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Dave Not Coming Back

And I remember writing on a slate, one light below, not sure if it's a DoD, Dave or Don,...

And I remember writing on a slate, one light below, not sure if it's a DoD, Dave or Don, and immediately you can see it in their eyes was, "Oh, no."

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And I remember writing on a slate, one light below,
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not sure if it's a DoD, Dave or Don,
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and immediately you can see it in their eyes was, "Oh, no."
Duration
12 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:54:55
Uploaded
Jun 03, 2025
Genres
documentary, action, adventure
Production
N/A

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Two friends, Don and Dave were diving in the cave of Boesmansgat: 283 meters. Right before surfacing up, Dave - who'd just broken a world record - finds a body. They decide to dive back and retrieve it.
Based on the slate, the message said - Dave Not Coming Back 00:06
Based on the slate, the message said
So I'm just going to check to do [inaudible]. So I'll let you know. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:04
So I'm just going to check to do [inaudible]. So...
[inaudible] - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
[inaudible]
And we're going to have to wait for more comms now. So-- - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
And we're going to have to wait for more comms now....
It's purely speculation. What I suspect I saw was Steve on his way up from 100, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:08
It's purely speculation. What I suspect I saw was Steve...
[Stephen] Don asked me - Dave Not Coming Back 00:08
[Stephen] Don asked me
The first thing I do, if I'm a backup diver - Dave Not Coming Back 00:06
The first thing I do, if I'm a backup diver
Everything seemed normal, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:08
Everything seemed normal,
At the depth he's been at, something could happen. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
At the depth he's been at, something could happen.
You know the reality hits you and you know Dave's gone immediately. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
You know the reality hits you and you know Dave's gone...
I mean, at that depth, at that time, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:07
I mean, at that depth, at that time,
One doesn't get emotional at that point because there's another diver in the water. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:06
One doesn't get emotional at that point because...
So you sort of say, "Okay, Dave's gone, now it's Don." - Dave Not Coming Back 00:06
So you sort of say, "Okay, Dave's gone, now...
[Verna] Okay, we're okay. Don is okay. So, Don's okay. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
[Verna] Okay, we're okay. Don is okay. So, Don's...
I was thinking of sending the slate up by-- with a buoy, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:08
I was thinking of sending the slate up by-- with a buoy,
I needed to make sure that I took the slate personally - Dave Not Coming Back 00:06
I needed to make sure that I took the slate personally
[Stephen] I was reasonably sure that Dave wasn't coming back, but I still had a hope. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
[Stephen] I was reasonably sure that Dave wasn't coming...
But what I didn't want was anyone else actually going further down. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:04
But what I didn't want was anyone else actually going...
I really did not want anyone to go past me - Dave Not Coming Back 00:07
I really did not want anyone to go past me
We're thinking of Dave on the bottom, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:06
We're thinking of Dave on the bottom,