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4 December 2013, 08:46 AM | #1 |
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Man survives 3 days at bottom of Atlantic
Truly incredible.
I see now that this happened back in May, but it seems to be news now because the video has been released. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...MPLATE=DEFAULT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQnydQ3fj2c
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Wow that's pretty amazing.
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Saw the video on the news this morning. This is an amazing story.
I'm not terribly religious myself, but the victim apparently is and had his prayers answered. Good for him. |
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Double post from 30,000 feet!
First time I've used the internet while flying. A little slow, but overall a good experience. $8.00 access fee for a flight from NY to Tampa. Not bad. |
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yeah I saw that yesterday
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Incredible story.
Living near the Great Lakes in the US, I can't help but think of those who perhaps were in this situation, and help never arrived. What a terrible thing to contemplate. The Edmund Fitzgerald comes to mind.
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4 December 2013, 12:22 PM | #8 |
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I just finished watching this on CNN.
Amazing to say the least. Survives in an air pocket one hundred feet down for three days with nothing more than a bottle of coke. Wow!!!
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Amazing story. Great pic!
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Incredible story
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4 December 2013, 01:47 PM | #11 |
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He had a great human spirit but probably didn't even know it. A higher power definitely watched over him.
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4 December 2013, 02:47 PM | #12 |
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What a story
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4 December 2013, 03:36 PM | #13 |
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Saw that this morning on the Today show. Man that diver must have just freaked out when that hand reached out and grabbed his hand. Unbelievable that man lived for so long in the small confined area without a source of fresh air. Truly a miracle.
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Really moving. Makes us thankful. Couldn't even imagine being in that type of situation.
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incredible! I did not even imagine that 4 sq feet was enough oxygen for 3 days. Guess I need to go back to school.
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Even thinking about his ordeal makes my skin crawl.
What would be going through your head in the pitch black with water up to your chest. And for 3 days. You'd just hope you were wearing your Sub!
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Incredible that he had enough oxygen in there, and that he was found in time.
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Amazing story. Really lucky they had a recompression chamber close at hand. At 30m, the air would have been dense enough it would be like breathing nearly 100% oxygen, but that is still amazing that there was enough to keep him alive in such a confined space and that he wasn't overcome with hypercarbia. (Increased carbon dioxide) That is usually the killer in these situations.....that and hypothermia.
Thanks so much for sharing. I hadn't seen this yet
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The divers saw air bubbles?
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Incredible story indeed! Just saw this.
Imagine the horror sitting 60 hours in the pitch black!
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I can't imagine what it must have been like to be down there for 60 hours.. not knowing if you'll see your family again... not knowing if you'll live or die. I can only imagine the joy of seeing the divers come his way. The divers also must have been happy to find someone alive down there.
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Truly insane story and like James said above I could not imagine what was going through his mind for 3 days. It would a truly horrific experience.
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As Rock said in pitch black! That had to just mess with the mind! A true Christmas miracle!
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Something I read about a USN sub that partially sunk noise down with a small tail of the sub sticking out of the water bobbing about. The sub was dead in the water, sitting vertical for days until someone spotted it and found the crew was still alive. This was when subs were just getting started.
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That must have been cold!
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12 December 2013, 12:01 PM | #29 |
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Wow what a miracle
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and people want their own book deal and reality show (and handouts) when they "survive" the loss of hot water for a few hours. Kinda makes everyone who claims to be "the worlds toughest...." or to take part in "extreme...." seem like a wet blanket.
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