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'He's alive!' Viral Video: Nigerian Cook Survives Two Days Under Sea In Shipwreck Air Bubble
- Published_at:2013-12-04
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- description: 'He's alive!': Video shows dramatic rescue of man who survived days underwater Viral video: Man trapped underwater in tug for three days rescued Man survives 3 days at bottom of Atlantic Incredible video shows Nigerian cook rescued by divers after spending three days under water Cook's incredible rescue three days after sinking with tugboat As a South African rescue diver probed the wreckage of an overturned tugboat in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nigeria this summer, it was assumed that all he'd be doing would be recovering the bodies of those who perished. However, as he was swimming through the murky water inside the capsized boat on May 28, a hand suddenly reached toward him out of the gloom. It was the ship's cook, Harrison Okene, who had somehow survived for approximately 60 hours in only his underwear in the freezing cold water by breathing from a small air pocket and taking sips of Coca-Cola. Video of Okene's dramatic rescue in May shows the moment his hand penetrated the darkness to alert the diver that he was still alive. Then it a shirtless Okene is shown from the waist up. "He's alive! He's alive!" the diver exclaims to a colleague on the surface who is guiding him. "Just reassure him,'' the diver's colleague says. "Just reassure him. Pat him on the shoulder." Okene was the only one of 12 crew members who survived when the Jacon-4 tugboat capsized on May 26 in heavy Atlantic storm swells after assisting an oil tanker that was filling up at a Chevron platform. Divers recovered 10 other bodies; one other crew member was never found. The young cook was in a bathroom at 4:50 a.m. on May 26 when the tugboat began to turn over and water started pouring in. Okene forced open the bathroom door and was soon swept down a hallway into another bathroom, where he survived by breathing from a small air bubble and keeping his head above the slowly rising water. It was May 28 by the time Okene saw the light mounted on the diver's head and reached out to grab him. The diving team put Okene in an oxygen mask and diver's suit and brought him to the surface, more than 2 ½ days after the ship initially capsized. Okene then was put in a decompression chamber for another 60 hours because he had been underwater so long that his body pressure needed to slowly return to normal to ward off potentially fatal exposure to regular air pressure. Man survives 3 days at bottom of Atlantic Cook Survives Three Days in Air Pocket of Sunken Ship Off Nigerian Coast Famous survivors Nigerian man survives 3 days at bottom of Atlantic Ocean Harrison Odjegba Okene survived 3 days in air bubble under water Divers shocked to find man alive in tug that sank to the bottom of the ocean Nigerian Man Survives 3 Days At Bottom Of Atlantic VIDEO: 'He's alive!' Man survives 60 hours in underwater air pocket Watch the incredible underwater video of a man rescued after 60 hours in a ... Nigerian Cook Survives Two Days Under Sea In Shipwreck Air Bubble Harrison Okene Trapped on Ship, DCN Diving, Sunken Ship Survivor, Divers Find Man in Sunken Ship, Jascon 4, Harrison Okene Survivor, Harrison Okene, Weird News News Nigeria Shipwreck, Okene, Reuters, Nigeria, Harrison Okene Nigeria, Harrison Okene Shipwreck, Harrison Okene, Harrisonokene, Okene Harrison, Nigerian Cook, Man Survives Sunken Boat, World News News,Tales of survival,On the show,Harrison Odjegba Okene,DCN Diving,Ship's cook Okene,Cook Survives,Famous survivors,Nigerian man survives,bottom of Atlantic Ocean,air bubble under water,underwater air pocket,underwater video,Harrison Okene Survivor, Harrison Okene Trapped On Ship, Jascon 4, Divers Find Man In Sunken Ship, Harrison Okene, Sunken Ship Survivor, Weird News,South African scuba diving team,Nigeria Shipwreck, Okene, Reuters, Nigeria, Harrison Okene Nigeria, Harrison Okene Shipwreck, Harrison Okene, Harrisonokene, Okene Harrison, Nigerian Cook, Man Survives Sunken Boat, World News
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