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If you’re looking for a good doc to watch: Last Breath (2019) (leaving NF 2/14)
Posted on 2/3/25 at 10:12 pm
Posted on 2/3/25 at 10:12 pm
Has anybody seen this? I googled and didn’t find a previous thread about it. If so, what are your thoughts?
I randomly saw the trailer for a new movie coming out this year (with Woody Harrelson) about this incident. It caught my interest so I looked it up, and found that there was a documentary (it’s part real footage, part interviews, and part re-enactments) about the same incident from 2019. It’s on Netflix.
Anyway, I watched it and holy shite I can’t believe I never came across this incident before today. Long story short: it’s about a crew of saturation divers (who perform work on the ocean floor), and one of them gets his umbilical tether snapped and is stuck on the seabed with no lights, warm water, or communications, and VERY little oxygen…because the ship’s positioning system fails and it can’t stay in place.
Holy shite, what a story. It’s pretty intense at times, and this guy Dave is sort of an a-hole (you’ll understand if you watch it
). But if you’re looking for something to watch, I’d definitely give this a shot. And it clocks in at about an hour fifteen so it’s an easy watch.
Here is a trailer (warning: it may spoil it a little, FYI):
I randomly saw the trailer for a new movie coming out this year (with Woody Harrelson) about this incident. It caught my interest so I looked it up, and found that there was a documentary (it’s part real footage, part interviews, and part re-enactments) about the same incident from 2019. It’s on Netflix.
Anyway, I watched it and holy shite I can’t believe I never came across this incident before today. Long story short: it’s about a crew of saturation divers (who perform work on the ocean floor), and one of them gets his umbilical tether snapped and is stuck on the seabed with no lights, warm water, or communications, and VERY little oxygen…because the ship’s positioning system fails and it can’t stay in place.
Holy shite, what a story. It’s pretty intense at times, and this guy Dave is sort of an a-hole (you’ll understand if you watch it
). But if you’re looking for something to watch, I’d definitely give this a shot. And it clocks in at about an hour fifteen so it’s an easy watch. Here is a trailer (warning: it may spoil it a little, FYI):
This post was edited on 2/8/25 at 4:16 pm
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Posted on 2/4/25 at 6:57 am to CocomoLSU
That sounds good.
There's another doc about a oil rig welding crew that get sucked into a small pipe a few hundred feet. One dude lived.
That stuff is nightmare material.
There's another doc about a oil rig welding crew that get sucked into a small pipe a few hundred feet. One dude lived.
That stuff is nightmare material.
This post was edited on 2/4/25 at 9:01 am
Posted on 2/4/25 at 7:06 am to CocomoLSU
You should check out the Byford Dolphin Incident
It is absolutely terrifying
It is absolutely terrifying
Posted on 2/4/25 at 7:25 am to The Cow Goes Moo Moo
The tragic thing is that the second most searched phrase is "byford dolphin incident pictures." Who needs to see pink mist and teeth?
Posted on 2/4/25 at 7:29 am to The Cow Goes Moo Moo
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You should check out the Byford Dolphin Incident
It is absolutely terrifying
Oh I am very aware of that one.
These are the same types of divers doing the same type of things that were in that incident I believe.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 12:04 pm to CocomoLSU
I saw 'Last Breath' a few years ago, I believe off a recommendation from here. It is an incredible story of the danger of some of these jobs, and the courage of some to risk everything for another. It is one of the best things I have watched on Netflix. I have seen it a few times now. It is well worth the time to watch it.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 12:16 pm to CocomoLSU
It's great. I am pretty sure we discussed it here but the search function is often useless.
I have a friend who is a sat diver though I don't get to see him often but I love picking his brain because I am fascinated by the topic.
I also find it funny that these hardmen that live and work in such a dangerous environment spend their time there sounding like chipmunks when they talk.
I have a friend who is a sat diver though I don't get to see him often but I love picking his brain because I am fascinated by the topic.
I also find it funny that these hardmen that live and work in such a dangerous environment spend their time there sounding like chipmunks when they talk.
Posted on 2/4/25 at 10:18 pm to CocomoLSU
Thank you for the thread. Greatly enjoyed. Had no idea this career existed.
Posted on 2/5/25 at 7:16 am to Obtuse1
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It's great. I am pretty sure we discussed it here but the search function is often useless.
That's why I use google. But I couldn't find one.
For those who have seen it...
Spoilers
How in the frick do you think he survived that long with no heat or gas to breathe? After it was over I read up about it a little, and most sources say that even the most knowledgeable people in the field legit have no idea how he survived that long. Chris's own theory is that he had enough gas in his system, and that the emergency tanks (with five minutes of O2) were feeding him pure oxygen (which was more than he gets in that nitrogen/oxygen mix they use) and his body and organs absorbed enough of it to stay functioning. Which is a good theory, even though that still doesn't make much sense to me if he literally wasn't breathing. Weird shite.
Also, what stood out to me was that as far as the ship floated away, the whole time they were fricking with the positioning system trying to get that to work, and then trying to maneuver it manually with the borderline unhelpful joystick system thing, it's incredible that they managed to get back to where they were in just over half an hour. IIRC I think the total time from his tether snapping to his rescue out of the water was like 36 minutes and change. So all in all, they got the ship back REALLY quickly. It's amazing that everything happened in such a short period of time.
And the worst part by far to me was when Dave made it all the way back to him and got within "about 2 meters" of Chris, and then the ship tugged him back and he couldn't get to him. What an awful feeling for both of them, but especially for Chris who literally saw his savior being tugged away into the dark abyss to (assumedly) never be seen again.
Between that and his story about how he initially fell off the platform and had to make a decision on which direction to walk to try to find his way back to it, my heart was racing at times during this doc. Imagine being in the literal pitch black darkness on the bottom of the ocean knowing if you guessed wrong and walked anywhere other than DIRECTLY to the platform that you were sealing your fate and lost forever to the seabed. That shite is absolutely fricking terrifying.
And he was back at work barely three weeks later.
Posted on 2/5/25 at 8:42 pm to CocomoLSU
Just watched it and glad I had the time tonight, because it will be off Netflix after Feb 14th
And I agree that the water temp and oxy sat has to explain his survival. Probably more than 5 minutes in the bottles too, much like when you go 10 miles for gas when your vehicle says you have zero LOL
Thx for the recommendation. I’ll probably watch the movie too
And I agree that the water temp and oxy sat has to explain his survival. Probably more than 5 minutes in the bottles too, much like when you go 10 miles for gas when your vehicle says you have zero LOL
Thx for the recommendation. I’ll probably watch the movie too
Posted on 2/5/25 at 10:57 pm to wahoocs
quote:
Just watched it and glad I had the time tonight, because it will be off Netflix after Feb 14th
Oh shite I’m glad you said that. I forgot to mention that.
Posted on 2/6/25 at 12:03 am to The Cow Goes Moo Moo
quote:
You should check out the Byford Dolphin Incident
Oh God no....I stumbled across it on a deep sea/cave diving binge on YouTube. ( Note to all never ever ever Cave dive).
But they always swim past this sign....and well, you know how it turns out.
But Byford was a job and those poor workers were fricked over. One of the divers died of "gross dismemberment" or what they call total body disruption....Basically blown apart underwater by decompression, all his vital organs were immediately expelled from his body. Unfathomable and horrible.
Posted on 2/6/25 at 12:30 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Unfathomable and horrible.
ISWYDT whether you meant to or not.
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