rescue board

[Bushwhacker]

A young man fails committing suicide and his "rescue board" is falling in love with a girl who walks on the wild side. Is "rescue board" suitable in this sense?

Thanks

 

[Barb_D]

What is a rescue board? What are you trying to make it mean?

 

[Bushwhacker]

What is a rescue board? What are you trying to make it mean?

Well, he's desperate, very depressed, and grasps this possible love affair as a way to avoid another suicidal try. The text I'm trying to translate mentions (in Spanish) "tablón", (in English)" board", "plank" as a metaphorical way to express he finds in this kind of rubber ring (the love affair) a way to survive.

 

[Susan612]

I think you're looking for the word lifeline.
lifeline - Definition of lifeline at YourDictionary.com
lifeline definition
life·line (-līn′)
noun

1. a rope or line for saving life, as one thrown to a person in the water