Harrison, the ship's 29-year-old cook, was in the bathroom when the vessel flipped. As the boat settled upside down on the seabed, he managed to navigate through the pitch-black, rising water until he found a small air pocket in an officer's cabin.
If you'd like, I can find more from the divers who found him or details on the physics of the air pocket that kept him alive. Harrison - Underwater
Despite the trauma of being the sole survivor, Harrison eventually faced his fear of the water. In 2015, he became a professional diver himself, trained by the very team that had rescued him from his "underwater tomb". Harrison, the ship's 29-year-old cook, was in the
: With no food and thinning oxygen, his only sustenance was a single bottle of Coca-Cola he found floating in the wreckage. The Miraculous Rescue Despite the trauma of being the sole survivor,
The story of Harrison Okene is a harrowing true account of survival against impossible odds. In May 2013, the tugboat capsized off the coast of Nigeria during rough seas, sinking to the ocean floor nearly 100 feet (30 meters) below the surface. The Descent and Survival
South African saturation divers were eventually sent to the wreck, but they were tasked with recovering bodies, not finding survivors.