divers find man alive in sunken tug boat

[BartW]

a man is found alive after 60hrs trapped in a air bubble, in a sunken tugboat at 30m depth.
after the divers found him, the man (cook on the boat) had to go in a decompression tank for 3 day's

here some footage from the resque



this happened in Nigeria, atlantic ocean, in may this year,
but the news only came out now from the Dutch resque team.

 

[lambohill]

Incredible. His luck was definitely in that the divers appeared before air ran out. Surprised he did not try to surface before 60 hours as he would have had presumably no idea of depth unless cook read the depth gauge...Perhaps not a swimmer. Lucky Man.

 

[MarieK]

Remarkably calm, probably shocked, for someone who had been sitting in darkness for 60 hrs and must have thought he was going to die.

 

[MapisM]

a man is found alive after 60hrs trapped in a air bubble, in a sunken tugboat at 30m depth.
after the divers found him, the man (cook on the boat) had to go in a decompression tank for 3 day's

Geez, that's a proper nightmare indeed.
I suppose that not only he had to stay in a deco chamber for 3 days, but they must have also brought him in it PDQ, after the rescue!
Though probably the rescue ship had such facility directly onboard...?

 

[Actionmat]

That diver's a proper hero, thanks for posting the video.

 

[AndieMac]

Geez, that's a proper nightmare indeed............

My thoughts exactly!

The folks that do these type of rescues are incredibly composed and wonderfully reassuring, just what victim needs.