- The tide comes in 30 minutes, to reach the trapped kids require 15 minutes to reach and 15 minutes to return to base.
- The helicopter can only carry three casualties which means five children will be left, trapped in mud sludge, suffering from hypothermia and drowned when the tide comes.
1. Milton, age 12: Buried up to his shoulders, his muddy hands are free, now struggling to free himself. 2. Andrea, age 12: Waist-deep in mud, trying to set her legs free while being unbalanced and suffering from hypothermia. 3. Jack, age 11: He is covered in mud, trying to walk back to shore but is futile because his feet keeps getting trapped in sinking mud. 4. Wanda, age 10: In extreme hypothermia, wet and shivering trying to struggle from the mud that she is trapped.
5. Nicholas, age 11: Is in dire need of medical attention due to hypothermia and covered in mud from being buried and trapped to his neck. 6. Reagan, age 12: She is stuck up to her waist, she is the closest to the water and the rising tide that is coming towards her first. 7. Waldemar, age 10: Trapped with his sister, trying to help each other get out of the deep quicksand-like mud, often sinking back each time.
8. Camilla, age 10: Like her brother, she is suffering from hypothermia and struggling to escape from the quicksand-like dark sludge with her brother. My answer is to take Milton, Andrea and Jack. What is your solution?