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DiverDown
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underwater rescue.

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Pretty amazing rescue of a crew member of a sunken vessel. Sat divers where conducting body recovery operations and found a crew member alive in an air pocket for 4 days..
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=51e_1385934620
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That's an amazing story. Incredible that he survived.
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Wow
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Amazing
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He had someone watching over him, amazing.
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Those are some amazing odds to overcome. Glad they were able to save him.

Reminds me of a Sea Hunt episode where Mike saves two crew members and a dog from a sunken freighter:

http://youtu.be/6hAehC9SrwY
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I watched this in the news last night. That was pretty crazy, 4 days under water and a 60 hour chamber ride after they got him out. WOW!!!
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