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[Ann] About 12 months before he found Deon's body
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Dave Not Coming Back

About 12 months before he found Deon's body, he rang me and said, "I-- I did a dive...

[Ann] About 12 months before he found Deon's body, he rang me and said, "I-- I did a dive today, went fairly deep, broke a world record." And I thought, "What?" I had no idea of the extent to which he was diving

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[Ann] About 12 months before he found Deon's body,
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he rang me and said,
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"I-- I did a dive today, went fairly deep,
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broke a world record."
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And I thought, "What?"
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I had no idea
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of the extent to which he was diving.
Duration
27 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:10
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.
That suddenly put him out of the league of most people. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:06
That suddenly put him out of the league of most people.
And I thought, "What do I do with this? - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
And I thought, "What do I do with this?
These pilot log books, it says here, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:09
These pilot log books, it says here,
And today is April 28, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:09
And today is April 28,
He rang and asked me if I wanted to go flying with him, and I said yes. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:06
He rang and asked me if I wanted to go flying with him, and...
But deep down I'm thinking, "Oh, this is so scary." - Dave Not Coming Back 00:13
But deep down I'm thinking, "Oh, this is so...
Somehow, I thought if I just watched them, everything would keep working. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
Somehow, I thought if I just watched them, everything would...
I was praying an awful lot, you know, "God, keep us safe." - Dave Not Coming Back 00:13
I was praying an awful lot, you know, "God, keep us...
Diving, that was quite a recent hobby, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:08
Diving, that was quite a recent hobby,
When I discovered Deon on my last world record dive, he was lying on his back, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:09
When I discovered Deon on my last world record dive, he was...
The part of the body that I could see had no flesh on it. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:04
The part of the body that I could see had no flesh on it.
[Ann] We planned together - Dave Not Coming Back 00:09
[Ann] We planned together
They don't sell these sort of body bags in the supermarke. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:06
They don't sell these sort of body bags in the...
[Dave] Once I reach Deon, I'll release these quick-- quick action straps. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:06
[Dave] Once I reach Deon, I'll release these quick--...
So there's four of them. One, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:12
So there's four of them. One,
And once he's out of his gear, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
And once he's out of his gear,
One very quick action, pull on that, and he's sealed inside the bag. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:06
One very quick action, pull on that, and he's sealed...
Move your hands around a bit like you're-- - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
Move your hands around a bit like you're--
[Ann] David used to practice sometimes on the floor in the lounge room. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:04
[Ann] David used to practice sometimes on the floor in the...
I wasn't too keen on being put in a body bag but... - Dave Not Coming Back 00:04
I wasn't too keen on being put in a body bag but...