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The first thing I do, if I'm a backup diver
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Dave Not Coming Back

The first thing I do, if I'm a backup diver and I'm supposed to meet the diver to depth,...

The first thing I do, if I'm a backup diver and I'm supposed to meet the diver to depth, is I look at their eyes

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The first thing I do, if I'm a backup diver
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and I'm supposed to meet the diver to depth, is I look at their eyes.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:56:43
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.
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,
Even on the surface, people were saying, "Maybe. Maybe." - Dave Not Coming Back 00:11
Even on the surface, people were saying, "Maybe....
[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?"