On May 26, 2013, Harrison Okene, a cook aboard the Jascon-4, was using the bathroom when a massive wave capsized the tugboat off Nigeria’s coast. Trapped 100 feet underwater, he found a small air pocket in a cabin and survived in darkness for 60 hours with no food or light.
Rescuers arrived days later expecting only bodies—until a diver felt a hand reach out. Harrison was alive.
After a risky decompression, he recovered… and two years later, became a professional diver—trained by the very man who saved him.
Rescuers arrived days later expecting only bodies—until a diver felt a hand reach out. Harrison was alive.
After a risky decompression, he recovered… and two years later, became a professional diver—trained by the very man who saved him.
On May 26, 2013, Harrison Okene, a cook aboard the Jascon-4, was using the bathroom when a massive wave capsized the tugboat off Nigeria’s coast. Trapped 100 feet underwater, he found a small air pocket in a cabin and survived in darkness for 60 hours with no food or light.
Rescuers arrived days later expecting only bodies—until a diver felt a hand reach out. Harrison was alive.
After a risky decompression, he recovered… and two years later, became a professional diver—trained by the very man who saved him.