Target Alaska Rescue

After spotting the flare, the fishing boat headed toward the small lifeboat.

Moving closer to Sean, Juliana asked "Sean, que carajo estas haciendo?"

"Look Julie, I know that this isn't the Coast Guard, but I had to signal it because this boat may be the only one around. Follow my lead and say nothing that may give us away. Remember we are husband and wife out on a sight-seeing trip when our yacht caught fire. We radioed the Coast Guard but we were afraid they wouldn't rescue us in time, so we took this lifeboat and these few items and left our burning yacht. It sank about thirty minutes ago. That's our story, OK?"

"But why such a tale?"

"Hopefully, these people can help us, but in case they are untrustworthy, we need to protect ourselves and not give them cause for concern. Remember, we're a vacationing couple who just had a bad day."

"That would not be an understatement, except for the vacationing part."

As the boat moved closer, Sean took out their last flare, loaded the gun and placed it inside his coat as he mumbled, "In case we need this for protection." When the approaching boat was about 300 yards away, Sean told Juliana, "The boat is rather small, it could be a fishing boat."

"That may be a fishing boat, but it's not out here doing any fishing! Otherwise, it would have its nets furled up. And it's awful late for fishing boats to be out."