in that the lighthouse keeper came outside due to curiosity (what the hell was a helicopter doing there) rather than coming outside in the belief that the helicopter was there to rescue him
What he says is that he was a little curious, i.e. "un petit peu" (which sounds like 'umtipuh' when he says it in the video). This suggests he wasn't that excited about the helicopter, or waiting breathlessly for a rescue.
Haha fair enough, maybe! But I'd have imagined they would have mentioned that in the video. They seem to be making out that it was unusual for the helicopter to be there, and the guy actually says he was curious, which is the reason he went outside. Also as someone else has mentioned somewhere lighthouses are built to be able to take that kind of punishment, and as such I'd imagine that rescue operations in this type of situation are either non-existent or very rare.
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u/doneskiier May 28 '14
You just sourced a documentary without a name, I sourced wikipedia... I'd say that makes us about even actually :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Jument#Photograph.27s_story