Amazing footage shows the moment divers discover a terrified ship's cook alive after nearly three days stuck in an air pocket.
Footage has emerged of divers discovering a cook who
had survived for almost three days trapped in an air pocket in his
sunken ship's hull.
Nick van Heerden was on a mission to recover bodies from the sunken
Jascon 4 when a hand reached out to him while he was searching the
tugboat.
The voice of rescue co-ordinator Colby Werrett is heard shouting: "He's alive, he's alive!"
Nick van Heerden grabs a limp-looking hand and realises: "He's alive"
As the camera pans up through the water, a shaken Harrison Okene is
seen sitting in his underwear in the corner of a room, containing a
small air pocket.
He reportedly survived for almost three days with no food and a few cans of fizzy drink, trapped 30 metres under the sea.
Mr Okene managed to put on a harness and diving mask
His 11 colleagues died when the boat capsized and sank off the Nigerian
coast. It happened in May, but the video has only come to light this
week.
The diving team guides Mr Okene into a diving bell
The rescue team reassured Mr Okene and got him to safety by equipping him with a diving mask and safety harness.
At one point Mr Werrett asks Mr Okene his rank and on hearing that he
was the crew's chef, the co-ordinator responds: "You're the cook? They
always survive" - an apparent reference to a baker who survived the
sinking of the Titanic.
The diving team with Mr Okene
Mr Van Heerden then steers Mr Okene out of the sunken vessel and into a diving bell.
Mr Okene posing for photos with his rescuers
An exhausted-looking Mr Okene was happy to pose for photos with his
rescuers who also included Andre Erasmus, Darryl Oosthuizen, Guido
Graff, Colby Werrett and Tony Walker.
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