38,041 --> 00:33:40,125 -Let's pass them on to the back. -Wait, stop! 624 00:33:40,208 --> 00:33:43,416 Please, pass them on to the back. Hand them down, please. 625 00:33:43,500 --> 00:33:45,916 Hand them down. Hand them down, Lamin. 626 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,083 -Pass them to the back! -No fighting! 627 00:33:48,166 --> 00:33:51,041 -[Lukas] There's enough for everyone. -[shouting] 628 00:33:51,125 --> 00:33:53,625 [Lukas] Please hand them down, hand them down. 629 00:33:53,708 --> 00:33:55,708 [clamoring] 630 00:34:03,166 --> 00:34:05,083 [Sören] Okay? Welcome on board. 631 00:34:05,166 --> 00:34:07,416 [Su] Hi, welcome on board. Be careful, be careful! 632 00:34:07,500 --> 00:34:09,791 -[Sören] Welcome. You're doing good. -[Su] Watch your step. 633 00:34:09,875 --> 00:34:12,916 Okay, slowly, slowly. Nice. 634 00:34:13,666 --> 00:34:16,208 [clamoring] 635 00:34:16,291 --> 00:34:18,458 Welcome, welcome. 636 00:34:19,750 --> 00:34:22,166 -Hi, I'll help you. -Okay, slowly, slowly. 637 00:34:22,250 --> 00:34:25,125 Are you okay? I'm the doctor, okay? You can tell me whatever you need. 638 00:34:26,791 --> 00:34:29,000 [excited chatter] 639 00:34:30,041 --> 00:34:33,083 Very good. Well done, everyone. Well done. 640 00:34:33,166 --> 00:34:34,333 One by one. 641 00:34:34,416 --> 00:34:36,375 -Very good. -Wait, wait, there's a baby. 642 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,708 -What's your name? -Rose. 643 00:34:39,791 --> 00:34:42,125 Rose, my name is Mauro. And what's your baby's name? 644 00:34:43,208 --> 00:34:44,125 Pride. 645 00:34:44,208 --> 00:34:46,416 Okay so, Rose, I'll take Pride only for one minute, okay? 646 00:34:46,500 --> 00:34:49,125 It's too dangerous for you to climb on the vessel with him. 647 00:34:49,208 --> 00:34:51,000 Trust me, I'll take care of Pride. 648 00:34:57,083 --> 00:34:58,458 -Okay. -Okay? 649 00:34:59,333 --> 00:35:00,250 Okay. 650 00:35:01,833 --> 00:35:03,333 [Lukas] I'll help you, okay? 651 00:35:08,041 --> 00:35:10,208 [Lukas] The mother, and then we'll continue, all right? 652 00:35:13,166 --> 00:35:14,875 Your turn, okay? 653 00:35:14,958 --> 00:35:17,458 I'll help you over. Come on. 654 00:35:18,833 --> 00:35:20,250 Okay. She's really worried. 655 00:35:20,333 --> 00:35:22,666 I'm gonna take your baby for a few seconds, okay? 656 00:35:22,750 --> 00:35:26,041 [Lukas] Wait, one second. We need to wait for the baby to be safe. 657 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:28,875 Just wait for a second. 658 00:35:28,958 --> 00:35:31,416 You're safe. Everything's fine. 659 00:35:31,500 --> 00:35:33,291 There you go, I got you. I got you. 660 00:35:33,375 --> 00:35:35,083 -You can do it. Almost. -We want to help. 661 00:35:35,166 --> 00:35:37,916 Everything's fine. You're safe now, all right? 662 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,000 [passengers chanting] 663 00:35:42,375 --> 00:35:46,416 [melancholic music playing] 664 00:36:06,583 --> 00:36:07,916 -Paula. -Yeah? 665 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:09,208 There's a boat. 666 00:36:09,916 --> 00:36:11,125 Sören from Maik. 667 00:36:12,083 --> 00:36:12,916 [Sören] Yes? 668 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:15,916 Yeah, we see a boat coming. I think they're engine fishermen. 669 00:36:17,041 --> 00:36:20,125 Okay, don't take unnecessary risks. Come back, please. 670 00:36:20,208 --> 00:36:21,333 Okay, copy. 671 00:36:22,750 --> 00:36:24,125 -Ready? -Yeah. 672 00:36:24,208 --> 00:36:26,125 -Okay, let's go. -Whoa. 673 00:36:26,208 --> 00:36:27,833 [fisher shouts] 674 00:36:27,916 --> 00:36:30,416 [Maik] Engine's gone! We sank it! Nothing to take here! 675 00:36:32,083 --> 00:36:34,083 [fishermen shouting] 676 00:36:38,625 --> 00:36:40,541 -[Sören] You all right? -[Maik] Everything's fine. 677 00:36:40,625 --> 00:36:42,208 -On our way. -[Sören] Okay, great. 678 00:36:43,041 --> 00:36:46,166 [Su] You have a little wound here caused by the fuel of the boat. 679 00:36:46,250 --> 00:36:49,833 So I'm gonna clean it, disinfect it, and put a bandage on it, okay? 680 00:36:49,916 --> 00:36:51,958 It might hurt a little bit. 681 00:36:55,291 --> 00:36:56,291 Hey. 682 00:36:58,666 --> 00:37:00,916 -Thank you. -[Su] Where are you from? 683 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:04,791 Nigeria. I'm from Nigeria. 684 00:37:04,875 --> 00:37:06,958 From small village. 685 00:37:07,041 --> 00:37:09,041 -Sorry. -In the northeast. 686 00:37:09,125 --> 00:37:11,083 How old are you? 687 00:37:11,166 --> 00:37:12,541 Eighteen. 688 00:37:13,791 --> 00:37:15,166 [Mauro] And how old is he? 689 00:37:18,125 --> 00:37:20,500 Six months. And three days. 690 00:37:21,083 --> 00:37:22,083 [Su] Mm. 691 00:37:22,833 --> 00:37:26,000 And why did you… I mean, why did you leave Nigeria? 692 00:37:29,833 --> 00:37:32,333 I was living in my village when Boko Haram came. 693 00:37:33,083 --> 00:37:34,416 They are killing people. 694 00:37:34,500 --> 00:37:39,791 They come to the fields where we work and rape the women and kill the men. 695 00:37:39,875 --> 00:37:43,541 So I was running from my village to the city. 696 00:37:45,250 --> 00:37:46,833 But I had no house. 697 00:37:48,333 --> 00:37:50,041 So it was not easy there. 698 00:37:51,333 --> 00:37:54,166 What was the situation on the boat? 699 00:37:55,125 --> 00:37:56,625 [Rose] Very scary. 700 00:37:56,708 --> 00:37:59,500 We were so many. We were squeezed. 701 00:37:59,583 --> 00:38:04,875 People are vomiting. It was my first time at sea. 702 00:38:06,500 --> 00:38:08,000 You can't swim? 703 00:38:08,791 --> 00:38:11,541 No. Many of us cannot swim. 704 00:38:11,625 --> 00:38:13,500 It is just life or death. 705 00:38:16,208 --> 00:38:18,208 -And the sea is so big. -Yeah. 706 00:38:18,291 --> 00:38:19,833 So, so big. 707 00:38:21,791 --> 00:38:23,375 And I was scared. 708 00:38:25,541 --> 00:38:29,000 And Pride cried. And I just wanted him to live. 709 00:38:29,083 --> 00:38:31,291 You know, it's all I could think of. 710 00:38:31,375 --> 00:38:34,250 [sighs sadly] 711 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,000 [indistinct radio chatter] 712 00:38:45,250 --> 00:38:48,791 [Lukas] Okay, everyone. Can I have your attention for a moment? 713 00:38:50,041 --> 00:38:52,708 There's a small boat approaching on that side 714 00:38:52,791 --> 00:38:56,375 that will take you to a much bigger boat from the Italian coast guard. 715 00:38:56,458 --> 00:38:59,833 They will take care of you, bring you to safety, and to Italy. 716 00:38:59,916 --> 00:39:03,750 Because we only rescue, but they will bring you to Europe, okay? 717 00:39:03,833 --> 00:39:04,833 Thank you. 718 00:39:10,625 --> 00:39:13,625 -Thank you for your help on the boat. -You're welcome. 719 00:39:13,708 --> 00:39:16,375 -Thank you for your help. -[chuckles] 720 00:39:16,958 --> 00:39:19,833 It was my first, uh, time, you know? 721 00:39:19,916 --> 00:39:21,708 You did a great job. 722 00:39:21,791 --> 00:39:23,666 [Lukas chuckles] We all did, we all did. 723 00:39:24,500 --> 00:39:26,583 How long have you been traveling? 724 00:39:27,500 --> 00:39:29,208 I traveled for three years. 725 00:39:29,291 --> 00:39:32,333 And… why did you leave? 726 00:39:33,583 --> 00:39:35,333 My father is very ill. 727 00:39:35,416 --> 00:39:40,583 He lost his job, and we have no money for food. 728 00:39:40,666 --> 00:39:42,166 No money for medicine. 729 00:39:43,458 --> 00:39:46,666 You know, I wanted to be educated. 730 00:39:47,250 --> 00:39:49,500 I wanted to be a very educated man. 731 00:39:49,583 --> 00:39:50,791 That's my plan. 732 00:39:51,291 --> 00:39:53,916 I am praying to God that it will happen. 733 00:39:54,791 --> 00:39:56,333 And you traveled all by yourself? 734 00:39:56,416 --> 00:39:59,041 No, I traveled with a friend. 735 00:40:00,041 --> 00:40:02,250 And… is he here now? 736 00:40:03,958 --> 00:40:05,166 He's dead. 737 00:40:05,958 --> 00:40:08,291 We worked in a gold mine in Burkina Faso. 738 00:40:08,958 --> 00:40:11,458 It was very hot. Fifty degrees. 739 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:13,541 Many people died. 740 00:40:18,208 --> 00:40:21,750 But you have a good job here on board. 741 00:40:22,416 --> 00:40:26,708 -[Lukas chuckles] -You do good. You travel. You get paid. 742 00:40:26,791 --> 00:40:28,916 No, no, we're not getting paid. 743 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,041 -You don't get paid? -No. 744 00:40:31,125 --> 00:40:35,041 Oh. Then it's a… it's a shitty job. 745 00:40:35,125 --> 00:40:36,541 [laughs] 746 00:40:36,625 --> 00:40:38,666 Yeah, I guess it's a shitty job, then. 747 00:40:38,750 --> 00:40:40,666 -Only joking. -[chuckles] 748 00:40:40,750 --> 00:40:43,166 You saved our lives. 749 00:40:44,875 --> 00:40:46,208 It's a good job. 750 00:40:52,875 --> 00:40:54,791 [Lukas] One big step. 751 00:40:54,875 --> 00:40:56,625 -[man] Yes, that's it. -Thank you. 752 00:40:56,708 --> 00:40:58,833 -[Lukas] Goodbye, man. -Thank you. 753 00:40:58,916 --> 00:41:00,583 [hopeful music playing] 754 00:41:00,666 --> 00:41:03,500 -Can you please hold Pride for me? -Of course. 755 00:41:06,666 --> 00:41:09,041 -I'll help you over, okay? -[Rose] Thank you. 756 00:41:09,958 --> 00:41:11,125 Well done. 757 00:41:11,791 --> 00:41:15,166 Be careful with his head. Careful. 758 00:41:22,583 --> 00:41:24,333 -[Lukas] Take care. -Goodbye. 759 00:41:26,916 --> 00:41:29,125 -Goodbye. -Goodbye, Lukas. 760 00:41:29,666 --> 00:41:31,333 -Lukas. -[Lukas] Yes? 761 00:41:32,958 --> 00:41:34,416 Please have this. 762 00:41:35,083 --> 00:41:37,458 Thank you. Thank you so much. 763 00:41:37,541 --> 00:41:38,833 Thank you, Lukas. 764 00:41:38,916 --> 00:41:40,375 Now you are my friend. 765 00:41:42,041 --> 00:41:44,333 -Take care. -Bye, Lukas. 766 00:42:43,041 --> 00:42:44,541 [sniffles] 767 00:42:51,166 --> 00:42:52,916 [cheering] 768 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:54,583 [all exclaim] 769 00:42:55,291 --> 00:42:56,500 [screams] 770 00:42:59,291 --> 00:43:01,291 [group exclaims] 771 00:43:05,250 --> 00:43:06,791 [cheering] 772 00:43:23,875 --> 00:43:26,125 -Whoo! -This is great. 773 00:43:26,208 --> 00:43:27,666 [music fades] 774 00:43:33,500 --> 00:43:35,500 [guitar strumming] 775 00:43:49,458 --> 00:43:50,875 Today on the boat… 776 00:43:54,625 --> 00:43:59,250 that moment I held Rose's baby… Pride. 777 00:43:59,750 --> 00:44:02,916 [chuckles] It's like the weight of the world was on me. 778 00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:04,166 You know? 779 00:44:05,250 --> 00:44:09,041 It's the first time in my life I held a baby. What a feeling. 780 00:44:11,375 --> 00:44:13,625 I was constantly telling myself, 781 00:44:14,875 --> 00:44:16,666 "Do not drop it, Mauro." 782 00:44:18,041 --> 00:44:20,166 "Protect Pride with your life." 783 00:44:21,333 --> 00:44:24,458 "You'll never do anything more important than this." 784 00:44:35,958 --> 00:44:38,125 FIRST MISSION 2016 JULY 29, DAY 06 785 00:44:38,208 --> 00:44:40,041 30 NAUTICAL MILES OFF LIBYA 786 00:44:40,541 --> 00:44:44,583 If you want to say something like, "My name's Paula" or "I'm Lukas or Maik," 787 00:44:44,666 --> 00:44:46,833 then you say, "Ana Paula." 788 00:44:46,916 --> 00:44:48,125 -Ana… -Ana Lukas. 789 00:44:48,208 --> 00:44:49,041 Ana Mauro. 790 00:44:49,125 --> 00:44:50,375 -Ana Maik. -"Ana Maik," yeah. 791 00:44:50,458 --> 00:44:52,250 [grunts] Welcome. 792 00:44:52,375 --> 00:44:54,541 [passengers clamoring] 793 00:44:55,750 --> 00:44:56,750 Welcome. 794 00:44:56,833 --> 00:44:57,875 I'm Marietta. 795 00:44:57,958 --> 00:44:59,083 -Marietta? -Yes. 796 00:44:59,166 --> 00:45:00,583 -That's a beautiful name. -Thank you. 797 00:45:00,666 --> 00:45:02,541 Nice to meet you. Hey, I'm Sören. 798 00:45:02,625 --> 00:45:05,208 Boat at 135 degrees! 799 00:45:05,291 --> 00:45:08,916 [Sören] We see the boat. Straight ahead, two o'clock. 800 00:45:09,583 --> 00:45:11,583 [passengers chanting] 801 00:45:14,916 --> 00:45:17,500 [woman] I'm born in Eritrea. 802 00:45:17,583 --> 00:45:23,625 But I had to leave after… my family was killed by government. 803 00:45:23,708 --> 00:45:27,041 But in Sudan, they say I have to marry a very old man. 804 00:45:27,125 --> 00:45:29,791 Very older than me. 805 00:45:29,875 --> 00:45:34,208 So… I decide to flee again. 806 00:45:34,916 --> 00:45:36,625 [cheering] 807 00:45:56,250 --> 00:45:58,083 Look! Dolphins! 808 00:45:58,166 --> 00:46:00,000 -[Mauro] No way! -[Lukas] Yes! 809 00:46:00,916 --> 00:46:02,250 -No! -Yeah! 810 00:46:02,333 --> 00:46:04,083 -[all laugh] -[Mauro] God damn! 811 00:46:04,166 --> 00:46:05,708 [man on radio] Good morning, Iuventa. 812 00:46:05,791 --> 00:46:07,791 We have the first sighting of the day. 813 00:46:07,875 --> 00:46:09,833 It is a blue wooden boat. 814 00:46:09,916 --> 00:46:14,583 You can go on the longitude. I'm waiting for… waiting for my orders. 815 00:46:14,666 --> 00:46:16,250 We'll proceed with the rescue. 816 00:46:16,333 --> 00:46:17,833 -[man] Perfect. Thank you. -Thank you. 817 00:46:21,208 --> 00:46:22,916 [indistinct chatter] 818 00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:24,416 -One, two, three. -I'm done. 819 00:46:24,500 --> 00:46:26,250 [gasps] Mwah. I love you. 820 00:46:26,333 --> 00:46:28,333 -[group laughing] -That one looks like Mauro! 821 00:46:32,125 --> 00:46:34,833 You all right? Stay safe. 822 00:46:34,916 --> 00:46:37,291 -Bye, all the best. -Bye, all the best, all right? Okay? 823 00:46:38,041 --> 00:46:40,041 [excited chatter] 824 00:46:42,875 --> 00:46:44,875 [music fades] 825 00:47:11,208 --> 00:47:15,583 [shouting] 826 00:47:19,750 --> 00:47:21,916 Pass the woman over to us, okay? 827 00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:24,333 [loud clamoring] 828 00:47:24,916 --> 00:47:27,833 -Okay, carefully, carefully. -[man] No, Fatima! 829 00:47:27,916 --> 00:47:29,083 Careful, please. 830 00:47:29,166 --> 00:47:30,250 [man] Fatima! 831 00:47:30,333 --> 00:47:31,875 [screaming] 832 00:47:34,333 --> 00:47:36,125 Okay, go back, go back! 833 00:47:41,458 --> 00:47:43,458 No, no, go back. Go back, please. 834 00:47:43,541 --> 00:47:46,250 Go back. Please stay calm. Everybody, stay calm. 835 00:47:46,333 --> 00:47:49,500 You've got your life vests. Hold on to them, okay? 836 00:47:49,583 --> 00:47:51,625 Hold on to them and go back to the boat. 837 00:47:51,708 --> 00:47:54,833 Please, stay calm, okay? The life vests help you. 838 00:47:54,916 --> 00:47:57,125 You're safe, but you have to go back. 839 00:47:59,916 --> 00:48:01,875 [clamoring] 840 00:48:03,416 --> 00:48:04,750 Okay. 841 00:48:08,375 --> 00:48:09,666 Contact! 842 00:48:14,583 --> 00:48:15,625 What's her name? 843 00:48:15,708 --> 00:48:17,458 Fatima, Fatima! 844 00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:19,125 Fatima. 845 00:48:19,708 --> 00:48:22,625 -We cannot take you. Sorry-- -No, I have to stay with her! 846 00:48:22,708 --> 00:48:25,333 We're gonna take her to a bigger ship and then to a doctor, okay? 847 00:48:25,416 --> 00:48:28,083 -I'm her brother! -We're gonna come back. I promise. 848 00:48:28,166 --> 00:48:29,666 No! 849 00:48:29,750 --> 00:48:31,875 -[shouting] -No! 850 00:48:31,958 --> 00:48:33,750 [Mauro] Iuventa, RHIB. 851 00:48:33,833 --> 00:48:35,208 We have two people on board, 852 00:48:35,291 --> 00:48:37,791 one unconscious, and we've started resuscitation. 853 00:48:37,875 --> 00:48:40,791 Roger that. We'll prepare everything. I'll give Su a heads-up. 854 00:48:40,875 --> 00:48:42,125 Hang in there. 855 00:48:44,833 --> 00:48:50,083 [Lukas] 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30. 856 00:48:51,833 --> 00:48:53,500 -Go. -One, two, three… 857 00:48:55,208 --> 00:48:57,208 [Lukas panting] 858 00:48:57,916 --> 00:49:00,708 …26, 27, 28, 29, 30. 859 00:49:00,791 --> 00:49:02,250 [grunts] 860 00:49:02,333 --> 00:49:04,333 -She's not breathing. It's not working! -Wait! 861 00:49:04,416 --> 00:49:05,833 It's not working! 862 00:49:13,750 --> 00:49:15,583 Go, go, go, go, go! 863 00:49:15,666 --> 00:49:17,666 [tense music playing] 864 00:49:17,750 --> 00:49:20,666 [Su] One, two, three, four, five… 865 00:49:21,666 --> 00:49:23,041 Ten. 866 00:49:23,625 --> 00:49:24,958 Fifteen. 867 00:49:25,791 --> 00:49:26,791 Twenty… 868 00:49:27,500 --> 00:49:30,708 25, 26, 27, 8, 9, 10. Go! 869 00:49:39,041 --> 00:49:40,333 Do one more. 870 00:49:48,583 --> 00:49:50,583 [sighs] 871 00:49:50,666 --> 00:49:52,000 [Lukas panting] 872 00:49:52,083 --> 00:49:53,041 Lukas. 873 00:49:53,125 --> 00:49:55,250 -[softly] Five. -It's over. 874 00:49:55,333 --> 00:49:57,666 -Ten. -Hey. Lukas. 875 00:49:57,750 --> 00:49:58,833 Fifteen. 876 00:49:58,916 --> 00:50:00,166 -Hey, Lukas. -Twenty. 877 00:50:00,250 --> 00:50:02,583 -[Su] Lukas. Lukas? -Twenty-five. 878 00:50:02,666 --> 00:50:04,333 Lukas? Lukas, please, Lukas. 879 00:50:04,416 --> 00:50:05,833 -Thirty. -[Su] Hey, hey… 880 00:50:05,916 --> 00:50:08,958 -Lukas, it's not helping. -[Su] Lukas! Lukas. 881 00:50:09,041 --> 00:50:10,750 It's over. Okay? 882 00:50:10,833 --> 00:50:12,041 She's dead. 883 00:50:12,125 --> 00:50:14,000 [panting] 884 00:50:14,083 --> 00:50:15,583 She's dead. 885 00:50:18,750 --> 00:50:20,750 [music fades] 886 00:50:36,833 --> 00:50:39,791 You couldn't have saved her, Lukas. 887 00:50:42,708 --> 00:50:48,416 It doesn't make it less painful, I know, but you couldn't have saved her. 888 00:50:50,208 --> 00:50:54,583 She was already gone when you brought her on the boat. 889 00:50:56,708 --> 00:50:58,208 You know that, right? 890 00:51:01,833 --> 00:51:02,833 Hey. 891 00:51:05,916 --> 00:51:08,875 It's really important that you know that. 892 00:51:21,333 --> 00:51:24,041 END OF THE FIRST MISSION BERLIN, 16 AUGUST 2016 893 00:51:24,125 --> 00:51:25,958 CREW CHANGE ON THE IUVENTA 894 00:51:26,041 --> 00:51:28,791 -[Nina] Hi. -[Kitty] You're back! [chuckles] 895 00:51:28,875 --> 00:51:30,625 -Oh my gosh! -[Mauro] Good to see you! 896 00:51:30,708 --> 00:51:32,041 [Kitty] It's so good to see you! 897 00:51:55,166 --> 00:51:56,625 [Lukas] It feels so absurd 898 00:51:56,708 --> 00:51:59,333 that the weather's always so beautiful down there. 899 00:52:01,541 --> 00:52:04,458 The sun shines so bright. The sea's totally calm. 900 00:52:06,541 --> 00:52:08,708 At night it's completely quiet. 901 00:52:11,583 --> 00:52:14,416 And you just sit there, knowing 902 00:52:14,958 --> 00:52:17,916 the rubber dinghies are going out to sea at that moment. 903 00:52:20,666 --> 00:52:22,875 The people we meet have often gone through an odyssey 904 00:52:22,958 --> 00:52:24,875 that's lasted for years. 905 00:52:27,625 --> 00:52:29,708 They come to us on the Iuventa. 906 00:52:31,166 --> 00:52:32,708 And they kiss the deck. 907 00:52:33,750 --> 00:52:35,958 They lift their arms to the sky. 908 00:52:37,166 --> 00:52:39,333 They're just so delighted. 909 00:52:41,458 --> 00:52:44,333 -They're thrilled they're finally safe. -Mm. 910 00:52:47,416 --> 00:52:50,375 But we know it's far from over for them at that point. 911 00:52:54,583 --> 00:52:56,958 You can't tell them, though. It's not the time to. 912 00:53:30,958 --> 00:53:33,750 [distant shouting] 913 00:54:03,333 --> 00:54:05,333 [clamoring grows louder] 914 00:54:08,166 --> 00:54:10,583 [water rushing] 915 00:54:15,083 --> 00:54:16,750 [Lukas] We are from Europe. 916 00:54:16,833 --> 00:54:20,375 We're here to help you. You're safe now! 917 00:54:24,083 --> 00:54:25,750 Is everyone all right? 918 00:54:26,541 --> 00:54:28,500 -No, wait! No fighting! -[Lamin] Wait! 919 00:54:28,583 --> 00:54:31,708 [Lukas] We've got enough for everyone. No fighting, please! 920 00:54:31,791 --> 00:54:33,750 Go back, go back! What's her name? 921 00:54:33,833 --> 00:54:35,625 [brother] No, Fatima! 922 00:54:35,708 --> 00:54:37,750 -Fatima! -[woman] Please, please. 923 00:54:37,833 --> 00:54:39,166 -[Lukas] Go! -[man] Lukas! 924 00:54:39,250 --> 00:54:40,916 [Lukas] Go! Go! 925 00:54:41,000 --> 00:54:44,541 -[brother] Where are you taking her? -[Lukas] We cannot, we cannot take you! 926 00:54:44,625 --> 00:54:47,208 -[brother] I'm her brother! -[Lukas] We're gonna come back, promise! 927 00:54:47,291 --> 00:54:49,291 -[Su] She's dead. -[brother] No! 928 00:54:49,375 --> 00:54:50,875 [silence falls] 929 00:55:02,833 --> 00:55:04,041 [gasps] 930 00:55:21,750 --> 00:55:23,750 [breathing shakily] 931 00:55:31,791 --> 00:55:32,791 [sighs] 932 00:55:42,541 --> 00:55:44,541 [gentle music playing] 933 00:55:49,458 --> 00:55:55,000 I'm here with Lukas, Nina, Domi, and Mauro from Jugend Rettet. 934 00:55:55,083 --> 00:55:58,958 I really want us to go over how people can get involved with the cause. 935 00:55:59,041 --> 00:56:01,541 But before we do, I'd like us to find out 936 00:56:01,625 --> 00:56:04,750 what our listeners' thoughts are on what you're doing. 937 00:56:04,833 --> 00:56:07,750 Isn't it normal to save these poor folks? 938 00:56:07,833 --> 00:56:10,375 Should we be ashamed of questioning that? 939 00:56:10,458 --> 00:56:14,250 Joining us on the phone, I have Christian from Schöneberg. 940 00:56:14,333 --> 00:56:15,583 [Christian] Yeah, hi! Um… 941 00:56:15,666 --> 00:56:19,041 Let me start by saying that I really appreciate you all helping. 942 00:56:19,125 --> 00:56:20,416 The thing that I'm not getting 943 00:56:20,500 --> 00:56:23,791 is why aren't you taking these people back to Africa? 944 00:56:23,875 --> 00:56:26,625 -Why do they all end up in Europe? -You take it. 945 00:56:27,208 --> 00:56:29,458 Well, according to the Geneva Refugee Convention, 946 00:56:29,541 --> 00:56:32,416 we're not allowed to return anyone to an unsafe country. 947 00:56:32,500 --> 00:56:34,500 Libya is an unsafe country, and we would've gone 948 00:56:34,583 --> 00:56:36,208 against the law had we done so. 949 00:56:36,291 --> 00:56:39,166 Honestly, it's not just that it's against the law. 950 00:56:39,250 --> 00:56:40,833 They would get thrown into prison, 951 00:56:40,916 --> 00:56:43,291 tortured, and would possibly die if we took them back. 952 00:56:43,375 --> 00:56:46,458 [Christian] All right, but why not take them to some other African country 953 00:56:46,541 --> 00:56:47,666 where they'd be safe? 954 00:56:47,750 --> 00:56:49,916 I just don't understand why they all have to come here. 955 00:56:50,000 --> 00:56:52,291 'Cause Germany offers the right to asylum, Christian. 956 00:56:52,375 --> 00:56:55,166 [Christian] Yeah, but that doesn't make it okay to take everyone in. 957 00:56:55,250 --> 00:56:58,333 Our problems won't get any better if we take in more migrants. 958 00:56:58,416 --> 00:57:00,250 -Tell me, Christian? -Yes? 959 00:57:00,333 --> 00:57:01,541 What scares you exactly? 960 00:57:01,625 --> 00:57:03,500 Not feeling comfortable in my country, 961 00:57:03,583 --> 00:57:05,583 letting criminals in, and my children not being safe. 962 00:57:05,666 --> 00:57:08,625 I'm afraid we won't be able to handle the added pressure as a country. 963 00:57:08,708 --> 00:57:11,541 I mean, I think it's great and all that you're helping people 964 00:57:11,625 --> 00:57:15,416 in the Mediterranean, but you're certainly not helping people in Germany. 965 00:57:15,500 --> 00:57:17,083 That's what I think. Nice talking to you. 966 00:57:17,166 --> 00:57:18,916 -Christian-- -Bye. 967 00:57:19,000 --> 00:57:21,916 -[call disconnects] -[Domi sighs] 968 00:57:26,750 --> 00:57:29,791 THIRD MISSION 2016, 29 SEPTEMBER, DAY 09 INTERNATIONAL WATERS OFF LIBYA 969 00:57:29,875 --> 00:57:33,125 [Maik] Okay, so we should all be at 65 degrees now. 970 00:57:33,208 --> 00:57:34,541 -Yeah? -[Paula] Yes. 971 00:57:34,625 --> 00:57:38,125 [Maik] 65 degrees is the bearing you would give to the bridge. 972 00:57:38,208 --> 00:57:39,041 -Okay? -Yeah. 973 00:57:39,125 --> 00:57:41,125 [strumming gentle tune] 974 00:57:52,083 --> 00:57:53,500 [gasps softly] 975 00:57:56,000 --> 00:57:58,000 Sören, can you please come to the bridge? 976 00:57:58,958 --> 00:58:01,791 Hang on. Wait. I'll call you back, all right? 977 00:58:01,875 --> 00:58:03,583 [tense music playing] 978 00:58:03,666 --> 00:58:04,500 Yeah? 979 00:58:04,583 --> 00:58:08,125 Yeah, a speedboat is approaching us. Way too fast from the south. 980 00:58:08,208 --> 00:58:09,916 No idea who it is. They're not answering. 981 00:58:10,000 --> 00:58:12,750 -Uh, are they militia? -[Sören] Maybe. We don't know. 982 00:58:12,833 --> 00:58:14,333 We've begun the lockdown procedure. 983 00:58:14,416 --> 00:58:16,416 Su is escorting everyone to the engine room. 984 00:58:16,500 --> 00:58:17,666 I'm going on deck now. 985 00:58:17,750 --> 00:58:20,458 De-escalation. You mind staying on the line? 986 00:58:20,541 --> 00:58:21,833 Of course, yeah. 987 00:58:25,791 --> 00:58:29,083 [Su] We do it the way we trained. We stay in the engine room and wait. 988 00:58:29,166 --> 00:58:30,666 We won't risk anything. 989 00:58:31,750 --> 00:58:33,000 Come on, go. 990 00:58:35,375 --> 00:58:36,583 [Sören] Engine room. 991 00:58:38,458 --> 00:58:40,458 [ominous music rises] 992 00:58:43,708 --> 00:58:45,916 Shit, Viola. They look armed. 993 00:58:46,791 --> 00:58:49,166 All stations, all stations, all stations. 994 00:58:49,250 --> 00:58:51,625 This is Iuventa, Iuventa, Iuventa. 995 00:58:51,708 --> 00:58:54,208 I am 15 miles northwest from Tripoli. 996 00:58:54,291 --> 00:58:56,916 I have a pirate attack. I repeat, I have a pirate attack. 997 00:58:57,000 --> 00:58:58,208 I need urgent help. 998 00:58:58,291 --> 00:59:00,125 -Slow down! -[man shouting] 999 00:59:00,208 --> 00:59:02,458 -Hey, slow down! -[shouting] 1000 00:59:02,541 --> 00:59:04,166 -[gunfire] -[grunts] 1001 00:59:04,250 --> 00:59:07,333 Hey, no shooting! No! No shooting. 1002 00:59:07,416 --> 00:59:08,833 Please, no shooting. 1003 00:59:08,916 --> 00:59:10,416 We do search and rescue. 1004 00:59:10,500 --> 00:59:13,791 We do search and rescue. We have… We don't have a problem. 1005 00:59:13,875 --> 00:59:16,041 -[gasps] -[gunfire on radio] 1006 00:59:16,125 --> 00:59:20,083 [Sören] Please. We do search and rescue. We're… We're friendly. 1007 00:59:20,166 --> 00:59:22,916 We have no problem here. Everything is fine here. 1008 00:59:23,000 --> 00:59:24,791 -What do you want? -Yes. 1009 00:59:24,875 --> 00:59:26,125 [speaking Arabic] 1010 00:59:26,208 --> 00:59:27,583 -Everything is fine. -Where is crew? 1011 00:59:27,666 --> 00:59:30,125 -[man speaking Arabic] -Everything is fine. 1012 00:59:30,208 --> 00:59:31,916 Hey! Come on, stop. Come on, stop! 1013 00:59:32,000 --> 00:59:33,666 -[speaking Arabic] -What do you want? 1014 00:59:33,750 --> 00:59:36,125 [Su] Come on, come down. We're staying here, okay? 1015 00:59:36,208 --> 00:59:37,541 Watch your head. Be careful. 1016 00:59:37,625 --> 00:59:39,125 The engine is really hot. 1017 00:59:39,208 --> 00:59:40,291 [hatch opens] 1018 00:59:40,375 --> 00:59:41,875 Where are the others? 1019 00:59:41,958 --> 00:59:44,250 [nearby shouting] 1020 00:59:45,250 --> 00:59:47,583 -Hey, why are you doing this? -[speaking Arabic] 1021 00:59:47,666 --> 00:59:49,291 There's no one here, okay? 1022 00:59:51,791 --> 00:59:54,291 -[Su] It's all right, okay? -[gasps] 1023 00:59:54,375 --> 00:59:55,625 [shouting above] 1024 00:59:58,375 --> 01:00:02,750 [Sören] Please don't. Stop. Hey! Hey! 1025 01:00:02,833 --> 01:00:05,083 Please, please be calm. Please be calm. 1026 01:00:05,166 --> 01:00:07,125 [shouting in Arabic] 1027 01:00:07,958 --> 01:00:09,083 [man 1] Crew. 1028 01:00:09,166 --> 01:00:10,833 Crew. Where's crew? 1029 01:00:10,916 --> 01:00:13,541 [shouting continues above] 1030 01:00:13,625 --> 01:00:15,666 -[man 2 speaking Arabic] -Okay. My name is Su. 1031 01:00:15,750 --> 01:00:17,250 My name is Su. 1032 01:00:17,333 --> 01:00:20,083 I'm the doctor on this vessel. Please! I'm the doctor, leave them! 1033 01:00:20,166 --> 01:00:21,875 [man 2 shouting] 1034 01:00:21,958 --> 01:00:24,708 Iuventa, Iuventa, Iuventa. Armed groups are boarding our ship. 1035 01:00:25,666 --> 01:00:26,500 [speaks Arabic] 1036 01:00:26,583 --> 01:00:30,041 We are a search and rescue organization. We're here to save people at sea. 1037 01:00:30,125 --> 01:00:32,333 -Viola? -[Sören] We're peaceful. We help people. 1038 01:00:32,416 --> 01:00:34,875 -Sören? -[man shouting in Arabic] 1039 01:00:34,958 --> 01:00:38,333 -Hey! We are a rescue mission. -Walk! Walk! 1040 01:00:38,416 --> 01:00:39,541 -[Viola] Hey! -Move. 1041 01:00:39,625 --> 01:00:41,708 -Hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. -Stand aside! 1042 01:00:41,791 --> 01:00:43,708 Passports. Give me passports. 1043 01:00:49,000 --> 01:00:50,416 This is national water. 1044 01:00:50,500 --> 01:00:53,541 This is international waters. You can't just board my ship like this. 1045 01:00:53,625 --> 01:00:55,250 -We did nothing wrong. -No! 1046 01:00:57,791 --> 01:01:01,708 -This is Libyan country. No rescue here. -This is international waters! 1047 01:01:11,375 --> 01:01:14,541 As long as I see Libyan mountains, this is my water. 1048 01:01:15,375 --> 01:01:18,708 Next time we see you, we arrest you. And we'll bring you to jail. 1049 01:01:19,208 --> 01:01:22,000 Next time we see you in our water, we sink this ship. 1050 01:01:22,083 --> 01:01:23,375 You understand? 1051 01:01:24,166 --> 01:01:28,208 [exhales shakily] Understood. 1052 01:01:30,916 --> 01:01:32,250 [music ends] 1053 01:01:47,416 --> 01:01:49,416 [boat engine retreating] 1054 01:01:59,666 --> 01:02:01,291 [Sören] So, I talked to the crew. 1055 01:02:01,375 --> 01:02:04,583 We took a vote, and we would all like to continue. 1056 01:02:06,041 --> 01:02:08,666 I hear you, but this is not your decision alone. 1057 01:02:08,750 --> 01:02:10,541 We can't risk a situation like this happening. 1058 01:02:10,625 --> 01:02:12,250 I mean, they were armed. 1059 01:02:12,333 --> 01:02:14,458 Lukas, we're aware of that. We were here. 1060 01:02:14,541 --> 01:02:17,875 We just think you should take a break for a couple of weeks, that's all. 1061 01:02:18,000 --> 01:02:20,750 And we'll do a new danger assessment and adjust. 1062 01:02:20,833 --> 01:02:23,166 What about those people in Libya getting on boats tonight? 1063 01:02:23,250 --> 01:02:25,583 -I bet they want a break. -Drop the attitude, Viola. 1064 01:02:25,666 --> 01:02:26,625 We were down there too. 1065 01:02:26,708 --> 01:02:28,833 You're not the only one who knows how bad it is. 1066 01:02:28,916 --> 01:02:31,541 If we stay on mission, it'll send the right message. 1067 01:02:31,625 --> 01:02:34,375 That they can't intimidate us. Or else, they've won. 1068 01:02:34,458 --> 01:02:35,875 You understand me? 1069 01:02:38,583 --> 01:02:39,958 It's your choice. 1070 01:02:46,916 --> 01:02:48,333 Okay. We'll go back to Malta, 1071 01:02:48,416 --> 01:02:50,791 take a break, and prepare for the next mission. 1072 01:02:52,583 --> 01:02:54,666 -[sighs] -Okay. 1073 01:02:55,750 --> 01:02:57,208 We'll have to go with that. 1074 01:02:57,291 --> 01:02:58,291 Yup. 1075 01:02:58,375 --> 01:03:00,541 [Viola] So that's the signal you want to send? 1076 01:03:00,625 --> 01:03:02,291 At least you're not in danger. 1077 01:03:04,750 --> 01:03:05,791 [sighs] 1078 01:03:12,583 --> 01:03:14,291 [Kitty] That's Chimamanda Ngozi's 1079 01:03:14,375 --> 01:03:16,666 whole point in "The Danger of a Single Story." 1080 01:03:16,750 --> 01:03:20,458 If you pigeonhole certain people into a category, say poor, uneducated, 1081 01:03:20,541 --> 01:03:24,375 or powerless, and you reinforce it… you know, by saying it over and over, 1082 01:03:24,458 --> 01:03:26,166 you start seeing it as fact. 1083 01:03:26,250 --> 01:03:31,166 The thing is… storytelling has the power to influence our views on people. 1084 01:03:31,875 --> 01:03:33,958 I've got another example, 'kay? 1085 01:03:34,041 --> 01:03:35,583 Take the history of America. 1086 01:03:35,666 --> 01:03:37,833 Instead of focusing on Christopher Columbus, 1087 01:03:37,916 --> 01:03:41,125 we talk about Native Americans, the story's totally different. 1088 01:03:43,458 --> 01:03:44,458 You there? 1089 01:03:46,208 --> 01:03:48,208 [cell phone vibrating] 1090 01:03:54,500 --> 01:03:56,083 [Lamin on phone] Lukas! 1091 01:03:56,166 --> 01:03:57,833 -My friend! -[Lukas] Lamin! 1092 01:03:58,958 --> 01:04:00,333 How… How are you? 1093 01:04:00,416 --> 01:04:03,625 Uh, sorry. Uh… I… I've gotta take this. Wait. 1094 01:04:05,625 --> 01:04:06,625 Lamin! 1095 01:04:08,583 --> 01:04:11,583 Oh, the… the connection is really bad. Should we switch to audio? 1096 01:04:11,666 --> 01:04:14,000 -[Lamin] Yes, yes. [laughs] -Yeah. 1097 01:04:15,041 --> 01:04:17,291 How… How did you find me? 1098 01:04:17,375 --> 01:04:19,125 You are on Facebook. 1099 01:04:19,208 --> 01:04:21,291 Oh, right. [chuckles] 1100 01:04:21,375 --> 01:04:25,125 But, uh… how are you? Where are you now? 1101 01:04:25,208 --> 01:04:27,958 [in German] I'm in Konstanz. 1102 01:04:29,166 --> 01:04:30,166 [in English] What? 1103 01:04:30,250 --> 01:04:32,541 [in German] I'm in Konstanz. 1104 01:04:33,125 --> 01:04:36,083 -[in English] No way, you're not. -Yes! 1105 01:04:36,166 --> 01:04:37,583 [laughs] 1106 01:04:37,666 --> 01:04:39,583 How did you get all the way there? 1107 01:04:39,666 --> 01:04:42,750 In Italy, they put me in place for minors. 1108 01:04:42,833 --> 01:04:45,125 In Salerno, in small village. 1109 01:04:45,208 --> 01:04:49,125 So, I asked if there is a possibility for me to go to school. 1110 01:04:49,208 --> 01:04:51,791 You know, that was in my mind. To be educated. 1111 01:04:52,500 --> 01:04:56,500 But they told me, it's a small village, they don't have a school. 1112 01:04:56,583 --> 01:05:01,000 So, I got information in Germany that you can go to school. 1113 01:05:01,083 --> 01:05:03,416 So, my plan is, "only Germany." 1114 01:05:03,500 --> 01:05:06,666 I don't go anywhere, only Germany. I'm going. 1115 01:05:06,750 --> 01:05:09,625 -So you just went to Germany? -Yes! 1116 01:05:09,750 --> 01:05:11,625 Really? But how? 1117 01:05:11,708 --> 01:05:13,000 I go on train. 1118 01:05:13,083 --> 01:05:15,541 And sometimes, they said I have to leave train 1119 01:05:15,625 --> 01:05:16,833 because I have no ticket. 1120 01:05:17,458 --> 01:05:19,958 And one moment, I decided to walk. 1121 01:05:20,041 --> 01:05:21,833 You walked to Germany? 1122 01:05:21,916 --> 01:05:23,375 Yeah! Yeah! 1123 01:05:23,458 --> 01:05:27,791 I walked and walked. And one moment, I saw, you know, 1124 01:05:27,875 --> 01:05:30,708 I saw cars with the D, the D sticker. 1125 01:05:30,791 --> 01:05:34,541 Police came. I asked, "Am I in Germany?" 1126 01:05:34,625 --> 01:05:38,791 And they were really friendly and said, "Yes, you are in Germany." 1127 01:05:38,875 --> 01:05:39,708 Incredible. 1128 01:05:40,583 --> 01:05:41,750 That's so incredible. 1129 01:05:41,833 --> 01:05:46,583 I called my mother, and she cried because she thought I am dead. 1130 01:05:47,708 --> 01:05:50,125 But now, they are really happy. 1131 01:05:50,208 --> 01:05:51,958 Really happy. 1132 01:05:53,375 --> 01:05:54,833 And you, my friend? 1133 01:05:54,916 --> 01:05:58,541 How are you? You still have this shitty job? 1134 01:05:59,583 --> 01:06:02,875 [laughs] Uh, yeah. I still have the shitty job. 1135 01:06:02,958 --> 01:06:04,916 Um, but it's okay. [chuckles] 1136 01:06:05,000 --> 01:06:08,000 I am just joking, my friend. You know? 1137 01:06:08,083 --> 01:06:10,041 No, I know. [chuckles] 1138 01:06:10,125 --> 01:06:12,083 I know. I know. 1139 01:06:12,166 --> 01:06:15,000 Hey, you still have the bracelet? 1140 01:06:15,083 --> 01:06:16,208 Yeah. Yes, yeah. 1141 01:06:16,291 --> 01:06:18,958 I have it with me all the time. I wear it every day. 1142 01:06:19,916 --> 01:06:22,166 It is so good to hear you. 1143 01:06:22,250 --> 01:06:25,416 Ah, Lamin, it… it's so good to hear your voice. 1144 01:06:25,500 --> 01:06:29,583 Really. I mean it. It's so good to hear you. 1145 01:06:37,583 --> 01:06:39,750 -[Lukas] Hey. -Hey. 1146 01:06:41,958 --> 01:06:43,375 Where's Kitty? 1147 01:06:43,458 --> 01:06:45,250 She's taking some time. 1148 01:06:46,541 --> 01:06:47,875 [sighs] 1149 01:06:50,250 --> 01:06:51,666 It's hard for you guys? 1150 01:06:52,875 --> 01:06:53,875 [Lukas] Mm-hmm. 1151 01:06:56,000 --> 01:06:59,833 I guess we're just in two different worlds these days. 1152 01:07:06,291 --> 01:07:07,708 You all right? 1153 01:07:08,750 --> 01:07:11,041 [sighs] Yeah, kind of exhausted. 1154 01:07:11,125 --> 01:07:15,833 It's like I thought that having this ship meant our problems would be solved. 1155 01:07:17,750 --> 01:07:20,708 [scoffs] Yeah. 1156 01:07:25,958 --> 01:07:28,541 -Is Mauro sleeping? -Yeah. 1157 01:07:29,708 --> 01:07:33,250 Or at least he's trying. He's not doing too good. 1158 01:07:34,791 --> 01:07:38,750 Were you aware that he'd hide in the engine room to cry every day? 1159 01:07:41,791 --> 01:07:43,833 But he was looking forward to the next mission. 1160 01:07:43,916 --> 01:07:45,875 And I thought it might be good for him. 1161 01:07:47,958 --> 01:07:49,875 It's like he can't move on. 1162 01:07:56,375 --> 01:07:58,375 [somber music playing] 1163 01:07:59,708 --> 01:08:02,000 That's too bad, your donation would have been a great help. 1164 01:08:02,083 --> 01:08:04,458 Domi. Please include these expenses, thanks. 1165 01:08:04,541 --> 01:08:07,291 Um, but did you know you can get a tax write-off for donations? 1166 01:08:07,375 --> 01:08:10,541 "You wanna destroy the continent." "Where are they all gonna live?" 1167 01:08:10,625 --> 01:08:12,583 "Has that even crossed your minds?" 1168 01:08:12,666 --> 01:08:14,041 [Nina] The mission is in two weeks, 1169 01:08:14,125 --> 01:08:16,833 but we don't have a first officer or someone to drive the RHIB. 1170 01:08:16,916 --> 01:08:19,500 We also need someone for the sick bay. Su needs a break. 1171 01:08:19,583 --> 01:08:22,125 "It's human trafficking and you should all get what you deserve." 1172 01:08:22,208 --> 01:08:24,041 "You should do time." 1173 01:08:24,125 --> 01:08:26,708 "Traffickers without borders should die at sea." 1174 01:08:26,791 --> 01:08:29,083 -It's locked. I can't get in. -What is it? 1175 01:08:29,166 --> 01:08:31,625 We got hacked. The website, social media, all of it. 1176 01:08:32,291 --> 01:08:34,500 -Do we know who it was? -Some right-wingers! Who else?! 1177 01:08:34,583 --> 01:08:36,416 Fuck! Shit! Dammit! 1178 01:08:36,500 --> 01:08:37,916 "I saw you on TV." 1179 01:08:38,000 --> 01:08:41,583 "This plan you're so proud of is a really shitty idea." 1180 01:08:41,666 --> 01:08:44,166 "Seriously, where are they supposed to go?" 1181 01:08:44,250 --> 01:08:45,541 "What about our jobs and women?" 1182 01:08:46,208 --> 01:08:48,750 What is that? Who went to Hamburg? 1183 01:08:48,833 --> 01:08:51,291 Why is there a receipt from fucking Hamburg? 1184 01:08:53,500 --> 01:08:54,916 Found this under the sink. 1185 01:08:55,000 --> 01:08:57,500 "Fuck you and your Islamization of the West." 1186 01:08:57,583 --> 01:09:00,625 "Germany's for Germans, and that's it." 1187 01:09:00,708 --> 01:09:02,041 Lukas. 1188 01:09:02,125 --> 01:09:04,791 The Italian Coast Guard ordered the Iuventa to the Port of Lampedusa. 1189 01:09:04,875 --> 01:09:06,875 -With only five refugees on board. -Wait. 1190 01:09:06,958 --> 01:09:08,916 What? That doesn't make any sense. 1191 01:09:09,000 --> 01:09:10,791 -Viola, I've got you on speaker. -[Viola] Yeah. 1192 01:09:10,875 --> 01:09:12,125 We've got five minors on board, 1193 01:09:12,208 --> 01:09:14,333 and there are four or five rubber dinghies out there, 1194 01:09:14,416 --> 01:09:16,041 transporting like 500 people. 1195 01:09:16,125 --> 01:09:18,250 We can't assist them if we leave now. 1196 01:09:18,333 --> 01:09:21,666 -Can't you transfer passengers? -[Sören] Yeah, no, we've tried. 1197 01:09:21,750 --> 01:09:24,500 The Italians said it was out of the question without a reason. 1198 01:09:24,583 --> 01:09:27,250 We have to head to Lampedusa. Their tone is raising in their emails. 1199 01:09:27,333 --> 01:09:29,875 They're all, "Follow the orders!" You know? 1200 01:09:29,958 --> 01:09:32,875 -Right. Where are you right now? -[Viola] A whole day away from Lampedusa. 1201 01:09:32,958 --> 01:09:34,916 We'll lose two days getting there and back. 1202 01:09:35,000 --> 01:09:36,541 So we're not doing it. 1203 01:09:36,625 --> 01:09:39,375 No way. We always have to cooperate with the authorities. 1204 01:09:39,458 --> 01:09:40,875 -It's the law. -Nina. 1205 01:09:40,958 --> 01:09:43,625 We have to rescue those people. That's why we're here. 1206 01:09:43,708 --> 01:09:46,291 -Because lives come first. -What are you trying to say? 1207 01:09:46,375 --> 01:09:49,416 I'm saying we're disregarding the order. We're staying put. 1208 01:09:50,583 --> 01:09:53,500 You can't. No. If you don't comply, we will not stand by you. 1209 01:09:53,583 --> 01:09:55,791 You will have stayed against our explicit orders, 1210 01:09:55,875 --> 01:09:57,416 and we will cancel all future missions. 1211 01:09:57,500 --> 01:10:00,583 We cooperate. It's the Jugend Rettet core tenet. 1212 01:10:00,666 --> 01:10:03,125 -[Sören] Are you serious right now? -[both] Yeah. 1213 01:10:06,166 --> 01:10:08,166 [Viola sighs deeply] 1214 01:10:09,875 --> 01:10:11,125 [radio beeps] 1215 01:10:33,708 --> 01:10:37,041 -Hey. -[gentle music playing] 1216 01:10:38,750 --> 01:10:39,916 [Kitty sighs] 1217 01:10:41,750 --> 01:10:43,750 [doorbell ringing] 1218 01:10:49,333 --> 01:10:51,333 [ringing continues] 1219 01:10:57,333 --> 01:10:58,333 Yeah? 1220 01:10:59,083 --> 01:11:01,083 [footsteps approaching] 1221 01:11:06,083 --> 01:11:07,541 -[man] Hello? -Hello? 1222 01:11:07,625 --> 01:11:09,208 Refugees. We heard we can live here. 1223 01:11:09,291 --> 01:11:10,458 -Open door, come on! -What? 1224 01:11:10,541 --> 01:11:13,833 -[knocking] -[man 2] Open door, open door! 1225 01:11:13,916 --> 01:11:16,250 -Come on, let us in! Hey! -We're hungry, hey! 1226 01:11:16,333 --> 01:11:18,416 -It's a gang of fascists. -What? 1227 01:11:18,500 --> 01:11:20,083 -[pounding on door] -Don't open the door! 1228 01:11:20,166 --> 01:11:22,750 -Hey, are you nuts? -Leave right now! 1229 01:11:22,833 --> 01:11:25,166 -Who is that? -A bunch of fascists. 1230 01:11:25,250 --> 01:11:26,375 Why the fuck are you here?! 1231 01:11:26,458 --> 01:11:28,458 -Should we call the cops? -Yeah! Go call the cops. 1232 01:11:28,541 --> 01:11:33,500 Listen, we're calling the police now. What the fuck is your problem?! 1233 01:11:33,583 --> 01:11:36,791 -Get out of here! Fuck off, guys! -That's enough! 1234 01:11:36,875 --> 01:11:39,333 [Kitty] Yes, hi. We've got a bunch of guys banging at our door 1235 01:11:39,416 --> 01:11:40,875 and yelling at us to let them in. 1236 01:11:40,958 --> 01:11:43,041 -[tense music playing] -[clicks tongue] 1237 01:11:43,125 --> 01:11:47,208 -[Nina] Please come quick. -[guys shouting outside] 1238 01:11:47,291 --> 01:11:49,666 We're calling the police, so go on and fuck off! 1239 01:11:49,750 --> 01:11:52,375 -[Nina] They're still banging. -[Lukas] Just get out of here! 1240 01:11:52,458 --> 01:11:55,000 -Yeah, okay, thanks. Okay. -[Lukas] Come on, fuck off already! 1241 01:11:55,083 --> 01:11:57,083 [breathing shakily] 1242 01:11:58,250 --> 01:11:59,458 [Kitty] Get lost! 1243 01:11:59,541 --> 01:12:02,458 -I'll handle this. -They're not leaving! 1244 01:12:02,541 --> 01:12:05,125 -[Kitty] Get lost! -Oh! 1245 01:12:05,208 --> 01:12:06,708 [Kitty] Fuck off! Now! 1246 01:12:06,791 --> 01:12:08,500 -[guys laugh] -[panting] 1247 01:12:08,583 --> 01:12:10,583 [Mauro hyperventilating] 1248 01:12:13,125 --> 01:12:14,625 Mauro, are you all right? 1249 01:12:15,833 --> 01:12:17,916 -Are you okay? Can you hear? -I can't breathe. 1250 01:12:18,000 --> 01:12:19,250 [Nina] Okay, exhale. 1251 01:12:19,833 --> 01:12:23,125 -Inhale slowly. You're safe. -[Kitty] Okay. 1252 01:12:23,208 --> 01:12:25,250 -[Lukas] Hey. -It's fine. They're gone. 1253 01:12:25,333 --> 01:12:29,666 -[Mauro] I can't breathe. -[exhales deeply] Exhale slowly. 1254 01:12:29,750 --> 01:12:31,000 You're safe. 1255 01:12:34,958 --> 01:12:36,375 [Lukas] It's all good. 1256 01:12:41,916 --> 01:12:43,625 [exhales deeply] 1257 01:12:46,458 --> 01:12:48,458 They're gone now. It's okay. 1258 01:12:53,166 --> 01:12:55,166 [Mauro sighs] 1259 01:13:00,708 --> 01:13:02,541 [Lukas] We stop missions in the winter. 1260 01:13:02,625 --> 01:13:04,166 The refugees don't cross in dinghies. 1261 01:13:04,250 --> 01:13:06,666 The sea gets really dicey. The weather's too bad. 1262 01:13:06,750 --> 01:13:09,500 We're using the downtime to tune up the ship. 1263 01:13:09,583 --> 01:13:11,750 And in January, we're organizing a big meeting 1264 01:13:11,833 --> 01:13:15,083 to go over everything that happened during our first year at sea. 1265 01:13:16,000 --> 01:13:19,458 The good stuff and the challenges. 1266 01:13:19,958 --> 01:13:22,458 -[mom] Hm. Mm. -[dad] Mm-hmm. 1267 01:13:22,958 --> 01:13:25,666 -[Lukas] What? -Nothing. 1268 01:13:26,166 --> 01:13:28,416 -What is it? -[mom] Nothing. 1269 01:13:29,166 --> 01:13:31,916 Well, I didn't want to bring this up tonight. 1270 01:13:32,000 --> 01:13:33,375 I'm just concerned. 1271 01:13:33,458 --> 01:13:34,791 You've been doing this two years. 1272 01:13:34,875 --> 01:13:36,500 You said you'd give it one. 1273 01:13:36,583 --> 01:13:39,208 Mm-hmm. So? 1274 01:13:39,291 --> 01:13:43,333 So, Kitty's almost done with her program. You haven't even started a degree. 1275 01:13:44,458 --> 01:13:47,333 You think I should mention it down there? I could tell the refugees, 1276 01:13:47,416 --> 01:13:50,083 "Sorry! I gotta move on now. My mother thinks this isn't honorable." 1277 01:13:50,166 --> 01:13:52,541 -That's not what I meant. -What did you mean? 1278 01:13:53,666 --> 01:13:56,500 I am only saying that nearly two years have gone by, 1279 01:13:56,583 --> 01:13:58,541 and I haven't heard from you in six months. 1280 01:13:58,625 --> 01:14:00,125 So I am worried. 1281 01:14:00,208 --> 01:14:03,458 -You can't go on like this. -Trust me. I wish I could just stop! 1282 01:14:05,500 --> 01:14:08,208 I'd be thrilled to move on with my life. 1283 01:14:09,041 --> 01:14:12,000 I wish no one needed rescuing anymore or someone else would do it. 1284 01:14:12,083 --> 01:14:14,375 But no one steps in. 1285 01:14:16,291 --> 01:14:19,708 Governments aren't offering to take over. They're not helping! 1286 01:14:22,750 --> 01:14:24,333 You're not either. 1287 01:14:26,666 --> 01:14:29,583 You believe giving 500 euros at Christmas is enough support. 1288 01:14:33,166 --> 01:14:34,958 We won't stop till it changes. 1289 01:14:38,625 --> 01:14:39,625 [quietly] Good. 1290 01:14:44,750 --> 01:14:46,750 [indistinct chatter] 1291 01:14:54,375 --> 01:14:57,625 [Viola] What I don't understand is… are there charges against us? 1292 01:14:57,708 --> 01:14:59,416 Why do you need to search our ship? 1293 01:14:59,500 --> 01:15:01,291 No. No, it's just routine. 1294 01:15:01,375 --> 01:15:02,583 [Sören] It's not routine. 1295 01:15:02,666 --> 01:15:05,166 And for five minors, you don't have to search our ship. 1296 01:15:05,250 --> 01:15:08,125 It doesn't make any sense! Look, our papers are in order. 1297 01:15:08,208 --> 01:15:10,333 Everything is fine. I really don't get the point. 1298 01:15:10,416 --> 01:15:12,208 [officer] These are routines. Don't worry. 1299 01:15:12,291 --> 01:15:14,708 [Sören] There are people out at sea. They need our help. 1300 01:15:14,791 --> 01:15:18,375 Otherwise, they're going to die while we have this discussion here. 1301 01:15:19,208 --> 01:15:22,208 So that's what complying with the authorities looks like. 1302 01:15:22,291 --> 01:15:25,166 You get pulled from your mission, and the ship gets searched. 1303 01:15:25,250 --> 01:15:28,250 [Sören] They interviewed us all night and let us go back the next morning. 1304 01:15:28,333 --> 01:15:30,208 We lost two whole days because of it. 1305 01:15:30,958 --> 01:15:33,666 We had to go there because we had five minors on board. 1306 01:15:33,750 --> 01:15:36,625 There were hundreds of people still out there on rubber dinghies. 1307 01:15:36,708 --> 01:15:38,666 We don't know what happened to them. 1308 01:15:38,750 --> 01:15:40,958 But here's the thing, at that moment like that, 1309 01:15:41,041 --> 01:15:42,625 there's nothing that the coast guard 1310 01:15:42,708 --> 01:15:44,583 or any authority can say. 1311 01:15:44,666 --> 01:15:46,125 We're there to save people. 1312 01:15:46,208 --> 01:15:48,791 Okay. But what did you expect us to do, then? 1313 01:15:48,875 --> 01:15:51,750 Because ignoring the authorities is not a good solution. 1314 01:15:51,833 --> 01:15:53,000 Stay and rescue. 1315 01:15:53,083 --> 01:15:55,916 You should have stood by the decision and let us refuse the orders. 1316 01:15:56,000 --> 01:15:58,041 -It would've been bad. -This is our ship. 1317 01:15:58,125 --> 01:15:59,708 We are free to do as we please on it. 1318 01:15:59,791 --> 01:16:02,083 But it's not your ship! It's not ours either. 1319 01:16:02,166 --> 01:16:04,458 You didn't pay for it. It is not private property. 1320 01:16:04,541 --> 01:16:06,250 It's not ours! 1321 01:16:06,333 --> 01:16:08,541 And all of us know that you just want to save people, 1322 01:16:08,625 --> 01:16:10,208 but we have to play by the damn rules! 1323 01:16:10,291 --> 01:16:12,791 I'm not doing what I want to. I'm doing what I have to. 1324 01:16:12,875 --> 01:16:15,000 Well, Jugend Rettet always has to cooperate. 1325 01:16:15,083 --> 01:16:17,375 I mean, if cooperating means letting people die out there, 1326 01:16:17,458 --> 01:16:18,875 we shouldn't cooperate. 1327 01:16:18,958 --> 01:16:21,125 It is criminal to go against the authorities. 1328 01:16:21,208 --> 01:16:23,166 We will lose funding, and we won't save any lives. 1329 01:16:23,250 --> 01:16:26,708 This silly image you're trying to project by wearing your designer outfits-- 1330 01:16:26,791 --> 01:16:27,833 [both] Viola! 1331 01:16:27,916 --> 01:16:30,208 It's not helping us rescue anyone. It's an act! 1332 01:16:30,291 --> 01:16:32,166 -You're out of line! -[Viola] I carry corpses. 1333 01:16:32,250 --> 01:16:34,375 You just sit at your desk with your spreadsheets. 1334 01:16:34,458 --> 01:16:36,208 Wow, Viola. You don't get it at all. 1335 01:16:36,291 --> 01:16:38,958 Without us here, in Berlin, you wouldn't have a ship. 1336 01:16:39,041 --> 01:16:41,375 I don't sit here and sweet-talk for donations. 1337 01:16:41,458 --> 01:16:43,791 I do public relations, fundraising, advocacy work, 1338 01:16:43,875 --> 01:16:45,166 and read every fucking email. 1339 01:16:45,250 --> 01:16:46,416 I sift through all the hate. 1340 01:16:46,500 --> 01:16:47,958 How dare you say I just sit here! 1341 01:16:48,041 --> 01:16:49,750 I'm killing myself to get people's support! 1342 01:16:49,833 --> 01:16:52,458 Without all the work we do here, we wouldn't have a single penny. 1343 01:16:52,541 --> 01:16:56,291 Yeah, but if we let the Italians bully us, your fucking money's useless! 1344 01:16:56,375 --> 01:16:57,541 Enough! 1345 01:16:58,500 --> 01:17:00,500 This is why we're falling apart. 1346 01:17:00,583 --> 01:17:03,041 You're being really disrespectful and self-righteous. 1347 01:17:03,125 --> 01:17:06,041 -I just say it how it is. -Why are you fighting us? 1348 01:17:06,125 --> 01:17:07,000 'Cause we have to. 1349 01:17:08,791 --> 01:17:09,666 [sighs] 1350 01:17:15,333 --> 01:17:17,708 -[lighter clicks] -She was really shitty in there. 1351 01:17:17,791 --> 01:17:20,250 [scoffs, sighs] 1352 01:17:20,333 --> 01:17:22,083 I spend like all of my time in this place. 1353 01:17:22,166 --> 01:17:24,166 I don't have a life, and they say I don't care? 1354 01:17:24,250 --> 01:17:27,083 I'm more into my outfits than saving the migrants who need my help? 1355 01:17:27,166 --> 01:17:29,291 She's all acting like there's two types of people. 1356 01:17:29,375 --> 01:17:31,500 The ones who work at computers and those who save lives. 1357 01:17:31,583 --> 01:17:34,958 I hear you. Just try to keep in mind these are views on the same problem. 1358 01:17:35,041 --> 01:17:36,000 At the end of the day, 1359 01:17:36,083 --> 01:17:37,875 the point is to get out there and save lives. 1360 01:17:37,958 --> 01:17:42,666 I'm perfectly aware of what goes on at sea even though I don't go on the missions! 1361 01:17:43,375 --> 01:17:46,041 But the people here don't seem to care about that! 1362 01:17:46,125 --> 01:17:48,791 Y'know, before it was all, "We can do it!" That time's passed. 1363 01:17:49,375 --> 01:17:51,541 Nobody wants anything to change around here. 1364 01:17:51,625 --> 01:17:53,541 Sure, they want the migrant problem to be solved. 1365 01:17:53,625 --> 01:17:55,875 They don't want to actually help with any of it though. 1366 01:17:55,958 --> 01:17:57,458 They want it to just disappear! 1367 01:17:57,958 --> 01:18:00,583 How can they see that welcoming people could bring us together 1368 01:18:00,666 --> 01:18:02,000 if it's tearing us apart? 1369 01:18:02,083 --> 01:18:04,791 [sighs] I think I should work elsewhere. 1370 01:18:06,291 --> 01:18:07,958 -Sorry. -Domi. 1371 01:18:08,666 --> 01:18:09,708 Domi! 1372 01:18:12,375 --> 01:18:13,666 [sighs] 1373 01:18:16,916 --> 01:18:18,916 [energetic music playing] 1374 01:18:47,458 --> 01:18:48,541 Hey. 1375 01:19:02,000 --> 01:19:04,125 [woman sighs] Fucking Libyan Coast Guard. 1376 01:19:04,208 --> 01:19:05,375 Oh shit. 1377 01:19:06,375 --> 01:19:09,416 -They're shooting at them. -[gunfire on video] 1378 01:19:10,375 --> 01:19:13,458 -Do you know where Sören and Viola are? -Upstairs. 1379 01:19:13,541 --> 01:19:14,541 Thanks. 1380 01:19:18,791 --> 01:19:21,750 [Viola] Last year's militia are now official Libyan Coast Guard. 1381 01:19:21,833 --> 01:19:24,791 [Sören] Yeah. Europe's actually training and financing them. 1382 01:19:25,625 --> 01:19:27,250 [Viola] Everything's changing. It's crazy. 1383 01:19:27,333 --> 01:19:29,000 No one wants anything to do with refugees. 1384 01:19:29,083 --> 01:19:32,291 [Sören] European countries want to block the Mediterranean route. 1385 01:19:32,375 --> 01:19:35,750 That's why they ordered us to Lampedusa. They don't want witnesses. 1386 01:19:35,833 --> 01:19:37,583 [Viola] Yeah. They want us to back down. 1387 01:19:37,666 --> 01:19:40,500 [Sören] But there are as many dinghies out there as last year. 1388 01:19:40,583 --> 01:19:41,541 They come in waves. 1389 01:19:41,625 --> 01:19:45,041 Sometimes we see eight or nine boats out there at the same time. 1390 01:19:45,125 --> 01:19:47,333 [Viola] It's insane. Hundreds of people. 1391 01:19:47,416 --> 01:19:49,458 They all die if no one rescues them. 1392 01:19:50,166 --> 01:19:52,166 [thunder rumbles] 1393 01:19:58,750 --> 01:20:00,458 [passengers clamoring] 1394 01:20:06,666 --> 01:20:07,750 [Lukas] Sören! 1395 01:20:08,583 --> 01:20:09,708 Sören! 1396 01:20:09,791 --> 01:20:11,458 -Sören! -What? 1397 01:20:11,541 --> 01:20:14,916 There's way too many of them! Where's the fucking coast guard? 1398 01:20:15,000 --> 01:20:18,708 [Sören] They said they were on their way! But that was hours ago! 1399 01:20:18,791 --> 01:20:20,541 We can't handle it all alone! 1400 01:20:20,625 --> 01:20:23,583 Get the people from there, onto the life raft. 1401 01:20:23,666 --> 01:20:25,375 We'll fill the raft, okay? 1402 01:20:25,458 --> 01:20:27,833 Everybody, I need your help. 1403 01:20:28,416 --> 01:20:29,833 Pull the people inside. 1404 01:20:30,708 --> 01:20:32,000 Okay. 1405 01:20:32,500 --> 01:20:35,000 I need space. Guys, I need space! 1406 01:20:35,916 --> 01:20:39,000 -[man panting] -[Lukas] I got him! I got him! 1407 01:20:39,625 --> 01:20:43,500 Come on, let me through. Sorry, sorry, sorry. 1408 01:20:43,583 --> 01:20:46,208 [passengers clamoring] 1409 01:20:47,833 --> 01:20:49,416 What's up with the coast guard? 1410 01:20:49,500 --> 01:20:51,583 They saw two other boats that need rescuing. 1411 01:20:51,666 --> 01:20:53,333 What about other ships? The navy? 1412 01:20:53,416 --> 01:20:55,791 -Apparently, no one can. -No one can help? 1413 01:20:57,166 --> 01:20:59,125 -Okay. -Hang on, Sören. 1414 01:21:00,333 --> 01:21:02,583 We've got to get everyone on deck and dump the life rafts. 1415 01:21:02,666 --> 01:21:04,625 -No way. We can't. -We've got to. 1416 01:21:04,708 --> 01:21:06,833 This boat won't move in this weather if we don't! 1417 01:21:06,916 --> 01:21:08,291 It's the way to fight the waves. 1418 01:21:08,375 --> 01:21:11,291 Viola. The deck is full. Why don't you get that? 1419 01:21:11,375 --> 01:21:14,458 -There's no more room! -I get it, but it's the only way. 1420 01:21:14,541 --> 01:21:17,833 -One big wave and it's all over. -Yeah, I know that! 1421 01:21:22,125 --> 01:21:23,333 Fuck. 1422 01:21:26,958 --> 01:21:30,875 [under breath] God fucking damn it. Lord help us. 1423 01:21:30,958 --> 01:21:33,166 Get everyone up! Get them all up there! 1424 01:21:34,583 --> 01:21:37,583 Lukas! Lukas! Maik! Come up here! 1425 01:21:37,666 --> 01:21:41,291 We have to get everyone up here. Everyone below deck! 1426 01:21:41,375 --> 01:21:43,958 Here, come on! Come up! 1427 01:21:44,041 --> 01:21:45,625 Get below deck! 1428 01:21:45,708 --> 01:21:48,583 Get everyone down there! Get everyone below deck! 1429 01:21:48,666 --> 01:21:50,416 One after the other! 1430 01:21:51,500 --> 01:21:54,125 [panicked clamoring] 1431 01:21:54,208 --> 01:21:57,166 Get inside. You can come here. Come here, come here. 1432 01:21:57,250 --> 01:21:59,375 Okay, go inside. Go inside! Go inside, go inside. 1433 01:21:59,458 --> 01:22:01,500 [woman sobbing] 1434 01:22:01,583 --> 01:22:03,750 She's really weak. She's really weak. 1435 01:22:03,833 --> 01:22:06,375 Watch your head. Watch your feet, please! 1436 01:22:06,458 --> 01:22:07,666 Go there. 1437 01:22:07,750 --> 01:22:09,791 Okay, be careful. Try to hold on. 1438 01:22:09,875 --> 01:22:12,208 Be careful! Watch your step, please. Go there. 1439 01:22:12,291 --> 01:22:13,583 Please move back a bit. 1440 01:22:13,666 --> 01:22:15,833 -One by one! -Back up! 1441 01:22:15,916 --> 01:22:17,791 Slower. Careful, please. Please, take care! 1442 01:22:20,166 --> 01:22:23,083 Spread out! Everybody spread out! 1443 01:22:24,958 --> 01:22:28,666 Please, everyone needs to wait a minute! And be careful! 1444 01:22:28,750 --> 01:22:30,416 Please slow down! 1445 01:22:30,500 --> 01:22:32,208 Try to make space for everyone. 1446 01:22:32,291 --> 01:22:35,208 [Viola] Mayday, mayday. This is Iuventa, Iuventa, Iuventa. 1447 01:22:35,291 --> 01:22:37,208 I have 400 people on board. 1448 01:22:37,291 --> 01:22:40,708 With the current weather situation, I'm not able to safely navigate. 1449 01:22:40,791 --> 01:22:44,791 Please. I need immediate assistance. I'm not able to get out of this situation. 1450 01:22:44,875 --> 01:22:46,791 Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! 1451 01:22:46,875 --> 01:22:48,291 [screaming] 1452 01:22:48,375 --> 01:22:50,541 [somber music building] 1453 01:22:50,625 --> 01:22:51,666 [Sören] Man overboard! 1454 01:22:54,875 --> 01:22:57,833 [Lukas] Go back to your vessel! Go back! 1455 01:23:00,916 --> 01:23:02,333 [Lukas] Go back to the-- 1456 01:23:03,250 --> 01:23:04,958 [man gasping] 1457 01:23:05,041 --> 01:23:08,500 Okay, come here! Come here! Grab my hand! 1458 01:23:09,000 --> 01:23:12,041 Hold on tight! I'm here for you! Take my hand! 1459 01:23:12,125 --> 01:23:13,541 [yelps] 1460 01:23:27,708 --> 01:23:30,041 [man] Over here! Come on! Take my hand! 1461 01:23:30,125 --> 01:23:31,750 Come on! Come on, now! 1462 01:23:35,000 --> 01:23:37,000 [Lukas grunts, panting] 1463 01:23:46,666 --> 01:23:48,166 God help us. 1464 01:23:53,541 --> 01:23:57,666 [screams continue in distance] 1465 01:23:57,750 --> 01:24:01,500 [Lukas] We were out there for 48 hours in total. 1466 01:24:01,583 --> 01:24:03,791 We were left to ourselves completely. 1467 01:24:03,875 --> 01:24:06,250 No ships came to help. The Coast Guard never showed up. 1468 01:24:06,333 --> 01:24:07,625 Neither did the Navy. 1469 01:24:07,708 --> 01:24:09,958 Our ship was so packed, we couldn't fit anyone else. 1470 01:24:10,041 --> 01:24:12,083 We had to watch people drown. 1471 01:24:12,166 --> 01:24:15,125 We ran out of space on board and life vests. We had nothing. 1472 01:24:15,208 --> 01:24:18,458 We were devastated. We were over capacity. People kept coming. 1473 01:24:18,541 --> 01:24:20,375 We couldn't help them all. 1474 01:24:20,458 --> 01:24:23,666 A container ship finally appeared and offered us a hand. 1475 01:24:23,750 --> 01:24:25,458 With that crew's help, we got to catch up 1476 01:24:25,541 --> 01:24:27,125 with another rescue mission. 1477 01:24:27,208 --> 01:24:29,583 Folks from Save the Children, a big ship. 1478 01:24:29,666 --> 01:24:32,208 The people we'd rescued got on. That's what we do. 1479 01:24:32,291 --> 01:24:34,833 You're still in the Mediterranean. Whereabouts? 1480 01:24:34,916 --> 01:24:36,000 In Malta. 1481 01:24:36,083 --> 01:24:38,333 Yeah. We're getting ourselves ready for the next mission. 1482 01:24:38,416 --> 01:24:39,708 Bergmann, what are you thinking? 1483 01:24:39,791 --> 01:24:42,125 You believe policies are sufficient in dealing with this? 1484 01:24:42,208 --> 01:24:45,583 Uh… Well, let me just start by saying that these young folks 1485 01:24:45,666 --> 01:24:48,666 are doing some extraordinary work down there. 1486 01:24:48,750 --> 01:24:50,875 And look, I don't mean to question their motives. 1487 01:24:50,958 --> 01:24:53,125 They are surely honorable. They really are. 1488 01:24:53,208 --> 01:24:57,250 But as far as we see it, these rescue ships are also pull factors. 1489 01:24:57,333 --> 01:25:00,291 You mean they actually cause these migrants 1490 01:25:00,375 --> 01:25:02,708 to risk their lives in the hopes of being saved? 1491 01:25:02,791 --> 01:25:03,625 Exactly. 1492 01:25:03,708 --> 01:25:05,958 They're willing to do just about anything 1493 01:25:06,041 --> 01:25:07,875 to get out of their dire situations. 1494 01:25:07,958 --> 01:25:11,583 They'll risk their lives if a ship is supposed to bring them to Europe. 1495 01:25:11,666 --> 01:25:13,916 -But it doesn't happen like that at all. -Mr. Weiland? 1496 01:25:14,000 --> 01:25:16,166 I mean, I'm sorry but it's not true. 1497 01:25:16,250 --> 01:25:18,041 People don't get onto these dinghies 1498 01:25:18,125 --> 01:25:21,208 thinking an NGO rescue ship is waiting out there to save them. 1499 01:25:21,291 --> 01:25:23,625 No, people do it because they're in war zones. 1500 01:25:23,708 --> 01:25:26,958 They're living in countries that outlaw their sexuality or religion. 1501 01:25:27,041 --> 01:25:28,958 They can't even feed their families. 1502 01:25:29,041 --> 01:25:32,625 You have to be pretty desperate to get on a rubber dinghy like that. 1503 01:25:32,708 --> 01:25:36,458 One would only venture out to sea for a matter of life or death. 1504 01:25:36,541 --> 01:25:39,458 Once on board our boat, they're not interested in welfare checks. 1505 01:25:39,541 --> 01:25:42,625 All they want is to write to their mothers to tell them they survived. 1506 01:25:42,708 --> 01:25:44,250 And what is your response 1507 01:25:44,333 --> 01:25:48,875 to the allegations that there are rescuers working with the human traffickers? 1508 01:25:48,958 --> 01:25:52,166 That there's a whole line of communication that takes place 1509 01:25:52,250 --> 01:25:54,041 before each dinghy departs. 1510 01:25:54,125 --> 01:25:56,416 That's not true either. These allegations are false. 1511 01:25:56,500 --> 01:25:58,625 The authorities are aware of that. 1512 01:25:58,708 --> 01:26:03,083 That's all false information aimed at discrediting our mission. 1513 01:26:03,166 --> 01:26:04,791 Of course, people end up believing it 1514 01:26:04,875 --> 01:26:07,333 since it's repeated so much on talk shows like this. 1515 01:26:07,416 --> 01:26:10,833 There's never any communication in advance with them. 1516 01:26:10,916 --> 01:26:14,291 We heard that you leave them boats and motors sometimes. 1517 01:26:14,375 --> 01:26:15,750 We're in the middle of the sea. 1518 01:26:15,833 --> 01:26:19,208 So, of course, we can't always destroy the rubber dinghies during rescues. 1519 01:26:19,291 --> 01:26:24,375 We're busy saving people in danger because… because it's our priority. 1520 01:26:25,375 --> 01:26:28,791 Our mission is saving lives. Not handling boats. 1521 01:26:36,375 --> 01:26:42,541 MALTA. LATE JULY 2017 1522 01:26:53,166 --> 01:26:55,166 [gentle music playing] 1523 01:27:00,416 --> 01:27:02,583 [Kitty sighs] 1524 01:27:05,083 --> 01:27:07,416 [both chuckle softly] 1525 01:27:09,916 --> 01:27:12,708 -Wow, you look like shit. -[scoffs] Yeah. 1526 01:27:14,833 --> 01:27:16,416 -Let's go for a walk. -Mm-hmm. 1527 01:27:18,958 --> 01:27:20,166 [sighs] 1528 01:27:21,458 --> 01:27:24,416 So what's the conference, uh… you're going to? 1529 01:27:24,500 --> 01:27:27,125 -Where is it again? -Uh, in Syracuse, in Sicily. 1530 01:27:27,208 --> 01:27:28,333 Right. 1531 01:27:28,416 --> 01:27:31,250 The conference is focused on international human rights. 1532 01:27:37,333 --> 01:27:42,125 Nina mentioned the situation down here is getting really hard. 1533 01:27:42,208 --> 01:27:44,875 [scoffs] That's an understatement, for sure. 1534 01:27:44,958 --> 01:27:46,333 This is a war. 1535 01:27:48,500 --> 01:27:51,416 They're fighting the refugees, so they're fighting us too. 1536 01:27:52,458 --> 01:27:56,416 The Italian government has asked us to sign a code of conduct. 1537 01:27:56,500 --> 01:27:58,916 They want the police to ride along on the Iuventa 1538 01:27:59,000 --> 01:28:02,375 so they can… interrogate the refugees as soon as they board. 1539 01:28:02,458 --> 01:28:06,416 Odds are, they're just going to ask, "Who was driving the dinghy?" 1540 01:28:06,500 --> 01:28:10,250 And someone will proudly say they were in charge, 1541 01:28:10,333 --> 01:28:15,208 feeling heroic, and they'll get locked up for 20 years for human trafficking. 1542 01:28:15,291 --> 01:28:18,500 Most NGOs already signed it, but we're not gonna do that. 1543 01:28:21,125 --> 01:28:23,416 I know exactly how they're gonna answer. 1544 01:28:41,291 --> 01:28:42,500 [Kitty sighs] 1545 01:28:49,208 --> 01:28:50,958 My ferry's gonna leave soon. 1546 01:28:59,500 --> 01:29:01,500 [hesitates] 1547 01:29:03,708 --> 01:29:05,708 When's your next mission? 1548 01:29:07,208 --> 01:29:09,125 Uh… tomorrow. 1549 01:29:09,708 --> 01:29:10,916 [Kitty sighs] 1550 01:29:15,833 --> 01:29:17,166 [huffs] 1551 01:29:17,250 --> 01:29:18,750 [sniffles] 1552 01:29:25,208 --> 01:29:26,875 [sighs deeply] 1553 01:29:31,458 --> 01:29:34,791 [exhales] Take care of yourself. 1554 01:29:34,875 --> 01:29:36,875 [tender music rises] 1555 01:29:41,708 --> 01:29:44,250 [indistinct chatter] 1556 01:29:45,125 --> 01:29:48,125 [Sören] Excuse me. Why are you bringing two people on board? 1557 01:29:48,208 --> 01:29:50,333 -[officer speaking Italian] -[Sören] No. Don't. 1558 01:29:50,416 --> 01:29:53,750 Where did you find them? What do you want us to do with them now? 1559 01:29:53,833 --> 01:29:56,083 -[guard speaking Italian] -[Sören] No. It is a problem. 1560 01:29:56,166 --> 01:29:57,791 'Cause we don't know why they're here. 1561 01:29:57,875 --> 01:29:59,000 [officer speaking Italian] 1562 01:29:59,083 --> 01:30:01,875 [Sören] What should we do now? No, I don't understand. 1563 01:30:02,916 --> 01:30:04,083 Who are they? 1564 01:30:04,166 --> 01:30:06,666 Apparently, two brothers from Syria. 1565 01:30:06,750 --> 01:30:09,666 [Lukas] With nice suitcases? Brought here by the Coast Guard. 1566 01:30:11,083 --> 01:30:13,250 So we need to take them to Lampedusa? For real? 1567 01:30:13,333 --> 01:30:16,791 -Yeah. -That's nuts. 1568 01:30:20,083 --> 01:30:23,375 -[Paula] We're just trying to-- -Okay, stop. Um…who are you? 1569 01:30:23,458 --> 01:30:25,541 -We are brothers from Syria. -Brothers, okay. 1570 01:30:25,625 --> 01:30:27,125 -[Paula] Lukas. -Just wait a second. 1571 01:30:27,208 --> 01:30:30,833 Honestly, you don't look like brothers. Can you stop filming for a second? 1572 01:30:30,916 --> 01:30:32,875 What is this? What are you doing here? 1573 01:30:32,958 --> 01:30:35,041 We're doing interviews for a documentary. 1574 01:30:35,125 --> 01:30:36,541 [scoffs] Documentary? 1575 01:30:36,625 --> 01:30:39,750 -About the situation of refugees. -Okay, no. Uh, please take it down, okay? 1576 01:30:39,833 --> 01:30:42,541 We're not doing an interview. We're not doing a documentary here. 1577 01:30:42,625 --> 01:30:45,500 -Take it down. Hey! Take it… Fuck! -What? 1578 01:30:45,583 --> 01:30:47,291 This is insane. 1579 01:30:47,875 --> 01:30:52,541 LAMPEDUSA, 02 AUGUST 2017 1580 01:30:53,458 --> 01:30:55,458 [crowd clamoring] 1581 01:31:01,750 --> 01:31:03,416 Who's the captain here? 1582 01:31:04,708 --> 01:31:08,791 -This ship is under police investigation. -Why? 1583 01:31:08,875 --> 01:31:11,833 I'm sorry, madam. But you have to leave the ship. 1584 01:31:13,541 --> 01:31:15,625 -What's the reason? -Please. 1585 01:31:15,708 --> 01:31:18,333 The whole crew has to leave the ship. Now. 1586 01:31:18,416 --> 01:31:21,000 -Come on. -We've done nothing wrong. 1587 01:31:21,083 --> 01:31:24,208 There is no reason for us to leave this ship. 1588 01:31:24,291 --> 01:31:26,875 -[officers speaking Italian] -[Viola] I mean… 1589 01:31:28,083 --> 01:31:31,208 Are we under arrest? What? Please don't touch me. 1590 01:31:31,291 --> 01:31:33,291 [indistinct chatter] 1591 01:31:41,250 --> 01:31:43,250 [sounds distort] 1592 01:31:51,083 --> 01:31:53,083 [cell phone vibrating] 1593 01:31:54,958 --> 01:31:58,666 Nina? Wait, we're putting you on speaker. 1594 01:31:59,583 --> 01:32:01,791 -All right. -[Nina] Okay. Where are you? 1595 01:32:01,875 --> 01:32:03,541 By the boat. They're searching it. 1596 01:32:03,625 --> 01:32:06,208 [Nina] I know. The phones are ringing off the hook here. 1597 01:32:06,291 --> 01:32:08,541 They're seizing the ship now. 1598 01:32:08,625 --> 01:32:11,000 We're going to get charged with human trafficking. 1599 01:32:11,875 --> 01:32:13,291 [quietly] What? 1600 01:32:13,375 --> 01:32:16,208 [Nina] That's what the Italian authorities told the press. 1601 01:32:16,291 --> 01:32:18,916 They've got a 400-page indictment against us. 1602 01:32:19,000 --> 01:32:21,416 -[sighs] -It's all over the media already. 1603 01:32:21,500 --> 01:32:23,500 [Maik] Yup, look at all this. 1604 01:32:25,583 --> 01:32:27,625 So, they knew before us? 1605 01:32:27,708 --> 01:32:30,250 Looks like they were fully prepared. 1606 01:32:32,125 --> 01:32:35,750 I found a lawyer from Borderline Europe who's on vacation on Lampedusa. 1607 01:32:35,833 --> 01:32:37,750 She's headed to the indictment hearing right now, 1608 01:32:37,833 --> 01:32:39,625 and you need to meet with her. 1609 01:32:41,291 --> 01:32:42,791 Okay, thanks. 1610 01:32:42,875 --> 01:32:46,208 -[Nina] Take care of yourselves. -We will. Bye. 1611 01:32:46,291 --> 01:32:48,375 [officer] Yes. Take them all. 1612 01:32:59,125 --> 01:33:02,250 [woman] First, I have to ask you to switch off your mobile devices, please. 1613 01:33:02,333 --> 01:33:05,041 And I see that you have a fridge. 1614 01:33:05,125 --> 01:33:07,625 Would you be so kind to actually switch them off 1615 01:33:07,708 --> 01:33:09,375 and put them in there, please? 1616 01:33:11,916 --> 01:33:13,291 Thank you. 1617 01:33:13,375 --> 01:33:17,083 They tapped over 40 phones. Lawyers, priests, journalists… 1618 01:33:17,166 --> 01:33:18,583 It's all in here. 1619 01:33:19,958 --> 01:33:23,916 There are three criminal offenses brought against the Iuventa crew. 1620 01:33:24,000 --> 01:33:30,083 One suggests a direct handover of people from the smugglers to the Iuventa. 1621 01:33:30,166 --> 01:33:32,916 The other one, a hand gesture, like waving. 1622 01:33:33,000 --> 01:33:37,083 Which is supposed to prove communication and establish relationship 1623 01:33:37,166 --> 01:33:38,416 between you and them. 1624 01:33:38,500 --> 01:33:39,708 Hand-waving? 1625 01:33:39,791 --> 01:33:43,000 They seized our ship because someone waved a hand? 1626 01:33:43,791 --> 01:33:44,791 Yes. 1627 01:33:44,875 --> 01:33:46,625 -[scoffs] -And… the third one 1628 01:33:46,708 --> 01:33:52,291 accuses you of returning three refugee boats to Libyan smugglers. 1629 01:33:53,625 --> 01:33:58,750 This all results in a charge of aiding and abetting unauthorized immigration, 1630 01:33:58,833 --> 01:34:00,875 which means people smuggling. 1631 01:34:01,875 --> 01:34:03,583 How did they get the photos? 1632 01:34:03,666 --> 01:34:06,166 Obviously they had someone on board who took them. 1633 01:34:06,250 --> 01:34:09,125 There was a spy? There was a spy on board the other ship? 1634 01:34:09,208 --> 01:34:11,875 -We just pulled the boats out of the way. -Yeah. 1635 01:34:11,958 --> 01:34:14,375 We tried not to jeopardize the rescue operation. 1636 01:34:15,041 --> 01:34:19,416 If you only look at the photo, it tells a different story. 1637 01:34:19,500 --> 01:34:22,041 And that's the story that they told the press. 1638 01:34:22,125 --> 01:34:23,458 What? 1639 01:34:23,541 --> 01:34:25,250 Oh, and there is one more thing. 1640 01:34:25,333 --> 01:34:29,000 The files indicate that the Italian authorities 1641 01:34:29,083 --> 01:34:34,416 have transcripts of conversations on board of the Iuventa. 1642 01:34:34,500 --> 01:34:36,416 -[both] What? -You mean they bugged us? 1643 01:34:36,500 --> 01:34:37,666 Mm. 1644 01:34:37,750 --> 01:34:41,375 That's why they ordered us to Lampedusa. To bug us. 1645 01:34:42,458 --> 01:34:45,250 [sighs] Shit, man. 1646 01:34:46,500 --> 01:34:50,500 What happens if we're… uh, what's the word? 1647 01:34:50,583 --> 01:34:52,166 -Convicted. -Yeah. 1648 01:34:52,833 --> 01:34:55,250 People smuggling is a serious accusation. 1649 01:34:55,333 --> 01:35:00,541 So if the court rules against you, you might have to go to jail. 1650 01:35:05,583 --> 01:35:08,291 -[sighs] -How long? 1651 01:35:08,375 --> 01:35:10,916 At least five, up to 20 years. 1652 01:35:11,750 --> 01:35:16,041 And 15,000 euro fine per person brought into Italy. 1653 01:35:19,416 --> 01:35:20,416 [sighs] 1654 01:35:25,416 --> 01:35:27,500 [somber music playing] 1655 01:36:32,333 --> 01:36:34,333 [message alerts playing] 1656 01:36:43,041 --> 01:36:45,041 [line ringing] 1657 01:36:49,250 --> 01:36:52,291 -[Lamin] Hello, my friend. -[chuckles] Hello, Lamin. 1658 01:36:52,375 --> 01:36:54,958 [in German] I tried to call you five times. 1659 01:36:55,041 --> 01:36:57,666 [in English] I saw that, yeah. You already speaking German, or what 1660 01:36:57,750 --> 01:37:01,208 [in German] Yes, I got a course! Intensive course. 1661 01:37:01,291 --> 01:37:05,833 And I told myself, "If you want to go to school, you have to learn German." 1662 01:37:06,416 --> 01:37:09,583 -[in English] That's fantastic. -[In German] Yes, it's hard. 1663 01:37:09,666 --> 01:37:12,333 -It's really a difficult language. -[chuckles] 1664 01:37:12,416 --> 01:37:15,041 But now I can stay in Germany. 1665 01:37:15,125 --> 01:37:18,791 I'll finish school, and then I'll do an apprenticeship. 1666 01:37:18,875 --> 01:37:20,666 Industrial mechanic. 1667 01:37:21,250 --> 01:37:25,000 [in English] Industrial mechanics? Cool. [chuckles] 1668 01:37:25,083 --> 01:37:28,458 And I called you because I wanted to tell you something 1669 01:37:28,541 --> 01:37:33,250 I couldn't have done that without you all. You know? 1670 01:37:33,333 --> 01:37:38,166 That day on your ship was the happiest day in my life, you know? 1671 01:37:38,250 --> 01:37:41,750 And now, I'm getting educated. 1672 01:37:41,833 --> 01:37:43,708 I can follow my dreams. 1673 01:37:43,791 --> 01:37:46,666 And I can do all of that because of you. 1674 01:37:49,166 --> 01:37:51,000 That's why I wanted to thank you. 1675 01:37:52,166 --> 01:37:53,666 That's why I'm calling. 1676 01:37:57,083 --> 01:37:59,375 -What is wrong, my friend? -Nothing. 1677 01:38:00,500 --> 01:38:02,750 -What is it? -Lamin, they seized our ship. 1678 01:38:02,833 --> 01:38:03,666 What? 1679 01:38:03,750 --> 01:38:06,541 Yeah, they're saying we work with smugglers together. 1680 01:38:06,625 --> 01:38:09,500 -But you don't. -No, I know. I know we don't. 1681 01:38:09,583 --> 01:38:12,250 -I tell them that you didn't do that. -[chuckles] 1682 01:38:12,333 --> 01:38:14,583 Yeah, that would… that would be great. 1683 01:38:14,666 --> 01:38:17,458 I tell them that you did not work with the smugglers. 1684 01:38:17,541 --> 01:38:20,125 I was there. I can testify. 1685 01:38:20,208 --> 01:38:22,541 We all do. All of us. 1686 01:38:23,458 --> 01:38:27,958 Without you, we all would have died. For sure. 1687 01:38:28,750 --> 01:38:32,208 You saved us and now, we'll save you. 1688 01:38:32,291 --> 01:38:34,958 Lamin, that… that would be amazing. 1689 01:38:36,166 --> 01:38:37,291 Really. 1690 01:38:40,166 --> 01:38:42,166 [indistinct chatter] 1691 01:38:43,916 --> 01:38:47,291 What if the refugees are our witnesses? 1692 01:38:48,166 --> 01:38:51,125 They were there. They can say that they were in distress. 1693 01:38:51,208 --> 01:38:54,666 That they fought for their lives and we didn't collaborate with smugglers. 1694 01:38:54,750 --> 01:38:57,250 I mean, we don't know where they are today. 1695 01:38:57,333 --> 01:39:00,416 They probably live all over Europe if they are still in Europe. 1696 01:39:00,500 --> 01:39:03,583 -We can find them, I'm sure. Right? -[sighs] 1697 01:39:03,666 --> 01:39:05,666 [energetic music playing] 1698 01:39:09,750 --> 01:39:11,541 When are we allowed to leave Lampedusa? 1699 01:39:11,625 --> 01:39:13,375 Who are the people in charge of the Iuventa? 1700 01:39:15,458 --> 01:39:18,208 So I would suggest the three of you stay here 1701 01:39:18,291 --> 01:39:20,666 and wait for the decision of the authorities. 1702 01:39:21,750 --> 01:39:26,708 They might come up to question you or come up with an arrest warrant. 1703 01:39:26,791 --> 01:39:29,791 Why can't we just fly back? I mean, what can they do? 1704 01:39:29,875 --> 01:39:31,791 Arrest us because we tried to flee? 1705 01:39:31,875 --> 01:39:32,791 [lawyer] Yes. 1706 01:39:32,875 --> 01:39:35,208 [Viola] What? But no, they can't arrest us. 1707 01:39:35,291 --> 01:39:37,875 We are all European citizens. 1708 01:39:37,958 --> 01:39:41,125 I mean, they just seized our ship without any reason. 1709 01:39:41,208 --> 01:39:42,833 [lawyer] Exactly. 1710 01:39:42,916 --> 01:39:47,125 I think the crew can leave. They can't force them to stay. 1711 01:39:47,208 --> 01:39:50,875 But… I don't know what will happen to the three of you. 1712 01:39:50,958 --> 01:39:54,250 Great. I guess we're stuck here. 1713 01:40:00,083 --> 01:40:02,000 I'll be, uh, right back. 1714 01:40:02,083 --> 01:40:06,041 -Lukas! -[Lukas] I know how to get us out of here! 1715 01:40:12,875 --> 01:40:15,375 [Lukas] I knew Mauro had a sailing license. 1716 01:40:15,458 --> 01:40:17,875 So he got on the next flight to Mallorca with Nina. 1717 01:40:17,958 --> 01:40:18,791 Good luck. 1718 01:40:18,875 --> 01:40:21,291 Dressed like tourists, they chartered a boat 1719 01:40:21,375 --> 01:40:25,291 and sailed nonstop for five days and five nights straight to Lampedusa. 1720 01:40:25,958 --> 01:40:28,875 While the rest of the crew flew back to Berlin, 1721 01:40:28,958 --> 01:40:31,791 Nina and Mauro smuggled us off the island. 1722 01:40:32,791 --> 01:40:34,791 [hopeful music playing] 1723 01:40:41,500 --> 01:40:43,500 [hopeful music fades] 1724 01:40:46,791 --> 01:40:49,625 [Lukas] For a brief moment, we were free. 1725 01:40:54,458 --> 01:40:57,416 We're officially in international waters. You can come up. 1726 01:40:59,083 --> 01:41:00,666 -Let's celebrate. -[Nina] Okay. 1727 01:41:00,750 --> 01:41:02,458 I know this is super inappropriate, 1728 01:41:02,541 --> 01:41:04,708 but we were given this bottle when we rented the boat. 1729 01:41:04,791 --> 01:41:06,416 -So let's enjoy. -Cheers. 1730 01:41:13,500 --> 01:41:14,500 To us. 1731 01:41:22,083 --> 01:41:24,166 [gentle music playing] 1732 01:41:24,250 --> 01:41:27,041 The case became one of the longest and most elaborate 1733 01:41:27,125 --> 01:41:31,083 against a civilian rescue organization in history. 1734 01:41:31,166 --> 01:41:33,125 [crowd chanting] 1735 01:41:33,208 --> 01:41:36,791 [prosecutor] Were you responsible for communication during the operations? 1736 01:41:36,875 --> 01:41:38,333 Among others, yes. 1737 01:41:38,416 --> 01:41:42,000 So your crew relied on secret, encrypted channels? Is that correct? 1738 01:41:42,083 --> 01:41:45,875 We used WhatsApp. It's not secret. It's practical. 1739 01:41:45,958 --> 01:41:48,708 The Italian authorities wanted to set a precedent with us, 1740 01:41:48,791 --> 01:41:50,958 despite there being no evidence to support their claims. 1741 01:41:51,041 --> 01:41:53,875 Witnesses reported strong light signal from your ship. 1742 01:41:53,958 --> 01:41:55,208 What were you signaling? 1743 01:41:55,875 --> 01:41:58,250 Nothing. We were scanning for boats in distress. 1744 01:41:58,958 --> 01:42:00,208 Using searchlights at night 1745 01:42:00,291 --> 01:42:02,583 is standard procedure in every rescue operation. 1746 01:42:02,666 --> 01:42:04,833 [Lukas] They called us the "taxis of the sea." 1747 01:42:04,916 --> 01:42:06,083 [speaking indistinctly] 1748 01:42:06,166 --> 01:42:09,083 [Lukas] Their goal was to discredit and silence us. 1749 01:42:09,916 --> 01:42:13,333 Every transfer was documented, reported to the authorities. 1750 01:42:13,416 --> 01:42:15,791 You can check the records, the e-mails, the phone logs… 1751 01:42:15,875 --> 01:42:18,291 It's all there. Everything is on record. 1752 01:42:18,375 --> 01:42:21,125 [Lukas] We continued trying to find those we'd rescued. 1753 01:42:21,208 --> 01:42:24,416 Anyone willing to testify that we were innocent. 1754 01:42:28,458 --> 01:42:31,291 Many were living in temporary camps and shelters, 1755 01:42:31,375 --> 01:42:34,125 far from their families and dreams of a safe future. 1756 01:42:36,833 --> 01:42:38,666 [Rose gasps] 1757 01:42:38,750 --> 01:42:40,625 [Lukas] They were all willing to testify for us. 1758 01:42:40,708 --> 01:42:42,208 -Hi. -[Lukas] Hello, Rose. 1759 01:42:42,291 --> 01:42:45,291 [Rose] We were captured by the Libyan militias in the desert. 1760 01:42:45,375 --> 01:42:46,958 And taken to prison. 1761 01:42:47,041 --> 01:42:49,875 They beat us and left us without food for days. 1762 01:42:49,958 --> 01:42:52,500 Many women were forced into prostitution. 1763 01:42:52,583 --> 01:42:56,958 When I close my eyes, I… I still hear the scream of people. 1764 01:42:57,041 --> 01:42:59,541 Objection. None of this is relevant to this case. 1765 01:42:59,625 --> 01:43:02,375 Overruled. It's relevant. Please go on. 1766 01:43:03,791 --> 01:43:07,000 [Lamin] We were drifting for days, abandoned at sea, 1767 01:43:07,083 --> 01:43:08,916 before the Iuventa found us. 1768 01:43:09,000 --> 01:43:13,666 There was no direct handover. Or collaboration with the smugglers. 1769 01:43:13,750 --> 01:43:17,458 Without them, I would not be here. 1770 01:43:17,541 --> 01:43:20,416 We would not be here to tell our story. 1771 01:43:20,500 --> 01:43:22,166 We would be dead. 1772 01:43:23,541 --> 01:43:26,333 The Iuventa people saved our lives. 1773 01:43:26,833 --> 01:43:28,166 That's what they did. 1774 01:43:29,875 --> 01:43:35,291 [Lukas] On April 19, 2024, after over 40 hearings and seven years, 1775 01:43:35,375 --> 01:43:37,416 the judge announced the verdict. 1776 01:43:39,625 --> 01:43:42,166 The evidence presented in this case 1777 01:43:42,250 --> 01:43:45,958 speaks with absolute clarity and completeness 1778 01:43:46,041 --> 01:43:50,125 to the absence of the offenses brought against the defendants. 1779 01:43:51,208 --> 01:43:56,708 When individuals risk their lives to escape torture and enslavement, 1780 01:43:57,333 --> 01:43:59,291 this court cannot punish those 1781 01:43:59,375 --> 01:44:03,750 whose actions were aimed towards ensuring their survival. 1782 01:44:04,416 --> 01:44:06,375 The act of saving lives at sea 1783 01:44:06,458 --> 01:44:10,708 is not and has never been a criminal offense. 1784 01:44:10,791 --> 01:44:12,791 -[Lukas] Yeah! -[group exclaims] 1785 01:44:13,583 --> 01:44:16,083 [Lukas] We were acquitted on all charges. 1786 01:44:18,750 --> 01:44:21,208 [gentle music rises] 1787 01:44:21,291 --> 01:44:22,791 [Lukas] I can only speak for myself, 1788 01:44:22,875 --> 01:44:25,375 but I will always rescue people from drowning. 1789 01:44:26,291 --> 01:44:28,291 [gentle music swells] 1790 01:44:29,875 --> 01:44:31,875 Helping is not a crime. 1791 01:44:34,208 --> 01:44:36,208 It is an act of humanity. 1792 01:44:37,250 --> 01:44:39,250 [energetic music playing] 1793 01:44:44,375 --> 01:44:46,750 BETWEEN 2016 AND 2017, 1794 01:44:46,833 --> 01:44:51,541 THE IUVENTA CREW SAVED OVER 23,000 LIVES. 1795 01:44:52,458 --> 01:44:55,500 DURING THE SEVEN YEARS OF THE TRIAL AGAINST THE IUVENTA 1796 01:44:55,583 --> 01:44:58,833 TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DROWNED IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, 1797 01:44:59,458 --> 01:45:02,416 WITH THE ALMOST ONE MILLION EUROS SPENT ON THE TRIAL 1798 01:45:02,500 --> 01:45:07,500 "JUGEND RETTET" COULD HAVE CONTINUED SAVING LIVES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN 1799 01:45:07,583 --> 01:45:09,375 FOR FOUR MORE YEARS. 1800 01:45:10,083 --> 01:45:13,458 OR BOUGHT SIX MORE SHIPS LIKE THE IUVENTA 1801 01:45:13,541 --> 01:45:16,833 AND USED THEM FOR RESCUE OPERATIONS. 1802 01:45:18,083 --> 01:45:21,541 THE IUVENTA RUSTED IN THE PORT OF TRAPANI. 1803 01:45:21,625 --> 01:45:26,375 IN 2024, IT WAS RETURNED TO "JUGEND RETTET" AS A WRECK. 1804 01:45:27,125 --> 01:45:31,875 MANY MEMBERS OF THE IUVENTA CREW REMAINED ACTIVE DESPITE THE CHARGES 1805 01:45:31,958 --> 01:45:35,166 AND WORKED WITH OTHER RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS. 1806 01:45:35,916 --> 01:45:38,458 IN 2020, THE IUVENTA CREW WAS AWARDED 1807 01:45:38,541 --> 01:45:43,291 THE AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS PRIZE FOR THEIR WORK. 1808 01:45:44,125 --> 01:45:51,125 THEIR STORY INSPIRED MANY OTHERS TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED. 1809 01:45:52,333 --> 01:45:57,208 THIS FILM IS DEDICATED TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, 1810 01:45:57,291 --> 01:46:00,625 TO THOSE WHO SURVIVED, AND TO ALL THOSE WHO HELPED THEM. 1811 01:46:05,166 --> 01:46:10,250 23,000 LIVES 1812 01:52:00,958 --> 01:52:03,458 [music fades] 1813 01:52:03,541 --> 01:52:08,541 Subtitle translation by: Diana Renker