The Sea Rescuers — Season 1, Episode 7: Rescue from the burning tanker

Episode synopsis

Flames are raging on an oil tanker off Warnemünde. The situation threatens to escalate. "My first thought was: 'Oh, I hope this isn't my last call,'" recalls Steffen Schmeißer, who had extinguished his very first ship fire just a few weeks earlier. The sea rescuers must get the seven-member crew off the ship quickly and safely. Every minute counts, because the sailors' lives are at stake, while the flames threaten to spread relentlessly to the rest of the vessel.

About The Sea Rescuers

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.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Sunken freighter: Eight men overboard
• E2Sunken freighter: Rescue in the storm?
• E3Force 7 wind: Survival in the storm
• E4Firefighting operation: Ship in flames
• E5Ship in distress: Nighttime operation
• E6Emergency doctor on board
• E8Ghost ship off Norderney
• E9Mast breakage: Every sailor's nightmare
• E10Inflatable boat: Lost in the North Sea