Thank goodness, I thought I was the only one after reading the first few posts. He left it for others to use, plus it was an emergency. People were dying!
Who was in immediate danger of death that was rescued? Were the waters rising or falling at the time the boat was "commandeered"?
Who was in immediate danger of death that was rescued? Were the waters rising or falling at the time the boat was "commandeered"?
If you have determined from more information than is available here, that what was done was commandeering necessitated by the immediate danger to life, in that case who should bear the cost of the loss -- the loss or damage to the boat that was taken from it's owner? Why?