Harrison - Underwater Apr 2026

: He stood in freezing, chest-deep water, listening to the sounds of the ocean and the haunting silence of his 11 lost crewmates.

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 - Underwater

: Because Harrison had been at that depth for so long, his body had become "saturated" with pressurized gases. Bringing him to the surface too quickly would have been fatal, so he had to be transferred to a diving bell and then spend another 60 hours in a decompression chamber. Life After the Depths : He stood in freezing, chest-deep water, listening

: While searching the murky rooms, a diver was startled when a hand reached out from the darkness and grabbed his arm. : Because Harrison had been at that depth

: For nearly 60 hours (about three days), Harrison survived in complete darkness, wearing only his boxers and a singlet.

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.

South African saturation divers were eventually sent to the wreck, but they were tasked with recovering bodies, not finding survivors.