Harrison - Underwater Access

If you'd like, I can find more from the divers who found him or details on the physics of the air pocket that kept him alive.

: With no food and thinning oxygen, his only sustenance was a single bottle of Coca-Cola he found floating in the wreckage. The Miraculous Rescue Harrison - Underwater

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. If you'd like, I can find more from

: 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 As the boat settled upside down on the

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

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