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Getting confirmation that nobody had seen or heard from Dave
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Dave Not Coming Back

Getting confirmation that nobody had seen or heard from Dave allowed, I think, the rest of...

Getting confirmation that nobody had seen or heard from Dave allowed, I think, the rest of the support divers to move on and focus on the diver that we had, which was Don

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Getting confirmation that nobody had seen or heard from Dave
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allowed, I think, the rest of the support divers
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to move on and focus on the diver that we had, which was Don.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
01:07:06
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] Every diver that came, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:08
[Don] Every diver that came,
No one can breathe for you. No one can swim for you. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:04
No one can breathe for you. No one can swim for you.
The muscles didn't have enough energy left to actually suck the gas down. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:06
The muscles didn't have enough energy left to actually...
The only way I could breathe ws actually push the purge button to force the gas in. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:06
The only way I could breathe ws actually push the purge...
In a very restful situation, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:07
In a very restful situation,
Thinking back, I probably slowd my breathing down - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
Thinking back, I probably slowd my breathing down
Life revolved around, "Okay, I need to breathe now, let's push the button." - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
Life revolved around, "Okay, I need to breathe now,...
Exploding case of these things that we said was going to explode. Same thing. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
Exploding case of these things that we said was going to...
[laughter] - Dave Not Coming Back 00:08
[laughter]
[Jack] Verna, for the better part of eight hours, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:09
[Jack] Verna, for the better part of eight hours,
[Verna] Still vomiting, does not want new rebreather or diluent. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:04
[Verna] Still vomiting, does not want new rebreather or...
-He's fine. He's fine. That's-- -[Verna] Steve wants-- - Dave Not Coming Back 00:06
-He's fine. He's fine. That's-- -[Verna]...
[Verna] To have the bend that he had at the depth that he had - Dave Not Coming Back 00:08
[Verna] To have the bend that he had at the depth that he...
Doing absolutely what has to be done in order to survive and not giving up. - Dave Not Coming Back 00:07
Doing absolutely what has to be done in order to survive and...
[chatter over radio] - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
[chatter over radio]
[talking over each other] - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
[talking over each other]
So everything was okay until, you know, - Dave Not Coming Back 00:09
So everything was okay until, you know,
[talking over each other] - Dave Not Coming Back 00:05
[talking over each other]
[man] You are going to change regularly-- - Dave Not Coming Back 00:04
[man] You are going to change regularly--
[Andre] People that had phoned me all the time - Dave Not Coming Back 00:07
[Andre] People that had phoned me all the time