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Dave Not Coming Back

Even on the surface, people were saying, "Maybe. Maybe." On a dive like this, you have...

Even on the surface, people were saying, "Maybe. Maybe." On a dive like this, you have hope, but you know it's not going to happen

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Even on the surface, people were saying, "Maybe. Maybe."
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On a dive like this, you have hope,
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but you know it's not going to happen.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
01:00:32
Uploaded
Jun 03, 2025
Genres
documentary, action, adventure
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

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.
[Don] Two hours into the dive, I was back up to about 46 metes where there was cylinders. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:06
[Don] Two hours into the dive, I was back up to about 46...
I took one of those cylinders, and clipped it off. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:04
I took one of those cylinders, and clipped it off.
If Dave was coming back, if he was coming back, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:10
If Dave was coming back, if he was coming back,
I felt myself losing consciousness. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:06
I felt myself losing consciousness.
Spinning, I'm not aware of where I am, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:11
Spinning, I'm not aware of where I am,
Just running on complete mental "Where am I?" - Dave Not Coming Back 00:06
Just running on complete mental "Where am I?"
No-- I wouldn't be able to pin it - Dave Not Coming Back 00:10
No-- I wouldn't be able to pin it
I've got some sort of basic fel that there is a line. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:06
I've got some sort of basic fel that there is a line.
If I hadn't have caught that line, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:06
If I hadn't have caught that line,
I must go down, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:08
I must go down,
Just the act of picking that cylinder up made me vomit. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:04
Just the act of picking that cylinder up made me vomit.
I think at that time I started about 10 hours to go. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
I think at that time I started about 10 hours to go.
I have no idea what happened. The only thing that I know is that he wasn't there. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:07
I have no idea what happened. The only thing that I know is...
[Truwin] This was for the first time I'd gone down in the dive. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:04
[Truwin] This was for the first time I'd gone down in...
And I think there was a bit of apprehension - Dave Not Coming Back 00:04
And I think there was a bit of apprehension
He was holding the line like this - Dave Not Coming Back 00:09
He was holding the line like this
I saw him taking the regulator out of his mouth and spitting. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
I saw him taking the regulator out of his mouth and...
[inaudible] - Dave Not Coming Back 00:10
[inaudible]
If he didn't have somebody, it wouldn't be difficult for us - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
If he didn't have somebody, it wouldn't be...
I don't think I've ever been that busy trying to track people, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:09
I don't think I've ever been that busy trying to...