Comment Re: 46USC2304 - Duty to provide assistance at sea (Score 1) 123
It's clickbait.
To you pull over and offer to siphon some of your gas when you see somebody on the side of the road?
Let's not glaze over the fact that they ran out of fuel in the first place.
Per abcnews quote:
âoeIf Zuckerbergâ(TM)s ship is there and this vessel just ran out of fuel, theyâ(TM)re under no obligation whatsoever to assist them. Zero,â said Davenport, who led rescues in the Bering Sea during his career. âoeIs it that common courtesy to help other mariners out? Yes, because someday youâ(TM)re going to need assistance.â