No one wants to be in a life-or-death situation. However, if you are getting into such a dangerous situation, what will you do, fight or flight?

When 13-year-old Joe Rowlands and his dad were in a kayak (皮划艇) accident, the brave teenager chose to fight. He not only fought for his own life, but also saved his father’s.

On that day, Joe and his father Paul were out on their kayak off the coast of Anglesey in the UK. Suddenly they noticed that the kayak was starting to fill with water. Then they found out there was a hole in the floor of the boat. Without another choice, Paul turned the boat over. He asked Joe to climb on top so that he could push the boat to a nearby island.

However, the rough (汹涌的) waves made it too hard for Paul to push the boat to land. They had to swim without the boat. Luckily, Joe made his way-to the island safely. But when he looked back, he found his dad was no longer swimming. Risking his life, Joe jumped back into the cold water and managed to drag (拽) his dad up onto some rocks. Then Joe did CPR (心肺复苏) on his dad until he came around.

“I’m very proud of him. He acted with courage (勇气),” Paul said of his son.

A plane took off from Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur in the early hours of March 8. It was heading to Beijing. But about two hours into the flight, the plane disappeared. There were 239 people on board the Malaysia Airlines flight, including 154 Chinese.

About 12 countries, including China and the US, have joined the search for the missing plane and passengers. All the people were worried about the missing plane. They did a lot of things. Students in Zhejiang, China light candles to pray for the missing plane on March 19.

The plane’s disappearance was a “mystery”, said officials. The plane was flying at a height of more than 10,000 meters when it suddenly lost contact. The weather was clear. The pilots didn’t make any distress calls（求救信号）. When a plane crashes, broken parts are usually recovered. But as of March 20, officials have not found anything.

People are also talking about a possible hijacking(劫机). Interpol said that two people on the flight used stolen passports. But that information alone isn’t evidence of a hijack.

The investigation(调查) is still going on. It could take months of even years to find out what on earth happened to the flight.

“We are looking at all possibilities,” said Malaysian Transport Minister Hishamuddin Hussein. “Our focus now is to find the plane.”