This happened in the early morning of May 26, 2013, when a calm sea wind suddenly rose, and a cruise ship was unfortunately swallowed by the sea. However, our protagonist, a black young man, miraculously survived for 3 days in the deep sea at 30 meters, shocking everyone in the world. How did this impossible happen?
The young man's name is Harrison Orkney, born in Nigeria, and he cooks good food. That's right, he's a chef. On this day in 13 years, he waited on the tugboat as usual for the alarm clock to go off for cooking.
They are located in the Gulf of Guinea, which is rich in oil treasures, so there are countless large oil rigs in this area to extract oil.
When danger comes, nothing comes with warning. On the 26th, the sea suddenly broke into strong winds and waves, and the cruise ship was still working in an orderly manner, and the tugboat docked next to it.
There were unforeseen circumstances, and suddenly, the sea ushered in a huge wave, and in an instant, it was Harrison's tugboat that was overturned, plus Harrison, there were 12 people in the cabin, and everyone was asleep at 5 o'clock in the morning. In the face of the sudden predicament, everyone was at a loss.
After the incident, the sea water rushed in instantly, and Harrison was relieving himself at the moment, and it was not surprising that the toilet had entered a large amount of seawater. He took great pains to open the door, and then saw his teammates, who were about to open the emergency hatch to get a chance of survival.
The moment the hatch opened, his shipmate instantly melted into the sea. Harrison couldn't afford to grieve his shipmate's death, after all, he was facing the same outcome himself. With the previous precedent, Harrison decided to stay in the toilet, but this wait was not a long-term solution, and the water quickly moved from his chest to his neck, and Harlinson had to shift his position.
At this moment, the tugboat had sunk into the sea, and Harlinson struggled to find the direction and grope his way forward. Finally, Harrison entered another space, he judged that maybe it was another toilet, and he couldn't think about it so much, Harrison hurried in to rest for a while.
Harrison was already exhausted and out of breath after such a toss. Water was everywhere, and in this small room, oxygen was decreasing as Harrison breathed, and the concentration of carbon dioxide was increasing. Harrison also slowly closed his eyes and rested as he was physically exhausted.
In a trance, Harrison heard a loud noise, and he knew that someone must be rescuing them. The torch of hope lit up Harrison's dark heart, and he slapped the hull of the ship in an effort to get the attention of the rescue team. But it didn't work, maybe he thought he was wrong.
In fact, the source of this sound is the sound of the buoy hitting the hull of the ship, because in the 30-meter deep sea, it is not at all suitable for human survival to survive, so the divers searched around the hull about a few times before returning home.
Having missed an opportunity, Harrison felt a deep sense of powerlessness and despair. However, Harlinson's will to survive shocked everyone once again. Determined to find another space to survive, Harrison takes a big gamble, and the stakes are his life.
With years of experience, Harrison found an office where there was much more oxygen than the previous toilets. However, the cold made Harrison's skeletal muscles shiver involuntarily, and he had no choice but to look for a tool to keep warm again.
Perhaps by God's grace, he found a few planks and a mattress to his delight. Harlinson, based on his life skills, made a floating platform on which he could keep warm. Next, it was a long wait, and doing all this today, made Harrison more and more brave to live.
After another endless wait, finally, the salvage ship arrived to check the situation, the visibility on the bottom of the sea was very low, and the divers could only search with difficulty. When divers open the hatch of the tugboat, bodies are found in every room. Unconscious, Harrison thought it was his auditory hallucination, and heard the sound of a blow again.
In order to survive, Harrison could not pass up any chance, and he frantically cooperated with the rescuers to hit the hull of the ship as if he had grasped the last straw that saved his life. Suddenly, he saw the light of a flashlight, and he decided to swim towards the divers, but they didn't notice him.
Harrison had no choice but to return, and just as Harrison had no choice but to give up, another rescue team member swam next to him. Harrison suddenly shook the diver's hand, causing the diver to startle as well. The technician in the monitoring room quickly gave instructions and told the diving team members emotionally, "Hurry up and save him, he is still alive." ”
At this time, three days have passed since the time of the shipwreck, and no one expected that someone could miraculously survive for three days at a depth of 30m in the sea. Rescuers did not dare to delay and immediately launched a rescue on Harrison. Due to the pressure on the seabed, rescuers could not immediately bring Harrison out of the water.
After discussion, it was decided to put Harrison with an oxygen mask to maintain his breathing, and then transfer from the diving bell to the decompression chamber to decompress until his body was able to adjust to the atmospheric pressure outside. Harrison, who knew that he had been at the bottom of the sea for three whole days, was also shocked and speechless.
All of Harrison's team members were killed, but he miraculously survived. If the rescue team had been delayed for half a day, Harrison would have died. After Harrison was rescued, he no longer dared to make contact with the sea. Whenever he went to bed late at night, he often had nightmares, dreaming of his thrilling scene, and when he woke up, he was sweating profusely and breathing nervously.
Years later, Harrison finally began to try diving, forgetting his fears. Harrison got his wish and received a certificate. Dramatically, the person who issued the certificate to himself was none other than Nick Van Silden, the diver who saved him back then.
As the saying goes, what doesn't defeat me will make me stronger. Harrison's tenacious will and indomitable spirit allowed him to regain his life even in a desperate situation where no one could save him. I believe that no matter what hardships Harrison encounters in the future, he can face them calmly and calmly.
Sometimes, it makes sense to be on the path of heaven and man, in the face of such a resilient Harrison, or maybe it is the favor of God. It has been more than 10 years since this miracle happened in 2013, but every time I recall this scene, it still invigorates people's hearts.
Therefore, it is very necessary for us to learn some escape instincts to deal with emergencies in the face of difficulties. If Harrison didn't have some knowledge to help himself, his hope of survival would be even slimmer.
No matter where we are, we should have the will to drop water through the stones and flow into the sea, the pride of being poor and strong, and the ambition not to fall into the clouds, and the stubbornness of "the man should be self-reliant". The calm surface of the lake does not produce a strong sailor, and the comfortable environment does not create a great man of the times.
Even if we don't have such life-threatening moments as Harrison, it's essential to have setbacks in life. And in the face of difficulties, do we have the courage to learn from Harrison to find a way to deal with it, to keep a cool head at all times, and to make a complete solution like his?
God refuses to live up to those who work hard, and God may not reward hard work, and good luck is essential. Luck is not something we can grasp, so we need to try to prepare and wait for the opportunity to come when the unknown does not happen.
Today, Harrison is still doing his job on land, becoming a chef, and after experiencing such a big right and wrong, perhaps he has understood the meaning of life. "How can you get the fragrance of plum blossoms without a cold bone", I believe that today's Harrison will cherish every day of his life even more.
Sources of information:
- NetEase - Harrison, what a hero(2023.01.04)
- Sohu News - Harrison was trapped under the 30-meter deep sea for 62 hours, miraculously surviving with a bottle of Coke (2024.01.30)
- Phoenix News - No one will always "lie flat", it is human instinct to pursue value(2021.11.08)