I Was Trapped Underwater For 3 Days

hi everyone the protagonist of the story I'm about to tell you is a cook he was trapped underwater for 62 hours that's almost three days he became the person who spent the longest time underwater and thus part of naval history but he didn't care about that at all he grew to hate the sea and being a sailor after what he had to live through he wouldn't even dip his feet in the sea from then on Harrison o keen worked on a tugboat for those who are not familiar with it a tugboat is a kind of towing boat these boats have really powerful engines and they push and pull other boats or non-motorized vessels with the help of a thick towline the hero of our story was a cook on a tugboat just like that one night Harrison and his colleagues went into the cabin to get some rest after a long workday and they locked themselves in as they always did why did they lock the door because they were in an oil field in the Atlantic Ocean it was off the coast of Nigeria ships frequently got attacked by pirates there that's why the crew always locked themselves in their cabins for safety Harrison went to sleep at the same time as the other crew members but he had to wake up a little earlier to prepare breakfast he got up from his bed as he did every morning it was so hot inside that he was only wearing shorts there was a small toilet and a bathroom inside the cabin Harrison went into the toilet and shut the door in oceanography there's a type of wave called a monster wave or killer wave as the name suggests these are dangerously large waves they appear on the surface of the sea unexpectedly even with no trace of a storm this is a natural event that scares sailors the most it was one of those waves that caused the tugboat Harrison and his friends were on to suddenly sink the depth of the water there was 30 meters or 100 feet the tugboat sunk very quickly its capsized after hitting the ocean floor it all happened in a flash unfortunately the 11 crew members that were in the bedroom with Harrison drowned instantly only one person survived and that was the cook who was in the tiny toilet the toilet Harrison was in had a metal door the door had kept the water outside this lucky man survived the accident because he was awake and in a place where the water couldn't rush in but he didn't know what was going on he wasn't hearing any sounds the commotion outside had stopped had the boat sunk what had happened to his friends should he leave the toilet or wait inside he thought about it for a while he finally decided to get out of there it wasn't easy to open that metal door he tried pushing it but it wouldn't budge the pressure from the water prevented it from opening he pushed again as hard as he could the door moved just a little Harrison kept pushing when the door opened just enough for him to pass through he quickly got out Harrison was shocked by what he saw inside the cabin all his friends had drowned he was really sad but there was nothing he could do he was almost out of breath he had to get out of the boat as quickly as possible Harrison tried to swim towards the cabin door the key was in the lock but the current inside was stopping him from moving forward he struggled for some time if he couldn't get out this cabin would be his grave but he couldn't move the current pushed him towards the bathroom on the other side and the first miracle took place there the bathroom wasn't completely filled with water there was a small air pocket left Harrison lifted his head up from the water as soon as he got there he took a very deep breath if he had stayed underwater a few more minutes he would have shared the same fate as his friends meanwhile a rescue ship had arrived at the scene of the accident divers marked the point where the tugboat had sunk they'd over it--in when they reached the boat they realized it had capsized the equipment the divers had with them allowed them to go down to a certain depth they reached 30 meters but they couldn't stay down there for a long time after a short probe they decided there were no survivors of the accident moreover there were sharks in this area after a while they came up to the surface having lost hope since they couldn't get inside the boat Harrison didn't hear the divers arriving he stayed in that bathroom for about a day he was a religious person so he prayed a lot he was thinking that God would definitely save him but there was an issue he had to deal with on his own he'd been in the water for a long time because he was in so deep the water was naturally cold so the possibility of hypothermia was high for those who are not familiar with it let me briefly explain what hypothermia means the average temperature for adults is around 97 to 98 degrees Fahrenheit if this temperature falls below 95 degrees Fahrenheit hypothermia occurs and it's a life-threatening condition if the person's body temperature doesn't go back to normal levels first they feel mentally confused and then they lose consciousness when the first symptoms started Harrison knew that he couldn't stay there any longer he had to get off that boat and of course out of the water to the 29 year old cooked dove into the water again the captains quarter was next door the bathroom had a door that opened into that room he swam there he made it to the room he wasn't going to be able to hold his breath any longer he went up towards the surface it was there that the second miracle took place there was a small air pocket in the captain's room as well this allowed him to hold on to dear life for a second time after these consecutive miracles here comes the third miracle that saved Harrison's life this time our hero saw that there was a mattress next to him it was floating close to the floor he pulled it up he got on top of it that's how he managed to get out of the water this saved him from the risk of hypothermia Harrison had been under the water for nearly two days he was very hungry because he hadn't eaten anything more importantly he hadn't drunk any water humans can go without eating for about three weeks but we can only go at most three to four days without drinking water you know that 60% of our body is made up of water drinking water is vital for us but don't worry the young cook got lucky about that too after Harrison got on top of the mattress he saw that there was a lifejacket on the water surface as well he took it and put it there were tiny flashlights on the lifejacket he switched them on when the room lit up he noticed something that he wasn't able to see before there was a can of coke floating right beside him she was so happy to see it he grabbed the can he opened it and drank half with that he was able to quench his thirst he didn't drink it all because he didn't know how much longer he was going to stay there after that every time he got thirsty he took a few sips it had been nearly 60 hours the flashlights had died on him he was listening to the sounds in the dark but all he heard was either other bodies hitting things or the sounds of sharks feeding on them Harrison was losing hope he started praying again he had no idea at the time but the help he was seeking was only a hundred feet away the company that owned the tugboat had hired an expert team of divers to extract the bodies of the sailors the men from the rescue ship had arrived at the scene and were ready soon six divers Dobin they built a small elevator in the water they were going to pull up the poor sailors in this elevator the divers had a wireless video transmission system so they could communicate with each other and the team above someone on the boat was following them from the screen when the divers reached the boat they got to work after an hour-long struggle they were able to enter the tugboat they pulled the first four bodies they found up in the elevator meanwhile Harrison started to hear something these sounds were different from the others he thought the rescue team might have arrived but he wasn't sure just then he realized there was a shadow moving in the water at first he was scared that it was a shark but it was a diver he reached out and grabbed his arm scared the diver pulled his arm back he turned his camera in that direction to see who it was when the person who was following the operation from the ship saw a person on the screen he screamed he's alive there's a survivor in there the diver quickly came up to the surface where he was he saw a man inside that small air pocket he was so happy to see him the divers wanted to get the sole survivor out of the water as quickly possible but there was a major issue Harrison could get the bends as he was being pulled up what does that mean when a person moves from a high-pressure environment to a low-pressure environment too quickly a medical condition called decompression sickness or the bends occurs this is a very dangerous condition in order to prevent Harrison from getting the bends they brought in special equipment from the rescue ship they put a special helmet on him and pulled him up to the surface in the elevator after 62 hours Harrison saw sunlight for the first time first he shed tears of joy and then of sadness for the 11 friends he lost in the accident the young cooks family lived in a small village in Nigeria they took him to his village right away his wife who thought he had died fainted when she saw her husband this village was particularly known for its devoutness after a while the local priest visited Harrison the priest said I'm going to ask you something please answer it honestly 11 people passed away in this accident you survived inside a boat submerged in the ocean for three days the villagers are saying this is only possible with black magic I trust you but I still wanted to ask you if you indeed used magic Harrison had heard about the rumors - in fact he hadn't been able to go to his friend's funeral he was scared of the reaction of the other families since he was the only one to survive he answered the priests question calmly I'm a simple cook I don't know anything about black magic I just prayed the whole time I was under water I thought about my wife and my family I wished for them to see me again and God helped me Harrison got a job working at a restaurant far away from the sea and went on to live a simple life as a cook

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Length: 10min 40sec (640 seconds)

Published: Tue Jul 07 2020