關注社會:同時落水,先救老婆還是先救狗?

When you hear about a man saving his dog from a sinking ship, it’s hard to not be moved by the tale of an animal lover’s heroism. But the story becomes slightly less heroic when you learn that the man saved his dog before his own wife.

當你聽到一個男人從沉船裏救出自己的狗，你肯定會很感動，覺得這位動物愛好者非常英勇。但我們這個故事裏的男士就顯得沒那麼英勇了：因爲他是先救的狗再救的自己老婆。

But that’s apparently what happened when Graham Anley and his wife, Cheryl, found their yacht sinking after it hit a reef Aug. 4 while on a voyage from East London to Madagascar.

故事是這樣發生的：8月4日，格雷厄姆和他的妻子謝麗爾駕駛遊艇從南非東倫敦前往馬達加斯加島，但他們的旅行卻遭遇事故：遊艇撞上暗礁眼看就要沉下去了。

National Sea Rescue Institute North London station commander Geoff McGregor said all three were wearing life jackets. The 9-year-old Jack Russell terrier named Rosie was wearing a tailored life jacket equipped with a strobe light beacon.

參與救援的全國海難救助會北倫敦站指揮官傑夫-麥格雷戈表示，當時這對夫妻外加狗狗都穿着救生衣。他們家的寵物狗名叫羅西，是一隻9歲的傑克羅素梗犬。 羅西當時身上穿着特別定製的救生衣，配有閃光燈信號。

"As the incident happened Graham sent a radio distress call and activated the EPIRB (a GPS beacon) but they were immediately forced to abandon ship, " McGregor said in an interview.

麥格雷戈在接受採訪時表示：“事故發生後，格雷厄姆立刻發出遇險無線電求救信號，啓動了應急無線電示位標，但他們立刻需要棄船逃生。”

"He first swam Rosie ashore safely before returning for his wife, whose safety line had snagged on the steering gear, " McGregor added. The couple and their dog all made it out free of injury.

麥格雷戈補充說：“他先抱着羅西遊到岸邊，確認它安全後纔回到妻子身邊。當時他妻子的保險繩被勾在了船舵上。” 這對夫婦和他們的寵物狗都沒有受傷。

Graham, a longtime volunteer with the National Sea Rescue Institute, said it was "humbling to have the shoe on the other foot and need to be rescued."

麥格雷戈長期在全國海難救助會做志願者，他表示：“情況完全不同，（以前是志願者）現在自己卻需要別人來營救，覺得真難爲情。”

Some details have yet to emerge. So, it's likely that Cheryl was in a position of relative safety and Rosie might have been in a more perilous position had she been left on the boat. The couple did not want to speak with the media about their rescue.

事件細節還有待調查。所以當時的情況很可能是謝麗爾當時的位置可能相對比較安全，羅西的情況比較危險，所以麥格雷戈纔會做出先救狗而把妻子留下的決定。這對夫婦目前不想對媒體就此次營救發聲。