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Survival

Just try to imagine this man surviving three days in an air pocket inside a sunken boat

Health & Medicine

Harrison Okene, a chef for an oil company, survived for three days trapped in an air pocket at the bottom of the sea after his boat capsized off the coast of Nigeria. His rescuer didn’t think anyone was still alive.

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Deep Survival

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Environment
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