Anne-Sarah
""its owner wants cash to cover the costs" What costs?!?! As far as I know, he didn't look at his boat and thought of going and saving 100s of people with it... The only reason why the man is suing is because he is jealous of his neighbor for having rescued so many people and the fact that he didn't get any credit even though it was his boat. It's a kinf od shout out to the public saying "hey, if MY boat hadn't been in my yard, then he wouldn't have been able to save anyone""

Leora
"I think the person who saved all the people was right but in a way wrong. He should have been more careful of were he put the boat because it wasn't his. But he was right because all those people would have died from heat and no food. The person who's boat was stolen from has a right to be angry at the person who stole it but should be happy that his boat was used to rescue and save many people. I think the guy who saved the people shouldn't have to pay because either way the boat was going to get destroyed. Instead of being ruined from the water it was ruined for a good cause."

MODERATOR
"Here is a link to the actual news story: http://www.masscops.com/forums/idiot-news-articles/17095-katrina-rescuer-sued-boat-owner.html"

Benj H.
"it's seems to me that,what the guy did was really heroic in away but that doesn't change the fact that the boat was damaged and somebody has to recompensate the boat owner perhaps the state of New Orleans.but we definitly need to have an objective overview of the all case."

I agree with Kevin
"To Hana in Orange CT: Kevin has a point. I would also defend the boat owner - simply because his rights were encroached upon. Even though the justification for that act of theft is certainly there - that does not take away from the fact that his rights to the security of his property were infringed upon. Legally and morally he must be compensated for the loss of his property - even if a thousand lives were saved and his boat cost $5 - it's still his property. Maybe the victims should pay...?"

menny w.
"i think that the guy that saved all those people should not at all have nto pay anything for what he did and i think that the owner of the boat is just taking advantage of the situation and suing the rescuer. if i was that owner of the boat i would definitly be happy if i had the chance to have someone save so many people with my boat!"

Sarah F. Irvine, CA
"Hana, what yoir saying make sense - i agree with taht, if you have a choice between saving your iPhone and saving your life of course its obvious you gotta save your life. The problem with what mark did is that he took somone ELSE's property with out permission -how could we allow him to do that? arent we obliggated to protect the rights of the property owners? My mother is a lawyer and she says in that in US law, the property ownerr must be compensated - even though its noble and great to rescue people - at the end of the day its his property!"

Hana Z. - Orange, CT
"To Kevin: You are off your rocker! Stealing should be ALLOWED when someone is dying!! How coudl you compare losing MONEY to losing LIVES?!? "

Michelle
"Honestly, Mark's a hero. If the neighbor is so possessive about his boat he should have hopped on in and saved some lives. Does he think his boat would have been perfectly intact after Katrina anyway? The only question I have is that the video said the boat "is missing"...what does that even mean? What, did it run away? If I were Mark's neighbor, I'd be honored that my boat was used to save lives...I'd be paying Mark the $12,000 dollars to come over for dinner... "

Kevin_M - Pt Washington
"Mark had no right to steal - thievery leads to the downfall of society, he should have asked permission first. if not - taking it is a crime. in some countries they punish thieves by cutting off their hands!! Just my humple opinin."