If you had a rope

If you had a friend at the bottom of a sinking trench, would you throw a rope over the edge so that they could try and pull themselves out? Would it be ridiculous for the friend to ask for that rope even if it cost 50 bucks? Can you imagine thinking to yourself, "well, I know that it could save their life, but I really just can't be bothered, anyways, that's an entire tank of gas!". Our lives for a tank of gas......