Did a man survive a sunken ship for 3 days?
Did a man survive a sunken ship for 3 days?
In one of the most shocking tales of survival-at-sea ever told, a man lived for almost three days inside a sunken ship at the bottom of the ocean. Locked inside their cabins asleep, none survived the ship’s sinking. …
Where is Harrison okene from?
Warri
“It was around 5am and I was on the toilet when the vessel just started going down – the speed was so, so fast,” Okene said by phone from his hometown of Warri.
How long do air pockets last?
TL;DR: depends on the size (and a bunch of other factors) but about 80 hours. In an air pocket, the first problem is carbon dioxide build-up. Every time you exhale within the bubble, you release toxic carbon dioxide into a closed space.
Who is Harrison Odjegba okene?
Harrison Odjegba Okene, 29, has transformed his life since a diver fished him out of the sea: He never again wants to find himself in a boat galley, and has since started working as a cook on firm ground. Okene was the only survivor in a crew of 12 when the Jascon 4 capsized in May, and that still haunts him.
When did Jascon 4 sink?
A Nigerian ship’s cook, Harrison Odjegba Okene, survived for 60 hours in a sunken tugboat, Jascon-4, that capsized on 26 May 2013 in heavy seas while it was stabilising an oil tanker at a Chevron platform in the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean, about 32 km (20 mi) off the Nigerian coast.
What happened to the Cook who survived the shipwreck?
Nigerian cook who survived three days in shipwreck still has nightmares and vows to never return to sea. Odjegba Okene said he still has nightmares of the nearly three days he spent in total darkness under water and vowed to never go to sea again.
Who was the man who was upside down in the ocean?
Odjegba Okene said he still has nightmares of the nearly three days he spent in total darkness under water and vowed to never go to sea again. (Lekan Oyekanmi/AP) WARRI, Nigeria — He had survived three days in an upside down tugboat at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and then he saw lights in the water.
Why did Okene have to stay underwater for 60 hours?
After his long ordeal, Okene had to spend another 60 hours in a decompression chamber to rid his body of excess nitrogen before being brought fully to the surface, according to Slate. The excess nitrogen could have created “lethal gas bubbles in his body,” according to Gizmodo.
How did the chubby Cook survive on one bottle of coke?
The chubby cook survived on only one bottle of Coke. Two flashlights that he had found gave up after less than one day. In the dark, he had almost given up hope after three days when he suddenly heard the sound of a boat, a hammering on the side of the vessel and then, after a while, saw lights and the rising waters around him bubbling.
