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Lieutenant Waters and his navy seal team are in a mission in Nigeria where they have to rescue Dra. Lena Kendricks and some religious people from a remote hospital located in the middle of the jungle. Thus Waters and his team are forced to choose between their mission or ignoring the civil war that is happening and try to find a way to protect all of the refugees of the hospital. However, Dra Lena Kendricks an American doctor who is dedicated to save the lives of all of the refugees had the determination to stay and stand for her people and refuses to being rescued considering the consequences that can happen to her and her team. Dra. Lena Kendicks followed her obligations and not her feelings following Kant’s principles, likewise lieutenant
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