- "We just got a distress cal from a rig due west to us, secure the deck."
- ―Ivar Heraldson[src]
The Rescue at the Bright Aurora was a successful rescue of the crew of the Bright Aurora during its collapse by Clark Kent.
Background[]
During his quest to discover his true origins, Clark Kent landed a job on the Debbie Sue, a crab fishing boat. However, Kent still remained anonymous, being called only "Greenhorn" by the other fishermen.[1]
Rescue[]
- "Greenhorn, fetch me my binoculars. Greenhorn!"
- ―Ivar Heraldson to Clark Kent[src]
Kent decides to rescue the Bright Aurora's crew.
After being rescued from being crushed by a fishing crate, Clark Kent and the crew heard a distress call from an oil rig located in the middle of the Bering Sea called the Bright Aurora, after it began to suffer an explosion and critically collapsed. Spotting it in the distance, Captain Ivar Heraldson asked Kent for his binoculars, who had surprisingly abandoned the ship to save the Bright Aurora's crew.
Kent holds up the oil rig.
Kent, inspired by his father's words, decided to rescue the rig's crew, quickly reaching the main room to rip off the door using his strength. Kent quickly led the crew to the helipad to be rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter. However, the rig's derrick began to collapse, crashing onto the helipad and causing Kent to decide to stay on the rig to hold the derrick and give the crew time to flee.[1]
Aftermath[]
- "You start with the urban legends that have sprung up in his wake, the friends of a friend who have seen him, for some he was a guardian angel, for others a cipher. As you work your way back in time, the stories form a pattern."
- ―Lois Lane[src]
An unconscious Kent remembers his childhood.
Following an explosion that completely collapsed the platform, Clark Kent was left submerged in the sea, recalling among various episodes of his childhood, the time when he first experienced his powers at Weisinger Elementary School. Soon, Kent swam to the shores of British Columbia, Canada, where he stole several clothing. After a while, Kent got a new job as a waiter at Cassidy Pub, where he overheard a pair of Canadian military personnel talking about a recent discovery of an "anomalous object" on Ellesmere Island.
Days later, following her strange encounter with Kent on the Kryptonian ship, Lois Lane began investigating to find the whereabouts of her "mystery man." During her investigation, Lane interviewed Captain Ivar Heraldson, who described Kent as a cipher After hearing the story of the crew's rescue, Lane compiled the stories she had researched from various witnesses, eventually discovering the name of her rescuer, Clark Kent.[1]