[PGR88]

The boat’s captain, 49-year-old Daniel Couch, feared the sail would drag the boat and endanger others, so he purposefully cut the cable that connected their harness to the boat

so he traded the possible risk of endangering others, to the guaranteed risk of endangering these 3 people.

[nicollo]

Real world trolley car problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem

I withhold judgment.