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If you and a friend were trapped in a mine and only had enough air for one of you to survive the rescue, would you . . . Ask a Question

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How would you know how much air you have?

Lets say that you are relying on a single air tank because the mine is flooded. Each tank lasts an hour for one person and it will take 45 minutes to get rescued.

Consciously, I think I would choose to do nothing rather that choose to kill my friend or have them kill me, but I suspect that as a trip across the River Styx loomed closer then the natural will to survive would take over.

1 Replies to SpangeNW's answer

Yeah similar, I tend to think of myself as fairly correct and friendly and stuff. And I know life would be hard afterwards if I knew I had only survived because I killed my friend. But when facing imminent demise....I don't know, that would certainly change the perspective I guess.