The man in this story was facing very long odds: Stuck in an air pocket in a capsized tug boat in about 100 feet of water!
He made it until divers looking for bodies found him by being resourceful and utilizing his surroundings to his best advantage.
Okene was in the bathroom when the wave hit, and as the ship was sinking, he managed to get out of the bathroom and into the engineer's office. Once inside, he found a pocket of air.
Okene found a bottle of Coca-Cola and a life vest with two small flashlights attached.
First and foremost, there was his air supply.
The average human inhales about 350 cubic feet of air every 24 hours. Even though Okene was stuck in a small area, the ocean pressurized the air in that space, making it last longer. Beyond that, he had to worry about inhaling too much carbon dioxide. Water absorbs carbon dioxide, and Okene had plenty of that in there with him.
Hypothermia was also of the utmost concern.
Luckily for Okene, he had constructed a small platform inside the engineer's office that kept him just above the water. If he hadn't done that, freezing temperatures would have killed him in a matter of hours.
All of those factors worked together to keep Okene alive long enough for a team of rescue divers to find him when they were searching the wreckage for bodies.
Faced with the likelihood of death in a watery grave, this guy used every tool available to him to stay alive; he had some luck in the form of divers looking for bodies, but his resourcefulness allowed that situation to even exist.
if he gave up or was not as resourceful as he was, he, like the rest of the crew, was a dead man.
Resourcefulness gave this guy the chance for the diver to find him; to read more about this incredible story, please visit Viral Nova.
CO2? Does anyone else see it
No, just you.
🙂
14 pages of clicking, nevermind.
CO2
OK…….I’m missing something. The guy climbed on a board and waited for rescue. Where does the resourcefulness part of this story come into play?
What does that image have to do with the article?
Great article, except for its missing the part where it explains what he did to survive for 3 days on limited resources. Otherwise, top notch.
That is incredible!
Plants breath C 02
Good story, but no information
Water absorbs CO2? If that’s true the guy would starve to death before worrying about breathing.
CO2 in cloud formation, REALLY STUPID
Image has nothing to do with the story.
God was definitely with him !
How the men look beunderwater for 3 day
Was his name spongebob