In May 2013, a tug boat sunk 20 miles off the coast of of Nigeria. Rescue divers began a multi-day mission to recover the bodies of the twelve passenger crew. Upon reaching the vessel, to their utter shock and amazement, they discovered
a survivor in a small air pocket aboard the sunken ship:
A Belgian diver volunteered to stay with Mr Harrison, who then had to spend time in a decompression chamber before returning to the surface so he would not die from the bends, reports Shipwreckology.
Rescuer Paul Harrison, a dynamic positioning officer, wrote on the GCaptain Facebook page: 'All on board could not believe how cool he was when being rescued.
'The divers put a diving helmet and harness onto him and he followed the diver to the bell were he was then taken to deck level and kept in the chamber and decompressed for two days.
Now, the absolutely incredible footage of the rescue has been
released: