Surprised that the Navy ship didn’t have several night vision equipped sailors watching the lifeboat for just this contingency. In fact, I’m surprised that they didn’t have divers in the water near the boat to grab the captain once he was in the water and take him down below bullet range while sharing a regulator with him. Then have the gunners light up the lifeboat with 50 cals.
My thoughts exactly. I'll bet the Navy had orders to stand down from the current administration; otherwise they would have rescued the Captain.