When we talk about lighthouses, we implicitly refer to those people who, often from distant locations isolated from all human contact, volunteered to be the "eyes of the night" for those sailing the sea. A small story, made up of daily, silent, and disciplined work, that has transcended in the form of legends and curious anecdotes. This is the case of one of the caretakers of the La Mola lighthouse, active since 1861. It was 1944, at the end of World War II, when the lighthouse keeper rescued the pilot of a German plane that had crashed about two miles from the lighthouse. He gave him food, clothing, and shelter. The next day, he was taken to the seaplane base that then existed at Estany Pudent, from where he was repatriated. For these deeds, the German government of the time awarded this lighthouse keeper a diploma and 1,000 pesetas as a reward for his rescue work. (source: farsdebalears.com)