BAIS HAVAAD PARSHA PERSPECTIVES Parshas Chukas: In Case of Emergency: Who Pays the Bill? By: Dayan Baruch Rubanowitz

bby Sunderland, the 16-year-old yachtswoman who has a passion to be the youngest person to circumnavigate the world, is sure glad that the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea was adopted back in 1914. In response to the Titanic disaster, the Convention mandated safety regulations and dictates that any ship in the area of a distress call will divert to assist that ship. Furthermore, rescues at sea are a no-cost agreement under conventions regarding maritime search and rescue operations.