Between storms and towering waves, in sunshine or in the dead of night: Sea rescuers from the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (DGzRS) risk their lives for people in distress on the high seas! The documentary series "The Sea Rescuers" accompanies these heroes of the seas up close during their spectacular missions on the North and Baltic Seas.
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Sunken freighter: eight men overboard
Sunken freighter: rescue in the storm?
Force 7 wind: survival in the storm
Firefighting operation: ship in flames
Ship in distress: nighttime operation
Emergency doctor on board
Rescue from the burning tanker
Ghost ship off norderney
Mast breakage: every sailor's nightmare
Inflatable boat: lost in the north sea
Fire on board
The north sea never forgives
Leak below deck – water ingress at sea
Dinghy in distress at sea
Covered at high tide – angler drifts out to sea
Emergency at regatta
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