He did not request any assistance, but landed on the deck after one or two attempts, and unhooked himself even more quickly, as the helicopter hovered about 15-20 feet above us. Crew members from our boat moved in only after he had landed on the deck. Grace is helped out from her bunk. The newsman in me wanted to take closeup pictures of her, but I decided the intrusion of privacy may be objectionable and did not take the pictures. He was told to stay away during this phase of the operation.
Grace is sent up to the helicopter.
He did say that Grace works in a doctor's office. I did not ask him why she took the risk of going out to sea on what could obviously be a stormy night when she was expecting. He also asked me for the pictures I had taken. And that's me, of course.