Tragic.. absolutely tragic but what would you do in the agony of the moment in scenario?
No matter what he did, he will always have to live with the sad choice he had to make, till the end of his days, the whole family will.
I don't think anyone reading this could not be deeply upset at the possibility that they might find themselves in that position one day. Maybe the answer would be to save his wife. It is no substitution for the loss of a child but hopefully they would be young enough and able to have another child. Taking the alternative would rule this out.
We pass on our hopes that it will never happen to anyone.
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good film called Sylvia's choice about a similar scenario in the 2nd world war.
I believe that it is an oft used philisophical dilemma for Degree students to discuss.
Its really awful. How can anyone come to terms with it. To lose ones child, and like that,must be so dreadful I can only imagine how the poor man and his family must feel.
I think that as a mother, I would have gone for the child first, having said that, you just don't know until it happens, and God forbid it ever does.
How horrible is that!!! It's a choice I hope I never have to make, I dont think I could ... I suppose it is a spur of the moment decision depending on the circumstances at the time??
Bless him, he'll be haunted by his decision forever :sad:
GT just said... "I recognise that bum!" ;-)
Never know what you will do in any given situation like that. I hope I never have to make a decision like that. Sad for all concerned..
the poor poor guy i can't even begin to imagine how i would make a decision i think i would go for my son first but unless in that situation where you have so many split second decisions to make then you can never truelly call it
life throws such utterly cruel curve balls at us
My initial reaction- and undoubted real life reaction would be to save my child. I would hope my husband would do the same. However, it looks like this wasn't a straightforward "One or the other" scenario- he couldn't get to his son, but he could save his wife- so he did what was rational.
Anyone seen the Will Smith film, I, Robot? The film features a startlingly similar incident. A robot choses to save Will Smith rather than a small child after a car plunges into a river- he makes the choice based on survival probability.
Brucie- I think you'd find that it's not down to simply "being German"- after all, the leader of the Nazis's wasn't.
And no, he wasn't from the Alsace, either.