system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: If I need to be rescued (from forest, sea, war, etc), who pays for it?

Here are a couple scenarios. If I crash my private plane in the mountains or if my sailboat capsizes and the coast guard has to come get me, or if I get captured by ISIS and the SEALs have to come kick down the door, do they send me a bill? What does something like this cost?
gpt
If you are on public lands (parks, nature preserves…) the taxpayers pay for it, and as long as you were not doing something illegal, you'll not have to pay a dime. If you *were* doing something illegal you can be fined for reckless behaviors.