Man Survives 60 Hours under Water in Sunken Ship

TEMPO.CO, Nigeria- Dressed in only his boxer shorts and in freezing water, a Nigerian man survived for 60 hours at the bottom of the ocean by finding an air pocket in his sunken tug boat. Harrison Odjegba Okene was on a boat that capsizedin July at the Atlantic Ocean off the Nigerian coast, the Associated

TEMPO.CO, Nigeria - Dressed in only his boxer shorts and in freezing water, a Nigerian man survived for 60 hours at the bottom of the ocean by finding an air pocket in his sunken tug boat.

Harrison Odjegba Okene was on a boat that capsized in July at the Atlantic Ocean off the Nigerian coast, the Associated Press reported. Eleven crew members have died, but Okene, the cook, survived for almost three days by finding an air pocket before he was discovered by South African rescue divers.

Images and video from his rescue were released this week. The video shows Okene reaching his hands out to show the rescue diver he is alive. The footage then pans to him in waist deep water. The divers give Okene water and oxygen before equipping him with scuba gear and getting him to safety.

As it got colder, Okene recited the bible verses from the last psalm his wife had sent by text message: "Oh God, by your name, save me. ... The Lord sustains my life."

ANINGTIAS JATMIKA | TIME

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