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Moment divers found man trapped alive in sunken ship

Post by cronus » Tue Dec 03, 2013 7:26 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25205914

Moment divers found man trapped alive in sunken ship



I'd suffer survivors guilt for a week...well, maybe a week. :tup:
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Re: Moment divers found man trapped alive in sunken ship

Post by JimC » Tue Dec 03, 2013 8:20 pm

I saw that on the news last night. One lucky SOB...

Good work by the dive team... :tup:

At the end, they reported that the guy said he's never going near the ocean again! :hehe:
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Post by JacksSmirkingRevenge » Wed Dec 04, 2013 3:18 am

Remarkable. I doubt he'll forget that little incident in a hurry.

Notice the high-pitched voices due to the pressure at that depth.
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Post by FBM » Wed Dec 04, 2013 3:35 am

Yeah, pressure on the testicles tends to do that.
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Post by JacksSmirkingRevenge » Wed Dec 04, 2013 4:07 am

:lol:
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Wed Dec 04, 2013 9:01 am

If that was me, I'd know be scouring the earth for the point of land furthest from any ocean and moving there...

I bet Tom Hanks has bought the movie right already.
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Post by Faithfree » Wed Dec 04, 2013 2:30 pm

One very lucky man!
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Wed Dec 04, 2013 2:44 pm

100ft down, 60 hours in the dark, in an air-bubble. I feel faint. There's something almost Lovecraftian about it....
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Re: Moment divers found man trapped alive in sunken ship

Post by MiM » Wed Dec 04, 2013 4:51 pm

How did they do that? From the video it looked like they took him straight up to the surface? After 60h at 100 ft he'd get bent as hell, if not immediately brought to a pressure chamber.
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Post by JacksSmirkingRevenge » Wed Dec 04, 2013 7:28 pm

They took him to a diving bell and then to a hyperbaric chamber for 2 (I think) days.
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Re: Moment divers found man trapped alive in sunken ship

Post by MiM » Wed Dec 04, 2013 7:32 pm

Ok, that would do it.
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