Ethical dilemma about triage and rescue

Read more a bit for my argument. Nicholas, age 11 is in dire need of medical attention because of hypothermia and being covered in mud. That is because he is wearing a light blue speedo. Wanda is wearing a purple one-piece swimsuit while trapped in a pool of water. Carmen is the closest to the sea and the tide is rising to drown her. Gerard, age 10, wearing a green and blue swim trunks and Davina, age 10, wearing a blue and pink striped tankini and white boy shorts are trapped trying rescue each other from the quicksand-like mud. Sorry if its a bit confusing but can you see the conditions that the kids that need rescue are suffering from. Up there, that's just simply the specifics. To put it simply: * Milton is buried up in mud to his shoulders in mud, * Andrea is suffering from hypothermia, * Lloyd is trying to get back to shore, * Nicholas is in dire need of medical attention, * Wanda is struggling not to drown and suffering from hypothermia trapped in a pool with mud, * Carmen is going to be drowned when the tide comes, * Gerard and Davina are struggling to get out of a quicksand-like sludge while suffering from hypothermia. Not only that, but the helicopter would get into more problems such as this: * The helicopter cannot land on the mudflats. * The rescuers must try to winch the mud covered and hypothermic kids into the helicopter without the kids slipping from the winch and into their deaths. * The rescuers must find a way to free the kids from the mud, a process that would require 10 minutes to dig them out of the mud using the only tools they have. * The rescuers must also try to find which one is at risk of either hypothermia or drowning. * The rescuers must find a way to keep the hypothermic kids warm and that Nicholas (who is suffering from extreme hypothermia and needs dire medical attention) must be sent to the hospital immediately before he dies from hypothermia. Even if the rescue team rescues the kids, there will be more problems expected from it * When the tide comes, there will still be a few more kids trapped in mud and hypothermic. And not enough time to get them into the helicopter for safety and medical attention. It would mean death for Carmen, age 12 who is wearing a red and white striped bandeau. * Shivering kids from hypothermia would be a serious problem, the shivering kids would easily slip from the winch and fall to their deaths on the mudflats. This will be a serious risk for Nicholas, age 12 wearing light blue speedo and Wanda, age 11 who is wearing a purple one-piece swimsuit, wet and shivering from being trapped in a pool of water and buried in mud struggling to get out. * Muddy kids from being buried in mud would be another problem for the rescuers, the muddy kids would also slip and fall to their deaths. A death sentence for Milton, age 12 who is wearing black withe ultramarine trims and blue and yellow highlights and covered with mud from head to toe after being buried in sinking and deep mud. * Some areas of the mudflats are more deeper, sludgy and treacherous. This will be the most difficult challenge since Gerard and Davina are trapped in quicksand-like sludge and needs to be pulled and dug out for about 20 minutes. Even if all the kids are crammed to the helicopter and the multiple crew members are left behind. Travelling back to the coast will be more of an ordeal of survival. * Overcrowding will be a challenge, since the kids are covered in mud and suffering from hypothermia. This problem will cause some of the kids to push each other, slip due to hypothermia and covered in mud and fall to their deaths. * Dire medical attention, what if one of the kids dies of hypothermia . Nicholas and Wanda will be at risk since he will need to be sent to the hospital for recovery before they die of this condition. * The casualties will need to keep calm or otherwise their medical condition of hypothermia will get worse and the helicopter will be in jeopardy. * The helicopter will need to battle the coastal winds that are slowing down the flight for rescue. * What if the rescue helicopter starts to breakdown or run out of fuel, this will need a emergency landing on another place of the coast nearer to them. * If the helicopter crew was called by the rescue team to rescue two more from the mudflats, who is Lauren, age 12 wearing a purple bikini with floral patterns and Joshua, age 12 wearing purple swim shorts trapped in mud and suffering from hypothermia. When the rescue helicopter arrives at land, most of the kids will not survive their ordeals and troubles. * The one who need medical attention needs to be rushed to the hospital, but no ambulance is sent, so the rescue team is forced to chose who needs it and call the ambulance. * Another problem is to wash the kids from the mud that cover them. The mud keeps them from being sent to the hospital and makes them hypothermic. The rescue team base does not have a warm water supply and forced to use cold water to wash them using hoses. * They need to keep the kids warm. They have sufficient blankets, but the mud need to be washed off before they can use the blankets. * The kid casualties will need to take off their swimsuits and personal belongings to be washed with the hose to get rid of the mud, which is outside the rescue team base. (If possible since they were trapped in the mudflats for an hour) * That includes the two extra kids saved on-board which is Lauren and Joshua. As you see, you cannot save everyone with kindness sometimes. Chance and strength is the only morality in our world that is not biased and prejudiced. Chose 3 kids to be saved and 5 will be left to their doom. That will be the most hardest decisions that rescue teams will take. Chance and Strength will judge how the kid casualties will be worthy of rescue. Do you have any counter-arguments?