This one is a gem...I can't believe neither one of us had seen this video! Original video: • Rescue 911 - Scuba cave Here's the Gear we dive with: kit.co/divetalk/dive-gear
My dad was featured on Rescue 911 for saving a family from a burning house. He was burned severely and lost every stitch of hair but saved every one of them. My dad passed last year but he will be my hero forever. Miss ya pop
I'm not a super spiritual person but stories like this make me believe in fate or that divine intervention does exist. What are the chances that all those things would fall into place? It just wasn't their day to go.
@@stacin821 What's even crazier is the diver who mapped that cave, at that location on that day, wasn't there diving, passing by, or checking it out. He was there at the exact time because...a company picnic. Just...what? I'm not incredibly spiritual, but that is divine intervention, also the fact those divers found an incredibly rare air pocket seemingly only big enough to keep them alive long enough for him to barely save them... I don't know man. This story hit a little different
The rational part of me believes that he's a Super Cave Diver (But for real) near one of his favorite dives, so he's just always around with his gear. I keep adventure gear in my bag just sometimes, you know? But the spiritual part of me believes it was Aliens.
Yeah like the guy who thought he would be rescued from the Swiss cheese cave.. while trapped in an airpocket. He survived for weeks in there before he died, nobody could save him because they didn't know where he was, and didn't want to get lost themselves. He was only found later when a cave wall was blown in from an unrelated excavation. But he was already dead at that point.
I bet you, if that cave diver was ever unsure about always taking full cave gear with him, he sure as hell didn't doubt it after saving 2 people's lives
As a Paramedic, it amazes me, when regular people, with minimal training, but the desire to do something, anything. That is what I find truly heroic. This is an amazing story.
@@wolfattack402000 are you saying people giving cpr/other life saving support without training or are you fussing at the divers who went without training?
@@JohnSmith-ul2ce the divers is what I took away. I felt the same frustration. Like WHY. They KNEW they had limited time/oxygen and did a absolutely STUPID thing.
@@krystlem8920 obviously they shouldn’t have gone in. Yes they knew they shouldn’t ! I’m just not sure calling them stupid is helpful in any way! Especially given that one of them lost their life, that comment just rubs me the wrong way! Theirs a reason so many people that are uncertified, have lost their lives in caves! It’s not because they are stupid! Most of the time it’s open water divers who build up confidence being under water! It’s very easy to think “I’ll just go a take a quick look” and before they know it, they are lost. They don’t know how much they don’t know! Especially back before the internet. As a surfer, I’ve rescued countless tourists swimmers that get caught in rip tides. There’s signs on the beach warning of rips! Many times it’s apparent that they have zero real ocean experience! They “know” the dangers there, but go in anyway & almost drown! They feel confident because they know how to swim so they push their limits and get in (literally) over their heads! It’s human nature!
@@DIVETALK it wasn't woody who first ask the lady if they were cave sert, it was woodys friend and he ran and got woody and told him and it also wasn't woodys gear it was the guy who first noticed and ran and got woody, i like your channel but you guys miss alot of what is said because your talking during it, it should stop the video whenever you need to say something, you guys do this alot, just wanted you to know, also he only blew the air so they would know he was there, he never said he did it cause the co2 witch was probably a learning experience for him so now he knows what to do if he comes across this again, anyway not being mean just think you guys should pay a little more attention to what there saying
@@michaelrose220 lol ... I know sometimes I’m shouting Shhhhhh! At my tablet! Cause I’m a mom , but yeah just pause the vid guys please. Love what you do. 💕🐝🇺🇸
(8:40)Why did Gus say she should stayed w/the divers after they'd blown her off? Does Gus means she should have stayed under water and just waited for them to re-emerge from the cave? It wouldn't have helped if she'd done that though, either. But also, she and the other four were cave certified.
@@isabellind1292 No I think he just meant to look back and check that they were actually following her. But yeah, if they were determined to go in what was she gonna do, pull their flippers? Not much else she could do, probably better to go and get help.
@@yozegami Yes but Gus specifically said she should have stayed w/them. How anyone can just blow off their instructor is bad enough but I hope she fired them all as her students - what arrogant little know-it-alls. It'd be like someone telling their flight instructor to leave them alone if they want to fly into a thunder storm and see what happens. "Pull their flippers", LOL!
Foreal. I never even had an interest in diving and still don't. If anything I have even less desire now lmao. But I can listen to them break down diving all night 🤔🔥🔥🔥
This is crazy, I can't believe they a) went in there after saying they would go out, and b) that they had an angel on the surface who just happened to know the cave well AND have all his gear ready and on hand... Incredible that they didn't all die. Woody is a hero.
In 2014 in Germany it required 700 rescuers to get an injured and unconscious cave scientist out of a cave from a depth of 3.200 feet and over a distance of 6 miles. It took the team 1 whole day to climb down to him and another 10 days in total darkness to pull him up to the entrence of the cave by hand.
This one gave me chills. The nerve on him to go up, try and signal and get their air clean. "I gotta go back" true selfless hero. Thanks for this one guys, like and comment for the algorithm as always! Thanks for the time and excellent entertainment fellas
That’s what they told me when I joined the Red Cross as well, but I think that for some it might be a bit difficult to keep count on the compressions and sing that in your head at the same time 🙈
I've hear when you're faced with a situation like that, that your training kicks in and you don't think of any thing else besides saving them. I hope I never have to find out because it would be horrible for the person going thru it, but if they do I hope that they live.
@@jenburkholder6541 If a person has training in CPR then yes, that’s true.. In the red cross we practiced all the time, because when you practice often enough it becomes muscle memory, you don’t have to think about doing it, you just do it.
The selflessness of that woody fella blew my mind. When he dropped the first guy off and said he had to To go back down gave me a little more hope in humanity. Thanks for sharing these stories with us. I'm not a diver and in fact am scared to death of any body of water, keep up the great work.
Yea, when you know how to do something and have the opportunity to use that ability for something like this I don't know how someone can turn that down. @@Camcolito
I used to watch Rescue 911 as a kid. It still makes my eyes misty. It's very well done. Blows many of today's similar shows right out of the water, pun intended.
Those 2 boys lucked out, very tragic for the one! This is the type of video that all people need to see before getting certified for open water. Just like when you go to get your drivers license and they make you watch a tragedy video from car accidents. Something for people to remember and fear. Keep the great Videos coming!
This has happened to me as well and it's a really tough in so many levels. We were diving in an open-pit mining that is closed since many years. Its a great place to dive because of fresh spring water coming up from the bottom and there is very clear vis there. It's also a very popular place for swimming and go to chill down hot summer days. There young boys were playing and jumping off the cliffs and swam quite far out. Suddenly one of the boys go under and isn't coming up. We were in the other pit and suddenly a guy is calling for us and wants out attention and help. We didn't hasitate to try to help out. I as the most experienced pulled everyone together to try to make a quick plan and what search system to use but the other divers didn't really understood what I talked about because they were newly certified ow-divers. We jumped in but due to their inexperience and being very stressed they kicked up so much silt and the vis was absolut zero. Even if we knew where he went down we couldn't find him. It's was later revealed that we were at the correct place but he was stuck under a big boulder or cliff. If this happens to you please try to do a simple rescue plan and follow it. If you feel anxious and stressed don't do it. I honestly would rather had done the rescue attempt myself because of my buddies being way to inexperienced. Also remember it often very hard to see people that have drowned because they die in absolute panic and their eyes are wide open, so avoid eye contact at any cost. If it comes to retrieving a body, just don't do it if you don't have the right education. It's really hard if the vis is bad and the only way to find them is to feel them. It's not nice to feel bloated and has started to decompose. I did this because I'm a former paramedic and knew I would have a chance to resuscitate the boy and I have seen plenty of dead people and been trained to treat sick and dying people and take care of deceased. I give absolutely props to people that wants to help out but sometimes the best help is to stay on the surface and help out from there. Also if you feel it too much for you or you can't handle it, don't do it! We don't want 2 bodies to retrieve. Also this rescue is amazing and so many of the odds were on their side that day. Thanks for the upload and the reaction.
I think the reason people really like these duo commentaries from you guys is the fact you two share a connection not many people have. It's very admirable. Edit: It makes so much sense that Woody's idol is Captain Kirk, he shares that unwavering desire for the truth.
Also they’re both so likable and have their own personalities. They’re too .. mature ;) to fake a TH-cam personality for likes and their authenticity and good-natured bro-ishness is so refreshing. 34/f/scared of diving but I’d pay to camp out and keep the beer cold on a dive trip w these guys. TH-cam is a weird place 🤣
I remember 5 to 1. Got my first C.P.R. card in 78. Got my first A.C.L.S. card in 84. These guys are so lucky people were on the scene who knew cpr. I think cpr should be required to graduate high school. Great commentary fella's. Im an old Kirk and Spock trekie too!
I agree. Plus we all took the Advanced Life Saving & Water Safety course as soon as we were old enough. Not to be lifeguards, but for safety as friends had a swimming pool, and we grew up around rivers and lakes, swimming & kayaking. The parents highly encouraged it. (Actually required it once we were teens if we wanted to be swimming or on the rivers without adult supervision).
I think CPR should be universally required too. Like along with a drivers license or with graduating high school like you said. It’s a very important life skill that you hope to never use, but are more than thankful to know if you ever are in that situation and need to perform. Anyone can do it, but it does take proper training to do it well. You’re going to break ribs, you’re not just pushing lightly, you’re pumping that chest, hard. I’ve been an EMT for a long time. You’d be shocked what people don’t know, even just basic first aid stuff. Hope you’ve never needed your skill set but always good to stay up on!
@@Stephaniemickle I think CPR should just be switched to straight compressions and have it as part of PE classes in high school. It seem's every 5-10 years they are changing the program and i think that puts people off. When i started it was 5 initial breaths then 15 - 2 for an adult and 5-2 for child, Then they ditched the 5 initial breathes and went with just 15 - 2 for everyone, as woody said now its 30 - 2 for adults and 15-2 for child. I've had to do CPR once there were do of us and within 3-4 minutes we knew we were fucking up the breaths but just carried on. The ambo's were able to revive the lady in the hospital. She has some permeant damage but thankfully it's only minor and she can live a fairly normal life.
My high school’s required health class had paramedics come teach us all CPR a few years ago and they taught us compressions only. They told us that essentially the survival rates with and without breaths were similar and people with minimal or no training tend to end up getting more confused and distracted trying to do breaths as well.
This is the best of unseen content on TH-cam, these guys put great effort into these vids, and provide real world info. 3.6k subscribers should be 100k or more, keep these up they serve real purpose in the world!
These kinds of creators tend to get big after youve noticed them. It might mean youtube subtly boosted and that’s why you saw them. I’ve never been into diving ever and I’ve discovered them somehow lol I watch small channels blow up all the time I really hope they do
Don’t worry. They’ll get big. It’ll go from a small subscriber base to big very quickly at some point fairly soon. These things always move exponentially.
11:43 this guy a hero. This would be the equivalent of rolling a 20 on a 20 sided dice for finding a rescue in time so there is luck involved here in finding such a diver.
Dungeon Master: “half of your party is stuck in an underwater cave you dont know how to navigate. youve never cave dived before and arent certified.” paladin on the surface: “i check to see if anyone around us is willing to help” *rolls nat 20* Dungeon Master: “ … the man who mapped the cave is here on a company picnic and has his entire cave diving equipment with him”
I like how even with all his thousands of dives worth of experience, Woody still asks Gus questions with a special glimmer in his eyes. That passion and genuine intrigue is so awesome to see.
Would never cave dive but have read and watched enough on it to learn about frog kicks. I actually frog kick while cruising above a reef(I am a photographer) and it helps me avoid kicking the reef, sponges, coral etc. I’m deathly afraid of overhead environments
That rescue was truly amazing. Huge kudos to him for going down again and again for these guys. And they were so incredibly lucky there was an experienced cave diver there as well as an air pocket. Seriously, what are the odds. On a different note - the people doing CPR and trying to revive the guys also did a great job. So many good choices made there. Reacting like that in an emergency... Because of life guard training I've learned first aid very intensively, but luckily never had to use it like this. My mum brought someone back with CPR once, though. That sure made everyone emotional.
It was very funny to find out it was a reenactment after the guy goes: "Wow his son looks exactly like him!" No dude that's your friend in very old footage 🤣🤣🤣
I assumed Woody knows what the son looks like today & was making the comment bc, seeing the father younger in the video (possibly similar to the sons current age), made him realize how much they look alike.
The fact that any of them survived is insane. The luck of woody not only being there but having his tanks on him and could go down immediately the odds are astronomically tiny. Talk about a guardian angel.
I’m new to your channel. This is the best video I have seen yet. It perfectly highlights the difference between an experienced, cave certified diver and an untrained novice. I am just a recreational open water diver, but I’m an ER doctor so I have a bit of insight into the medical side of this story. Hyperbaric chambers can be used to treat drowning victims, even if decompression sickness is not a major problem. A major consequence of drowning is that the lungs become saturated and inflamed. This makes it difficult for oxygen to cross from air to blood in the lung. Due to this, doctors will have to use higher pressure ventilator settings to get oxygen to cross, and that will damage the lung tissue further and make it even more stiff. As you know, in a hyperbaric chamber at higher pressures there are vastly more oxygen molecules per volume of gas. This allows oxygenation with lower volumes of gas, reducing the lung damage. At higher pressures there is also diffusion of oxygen into tissues (most importantly the brain but all organs). On a dive this is a problem but in a hospital it can be a treatment for a patient whose injured lungs cannot keep up with the demand.. There could have been some concern for decompression sickness but the chamber was likely used more for this reason.
@Steven Turner I concur! ✔ So, based on all you've stated: wouldn't it be safe to say that the Hyperbaric Chamber would be the BEST suited mechanism for those with severe cases of Covid? As opposed to the Ventilator being utilized? ( as the Vents are more than likely the 'main cause' for most of these patients' declining conditions...) Looking forwards to your response :) GOD BLESS 🌿💕🌿
TH-cam algorithm put this on my suggested feed even though I know absolutely nothing about diving. Here I am 3 days later after having watched every video you've done so far. The knowledge you guys have and the enthusiasm for the sport make this some high quality content, well done! Personally I've liked the videos with real emergencies (like this one) the most. Think you'll get a low of viewers very quickly here.
It looks like you were right about the big uptick in subs/viewers. I had pretty much the same thing happen this past week so youtube is giving them recommends again. I wonder how big the jump will be after another few months. Im always glad to see the people with real knowledge and experience getting more views, there are so many fake clout chasers who lie and give ppl terrible and dangerous advice while claiming to be "processionals" .
Seconded. I have never had even the slightest interest in diving, hell, I don't even like swimming. But these videos randomly got recommended and I've watched several, and enjoyed what I've seen so far. Mostly the emergency videos like this one seem to appeal to me the most as well, it's something everyone can relate to and learn from. I've learned more than I ever could've imagined about diving though watching these videos, and since watching, I could see myself maybe giving it a try one day. The passion you guys have is a bit contagious and I suspect you'll inspire a lot of people to try diving. Keep up the good work boys.
After watching Thirteen Lives, about the Thai cave rescue, I entered a rabbit hole of cave diving videos. I know nothing about diving nor cave diving and I find your videos highly informative and very well made even from a layman's prospective. Thank you!
Wow...What an incredible story. It was sad that the last guy didn't make it. But the fact that the guy who mapped the cave was there & didnt hesitate for a sec to rescue these guys is just incredible.
You get a 100 on CPR knowledge! I knew you could do it but it's great to see people who don't put hands on people that often remember skills. - Combat Corpsman, BLS instructor
@@jeskeepinitreal It's historically accurate. The recovery position used today was not universally adopted by general first aid courses until 1992. Before that most first aid courses taught people to keep the victim on there back with the head tilted sideways by default.
This was an incredibly well told story, especially for the typically ridiculously over dramatized 90’s tv docudramas. The commentary you two have is also very entertaining even as someone who is not a diver, only been recreational shallow water once on vacation. However you do a great job of explaining proper process and procedures in a way non-divers can understand and how an inherently risky activity can be made relatively safe by following them.
(1) I would not say death is “over” dramatized (2) Buy a HiFi with noise reduction & that eliminates the hiss. HiFi VCR with Dolby Surround can achieve CD quality sound .
Never have made a dive in my life, but recently came upon your channel out of the blue and have binged watched a lot of the videos. This one had my heart racing! Thanks for the content!
What a hero. Guy is like superman; even when he's doing casual things, he keeps his superhero costume around just in case. Those divers experienced the equivalent of winning the lottery in terms of probability.
Great work guys. I can't even imagine being on that situation, I have had scary moments as a diver not for me being stupid or taking stupid decisions but because of a poor instructor I remember that really got me scarred was diving a plane wreck at 140ft down right after our Nitrox class the instructor decided that we had to dive at 140ft with Nitrox 32 with a PO2 of 1.6 I was the only one who measured the oxygen present in the tank and I set my dive computer for a 1.4 PO2 when I was going down I got the alert of my computer and I went back up fighting against a strong current in the middle of the ocean and I surface about a couple miles away from the boat, that instructor could have killed 15 divers that day pushing recreational divers to 140ft with Nitrox 32... thankfully no one suffered any injuries but they could have been... It is hard when you are new and you are trusting your life in an instructor that can't even follow the book...
Instructors are helpful to have around. Ultimately my survival is MY responsibility. I was on a dive a while back as a newbie, maybe 20 or so total. Using their gear my Reg was leaking on inhale. It got worse the deeper we went. It was a fairly shallow dive maybe 60' at the most. I stayed shallower around 30' so if I had to bolt I was safer. An Instructor noticed me and checked me a couple times I pointed to the Reg and gave the So So signal. After a while it started leaking a lot more and I switched to the backup which seemed to work well...Luckily. I then dropped with the rest of the group once I felt I was safe and comfortable.
As a first aid instructor I tell students 30:2 for cpr/rescue breaths. 100-120BPM (baby shark is good as when you finish a verse, it’s time for breaths)
I remember this when it was originally broadcast on TV. I still don't know how Woody made it into that cave with all that equipment along with the massive set of balls it takes to do that in the first place. Luckiest divers ever, that he just happened to be there with all his gear.
You’re not going to believe this! I REMEMBER watching this exact episode when I was a kid! Specifically, the two divers up in the air pocket and the rescue diver holding the regulator up to them reviving one. My family would gather on the couch every week to watch every episode of Rescue 911. Thank you for your chats!
This is amazing!! What a miracle for even 2 of the boys to survive. I just found your channel after watching your reaction to Mr. Ballen video's. Will keep watching for more!!
Yeah that's mount K2 disaster levels of lucky. At some point in the 90's (start of 2000's? Can't recall) a crew was climbing towards the summit of mount K2 to film for a tv channel, but stopped halfway in cause one guy felt bad, and the whole crew decided to head back to camp. They helped to rescue about half a dozen climbers on their way down, as the weather got worse.
That was amazing. I'm so glad 'other' Woody finally got to bring two out who survived. Unfortuantely, they paid a heavy price for being a bit silly to say the least. RIP to the diver who lost his life that day. G'day Gus n Woody, and everyone here, slowly working my way through all your episodes. You are both awesome at what you do.🙌🏼❣
Non-diver here. I love it when woody stops the videos. He is a bank of knowledge. He takes his time to give out his accurate assessment of certain situations. Keep stopping those videos Woody!
I started off watching a titanic documentary and ended up here, thank God, truly a gem of a channel and have been binge watching since yesterday morning
I wish you guys know how much I appreciate this video. I couldn't compose myself to write about it before but discussing this rescue gave me so much information in case where's a drowning victim. My father, who was the one who taught me to swim, drowned during the visit he came to see me, before he saw me. His body was found 7 days later. Where I used to live, the sea can be very dangerous, especially if one underestimates the sand dips and currents. He drowned less than 5 meters away from the shore... and as a kid, I used to witness swimmers calling for help.
Always a pleasure to hear Gus and Woody explaining every part of this complicated sport. Not sure I'd ever want to qualify for cave diving, but I love watching them explain it!
When I did my first cpr course for a baby sitting certificate in the early 2000s as a teenager, cpr protocol was 15to1. By the time I did a cpr course for my driving licence (mandatory in Germany), it was already 30 to 2. Recently I've even heard 60 to 4. The idea being, you want to build up blood pressure, and while you give breaths, blood pressure will maintain longer if you compressed for longer.
The first time i tried a scuba tank was when i was a kid, on vacation, in Spain. The pool was only 10 ft. I was a beast of a swimmer but the reg felt so alien and weird, so panic ensued hahaa. I cant imagine being 100ft down. I respect you guys greatly. You have huge balls.
Love that i found this channel. Hearing and learning about these stories is so fascinating. I’ve only open water diced and have no wish to ever cave dive. If I ever did, it would have to be with one of you with me 😅
Happened at Otter Spring. The family of the deceased sued the instructor in 2005 claiming that she didn’t convey the dangers of cave diving and didn’t instruct him in cave diving.
I knew it! For god sakes, people have the hardest time taking accountability for their actions. She said "NO! Not going in here! Do you understand?" - "Yes" - "Alright we go back up!" I will never understand people who don't follow instructions. They are like children.
@@ninachr Yes. I've lead adults for Sierra Club, Dive Club, mission trips, and Kayak Club trips, and adults are TERRIBLE at being team and authority oriented...even when they've signed pretrip agreements. Children listen better and lie less.
People who go out on rescues, tend to have their gear ready to go any moment, because time is critical. It is not at all surprising to me that his gear was in his the truck. That's probably where his gear lives full time. These divers used up a lot of their lifetime allocation of luck that day. Mad respect for the quick actions that saved two of them in literally the nick of time.
I have watched like 10 of your amazing videos and just realized i was not sub to your channel! I am NOW, i am from Florida Ocala, Gainesville, Crystal river, St Pete Tampa Clearwater and i am a diver. I used to go to all these places as a kid and one time 1 man died in a cave in Gainesville and i learned the next day it was my friend Brandon. At the time i had no idea it was my friend truly heart breaking. Life is crazy i have been a diver for 20 years “47 year old male” and i will never cave dive. Personally i have lost 3 friends from cave diving and I don’t think people understand how dangerous it truly is. I know that i am not skilled enough to cave dive and i will never try. Just did a trip to the Grand Caymen Islands “Island Grand”. Amazing, Not sure if you have been but I recommend it, i stayed at the sunset house and you just walk out and dive. Side note my 7 year old son was born at Shanes Hospital. Small World.
Holy shit this is amazing. From the days before Nitrox might have been available to help on shore. Perfect timing for my rescue diver course next week.
I found your channel about five hours ago and have been binging in reverse order. I absolutely LOVE finding gems like this channel on TH-cam! Thanks so much for the awesome content!! Subscribed!
Im astonished that guy even had the where-withal to blow bubbles of O2 into the air pocket truly a genius for that like who would think of that in a high pressure situation
If you've never watched it would be great to see you guys to watch "Cave Diving Story" by Sid Perou, especially one of the first 2 episodes when they are still developing the techniques. Its a really spectacular documentary where they recreated the equipment and techniques cave divers were using as early as the 20s in the UK.
The undeserved yet greatly appreciated luck that a _cave_ trained diver was that close and *had his gear ready enough to dive!* Let alone one who was familiar with this exact cav? Unreal. Amazing that the divers hadn't gotten very separated. Imagine this scenario if one, just one, had gone down the other passage in the confusion. Two of them being found together but not stuck was a boon too. Thanks for your amazing share.
Nightmare fuel right here…and an experienced diver just happened to be there cocked, locked, and ready to rock??? Even my dreams aren’t this ridiculous. Thanks for pausing your life to upload this. This is nuts!
Open water diver and filmmaker here. Been listening to your videos late into the night while working… I will NEVER enter a cave… until I get the training 😁 thanks for the lessons and the warnings. ❤️ looking forward to cave training
That went from a horror story to a miracle very unexpectedly quickly. That that particular rescue diver was there and had his gear is incredibly lucky. And that they were both brought out so quickly by that true hero, cause that’s what the definition of a hero is to me, is amazing. Even though only one of them survived that was a great story. I heard of another story where a experienced diver was doing a body recovery down a several hundred metre hole and unfortunately died himself. But when they pulled up his safety line he came up with the dead diver he was attempting to recover. In his last moments he had secured the body to himself.
I’ve heard that story before but seeing that video was edge of the seat type stuff ... great find ... amazing story. Woody talked about a higher power from ancient cave reaction ... this story makes you think ... the amount of things that had to happen for those guys to live is mind blowing. Remove one of those things that happened exactly when they did happen and they all die ... great video
Did this 'higher power' favor the ones who lived or the one who died? It's discomfiting to think there is some cloud potato up there, lounging around with a live-or-die joypad playing sick games with people's lives all day. I'll take lady luck and a superhero cave diver over a higher power any day.
I don’t dive nor will I ever (ive got pretty terrible thalassophobia) but I can’t stop watching your guys’ videos. So interesting and so informative. Hope you continue to grow!
My Kindle almost broke I was holding it so tightly from nerves!! What heroes to go in there and saving strangers. Everything fit together. Wow. You guys are so respectful and knowledgeable. So glad I found your channel.
This story is AMAZING, I can't believe how lucky all these elements came together and how many things went right. However, the lesson stays the same. This all could've been completely avoided and they all could've come out alive had they just LISTENED to the more experienced diver.
i am not a diver.....but i must tell you both i love your channel! i have learned so much, from watching. Thankyou for sharing your knowledge and experience. Dive safe! Stormy Ont Canada
I regularly watched Rescue 9-1-1 as a kid and remember seeing this episode when it aired. I was very young, but I remember thinking "whoa! You can go inside of underwater caves?!" And then thought "Oh, maybe you can't!" 😬 The image of the lifeless diver (however reenacted) stayed with me and inevitably pops into my head whenever I think of someone lost and perishing inside a cave. Twenty-some odd years later and I find myself an Open Water instructor and cavern diver, but I still think about this segment from time to time as my first intro to the dangers of cave diving (or as I understand better now, the dangers of exceeding one's training).
I have learned so much as a non diver watching this channel. I went from thinking all divers are nuts to gaining a real respect for the sport and the professionals who do it. Thank you guys for teaching me something I knew nothing about.
Wow! For some reason even just watching cave diving spikes anxiety in me. This woody guy is awesome. Had a hard time finding any info about him with a quick google search tho :-(
That is one of the reasons when I even go on small camping trips or gold hunting I plan and prepare heavily. Hell I always pack about 80+ pounds of gear and supplies in case. Cave diving I wouldn't even consider unless I got trained properly. Heck I was trained in Mexico to Identify edible mushrooms in Jalisco even then I don't touch any even if I am confident because its not something I do every day.
I found this channel bc of ur reviews on Mr Ballen's cave diving tragedy videos, and absolutely it. I'm not only not a diver, I have a fear of very deep water, especially the ocean. Luckily I live inland in south Ontario, Canada, in between 2 Great Lakes - Ontario and Erie. They're more than big enough for me for a short boat ride or fishing trip. I used to watch Rescue 911 religiously w my parents and sister when it was on. Amazing show that taught me a lot about safety, situations to avoid danger, and how to respond to certain situations. I ended up working in a nursing home and then w developmentally disabled adults for a group home agency, both required First Aid - CPR certification. That taught me a lot more. Ur definitely right about training taking over. I worked w a wide range of individuals w many different needs. One person had a serious seizure disorder that required we remain calm and take control of the situation. Others had serious behavioral issues which required us to have specialized training in physical intervention including take down and floor restraint.
I know I’ll never dive anywhere unless it’s my pool but it’s hard to express the level of respect I have for all divers, especially in situations like these. Mind blowing to think how much mental and physical strength you need to do rescues. Legend!
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My dad was featured on Rescue 911 for saving a family from a burning house. He was burned severely and lost every stitch of hair but saved every one of them. My dad passed last year but he will be my hero forever. Miss ya pop
What are the chances that the cave diver who mapped out that cave also just happens to have all his equipment with him at that moment. Wow!
I know. Just an incredible story.
I'm not a super spiritual person but stories like this make me believe in fate or that divine intervention does exist. What are the chances that all those things would fall into place? It just wasn't their day to go.
@@stacin821 What's even crazier is the diver who mapped that cave, at that location on that day, wasn't there diving, passing by, or checking it out. He was there at the exact time because...a company picnic. Just...what?
I'm not incredibly spiritual, but that is divine intervention, also the fact those divers found an incredibly rare air pocket seemingly only big enough to keep them alive long enough for him to barely save them...
I don't know man. This story hit a little different
The rational part of me believes that he's a Super Cave Diver (But for real) near one of his favorite dives, so he's just always around with his gear. I keep adventure gear in my bag just sometimes, you know?
But the spiritual part of me believes it was Aliens.
@@cccycling5835 Aliens??? LOL not what I expected to find in a diving vid
Imagine waking back up stuck in an air pocket trapped in an underwater cave. Terrifying
Very scary indeed.
Omg I seen that in the movie turistas and I was gasping for air . It gave me anxiety
I feel like at that point just let me die please
And the guy you was in there with before you blacked out is now gone
Yeah like the guy who thought he would be rescued from the Swiss cheese cave.. while trapped in an airpocket. He survived for weeks in there before he died, nobody could save him because they didn't know where he was, and didn't want to get lost themselves. He was only found later when a cave wall was blown in from an unrelated excavation. But he was already dead at that point.
I bet you, if that cave diver was ever unsure about always taking full cave gear with him, he sure as hell didn't doubt it after saving 2 people's lives
As a Paramedic, it amazes me, when regular people, with minimal training, but the desire to do something, anything. That is what I find truly heroic. This is an amazing story.
Thanks for this comment.
....regular people, with minimal training, but KNOWINGLY doing something life threatening and stupid.
@@wolfattack402000 are you saying people giving cpr/other life saving support without training or are you fussing at the divers who went without training?
@@JohnSmith-ul2ce the divers is what I took away. I felt the same frustration. Like WHY. They KNEW they had limited time/oxygen and did a absolutely STUPID thing.
@@krystlem8920 obviously they shouldn’t have gone in. Yes they knew they shouldn’t ! I’m just not sure calling them stupid is helpful in any way! Especially given that one of them lost their life, that comment just rubs me the wrong way! Theirs a reason so many people that are uncertified, have lost their lives in caves! It’s not because they are stupid! Most of the time it’s open water divers who build up confidence being under water! It’s very easy to think “I’ll just go a take a quick look” and before they know it, they are lost. They don’t know how much they don’t know! Especially back before the internet.
As a surfer, I’ve rescued countless tourists swimmers that get caught in rip tides. There’s signs on the beach warning of rips! Many times it’s apparent that they have zero real ocean experience! They “know” the dangers there, but go in anyway & almost drown! They feel confident because they know how to swim so they push their limits and get in (literally) over their heads! It’s human nature!
He didn’t say he “happened to have his gear” he said he “carries his gear with him” so always.
He’s a legend for a reason!
Just very fortunate that he does
@@DIVETALK it wasn't woody who first ask the lady if they were cave sert, it was woodys friend and he ran and got woody and told him and it also wasn't woodys gear it was the guy who first noticed and ran and got woody, i like your channel but you guys miss alot of what is said because your talking during it, it should stop the video whenever you need to say something, you guys do this alot, just wanted you to know, also he only blew the air so they would know he was there, he never said he did it cause the co2 witch was probably a learning experience for him so now he knows what to do if he comes across this again, anyway not being mean just think you guys should pay a little more attention to what there saying
@@michaelrose220 OK thanks
@@michaelrose220 lol ... I know sometimes I’m shouting Shhhhhh! At my tablet! Cause I’m a mom , but yeah just pause the vid guys please. Love what you do. 💕🐝🇺🇸
Woody carrying his gear in his truck going to a picnic, what a legend. He deserves the Gold Lifesaving Medal.
Honestly mad respect to the instructor for not following after while not cave certified
(8:40)Why did Gus say she should stayed w/the divers after they'd blown her off? Does Gus means she should have stayed under water and just waited for them to re-emerge from the cave? It wouldn't have helped if she'd done that though, either. But also, she and the other four were cave certified.
@@isabellind1292 No I think he just meant to look back and check that they were actually following her. But yeah, if they were determined to go in what was she gonna do, pull their flippers? Not much else she could do, probably better to go and get help.
@@yozegami Yes but Gus specifically said she should have stayed w/them. How anyone can just blow off their instructor is bad enough but I hope she fired them all as her students - what arrogant little know-it-alls. It'd be like someone telling their flight instructor to leave them alone if they want to fly into a thunder storm and see what happens. "Pull their flippers", LOL!
@@isabellind1292 on my dives the instructors always check that everyone is ascending, before going themselves.
@@IreneWY Probably now very much emphasized in diver training due to this very incident from 1990.
This channel is seriously a gem. Been loving your content and I'm not even a diver haha keep it up y'all!
Thanks for the support.
Same here :) would love to learn safely though
Foreal. I never even had an interest in diving and still don't. If anything I have even less desire now lmao. But I can listen to them break down diving all night 🤔🔥🔥🔥
@@anthonyfpvminiquad1728 same
SAME
This is crazy, I can't believe they a) went in there after saying they would go out, and b) that they had an angel on the surface who just happened to know the cave well AND have all his gear ready and on hand... Incredible that they didn't all die. Woody is a hero.
We agree. Thanks for this comment.
I thought one of them to die
In 2014 in Germany it required 700 rescuers to get an injured and unconscious cave scientist out of a cave from a depth of 3.200 feet and over a distance of 6 miles. It took the team 1 whole day to climb down to him and another 10 days in total darkness to pull him up to the entrence of the cave by hand.
When Woody handed the second man the air it almost made me start to cry. What a hero!! All of these people are amazing!
I got emotional too! Thanks for watching.
Witnessing a miracle, even a reenactment, is powerful.
This one gave me chills. The nerve on him to go up, try and signal and get their air clean. "I gotta go back" true selfless hero. Thanks for this one guys, like and comment for the algorithm as always! Thanks for the time and excellent entertainment fellas
Thanks Owen!
I love that staying alive is the universal reference when teaching someone what speed to do chest compressions.
I would personally like to thank The Office for teaching me that
When I got certified they also said the song Another one bites the dust works too. I thought that was kinda funny. CPR is a great thing to know.
That’s what they told me when I joined the Red Cross as well, but I think that for some it might be a bit difficult to keep count on the compressions and sing that in your head at the same time 🙈
I've hear when you're faced with a situation like that, that your training kicks in and you don't think of any thing else besides saving them. I hope I never have to find out because it would be horrible for the person going thru it, but if they do I hope that they live.
@@jenburkholder6541 If a person has training in CPR then yes, that’s true..
In the red cross we practiced all the time, because when you practice often enough it becomes muscle memory, you don’t have to think about doing it, you just do it.
The selflessness of that woody fella blew my mind. When he dropped the first guy off and said he had to To go back down gave me a little more hope in humanity. Thanks for sharing these stories with us. I'm not a diver and in fact am scared to death of any body of water, keep up the great work.
Are you trying to desensitize yourself with these videos?
Well what was he going to say, "I'm beat, let me go grab a burger and I'll look for the rest of them later"?
Yea, when you know how to do something and have the opportunity to use that ability for something like this I don't know how someone can turn that down. @@Camcolito
I used to watch Rescue 911 as a kid. It still makes my eyes misty. It's very well done. Blows many of today's similar shows right out of the water, pun intended.
Agree
I feel really dumb to fess up to this but I've never watched "Rescue 911".
How can you ever thank this man enough! Unbelievable courage to mount a rescue alone and in the moment make such good decisions. Wow.
Absolutely agree.
Those 2 boys lucked out, very tragic for the one! This is the type of video that all people need to see before getting certified for open water. Just like when you go to get your drivers license and they make you watch a tragedy video from car accidents. Something for people to remember and fear. Keep the great Videos coming!
Thanks for the comment and support.
actually, the 3.
The first one was lucky to stumble upon the exit, the others... well the sequence of events was too incredible to belive.
This has happened to me as well and it's a really tough in so many levels. We were diving in an open-pit mining that is closed since many years. Its a great place to dive because of fresh spring water coming up from the bottom and there is very clear vis there. It's also a very popular place for swimming and go to chill down hot summer days. There young boys were playing and jumping off the cliffs and swam quite far out. Suddenly one of the boys go under and isn't coming up. We were in the other pit and suddenly a guy is calling for us and wants out attention and help. We didn't hasitate to try to help out. I as the most experienced pulled everyone together to try to make a quick plan and what search system to use but the other divers didn't really understood what I talked about because they were newly certified ow-divers. We jumped in but due to their inexperience and being very stressed they kicked up so much silt and the vis was absolut zero. Even if we knew where he went down we couldn't find him. It's was later revealed that we were at the correct place but he was stuck under a big boulder or cliff. If this happens to you please try to do a simple rescue plan and follow it. If you feel anxious and stressed don't do it. I honestly would rather had done the rescue attempt myself because of my buddies being way to inexperienced. Also remember it often very hard to see people that have drowned because they die in absolute panic and their eyes are wide open, so avoid eye contact at any cost. If it comes to retrieving a body, just don't do it if you don't have the right education. It's really hard if the vis is bad and the only way to find them is to feel them. It's not nice to feel bloated and has started to decompose. I did this because I'm a former paramedic and knew I would have a chance to resuscitate the boy and I have seen plenty of dead people and been trained to treat sick and dying people and take care of deceased. I give absolutely props to people that wants to help out but sometimes the best help is to stay on the surface and help out from there. Also if you feel it too much for you or you can't handle it, don't do it! We don't want 2 bodies to retrieve. Also this rescue is amazing and so many of the odds were on their side that day. Thanks for the upload and the reaction.
Interesting stuff. Thanks for the comment!
I think the reason people really like these duo commentaries from you guys is the fact you two share a connection not many people have. It's very admirable.
Edit: It makes so much sense that Woody's idol is Captain Kirk, he shares that unwavering desire for the truth.
Also they’re both so likable and have their own personalities. They’re too .. mature ;) to fake a TH-cam personality for likes and their authenticity and good-natured bro-ishness is so refreshing.
34/f/scared of diving but I’d pay to camp out and keep the beer cold on a dive trip w these guys. TH-cam is a weird place 🤣
I have to say, Seeing William Shatner as the narrator here brings me to the conclusion, he was much better looking when he had hair, lol.
I remember 5 to 1. Got my first C.P.R. card in 78. Got my first A.C.L.S. card in 84. These guys are so lucky people were on the scene who knew cpr. I think cpr should be required to graduate high school. Great commentary fella's. Im an old Kirk and Spock trekie too!
I agree. Plus we all took the Advanced Life Saving & Water Safety course as soon as we were old enough. Not to be lifeguards, but for safety as friends had a swimming pool, and we grew up around rivers and lakes, swimming & kayaking. The parents highly encouraged it. (Actually required it once we were teens if we wanted to be swimming or on the rivers without adult supervision).
I think CPR should be universally required too. Like along with a drivers license or with graduating high school like you said. It’s a very important life skill that you hope to never use, but are more than thankful to know if you ever are in that situation and need to perform. Anyone can do it, but it does take proper training to do it well. You’re going to break ribs, you’re not just pushing lightly, you’re pumping that chest, hard. I’ve been an EMT for a long time. You’d be shocked what people don’t know, even just basic first aid stuff. Hope you’ve never needed your skill set but always good to stay up on!
@@Stephaniemickle I think CPR should just be switched to straight compressions and have it as part of PE classes in high school. It seem's every 5-10 years they are changing the program and i think that puts people off.
When i started it was 5 initial breaths then 15 - 2 for an adult and 5-2 for child, Then they ditched the 5 initial breathes and went with just 15 - 2 for everyone, as woody said now its 30 - 2 for adults and 15-2 for child.
I've had to do CPR once there were do of us and within 3-4 minutes we knew we were fucking up the breaths but just carried on. The ambo's were able to revive the lady in the hospital. She has some permeant damage but thankfully it's only minor and she can live a fairly normal life.
I Stink at CPR I rock too much I learned it in the girl 👧 scouts
My high school’s required health class had paramedics come teach us all CPR a few years ago and they taught us compressions only. They told us that essentially the survival rates with and without breaths were similar and people with minimal or no training tend to end up getting more confused and distracted trying to do breaths as well.
This is the best of unseen content on TH-cam, these guys put great effort into these vids, and provide real world info. 3.6k subscribers should be 100k or more, keep these up they serve real purpose in the world!
Man thanks so much dove this support and encouragement!
These kinds of creators tend to get big after youve noticed them. It might mean youtube subtly boosted and that’s why you saw them. I’ve never been into diving ever and I’ve discovered them somehow lol
I watch small channels blow up all the time I really hope they do
Don’t worry. They’ll get big. It’ll go from a small subscriber base to big very quickly at some point fairly soon. These things always move exponentially.
Watching this 2 months later and they are up over 22.1k, the blow up is in full swing and is wonderfully well deserved 🥰
Another month later and now 40k.... the growth continues!!
11:43 this guy a hero. This would be the equivalent of rolling a 20 on a 20 sided dice for finding a rescue in time so there is luck involved here in finding such a diver.
Dungeon Master: “half of your party is stuck in an underwater cave you dont know how to navigate. youve never cave dived before and arent certified.”
paladin on the surface: “i check to see if anyone around us is willing to help”
*rolls nat 20*
Dungeon Master: “ … the man who mapped the cave is here on a company picnic and has his entire cave diving equipment with him”
@@roxanne8662 lol love it
@@roxanne8662 Very nice!
I like how even with all his thousands of dives worth of experience, Woody still asks Gus questions with a special glimmer in his eyes. That passion and genuine intrigue is so awesome to see.
Yes I value everyone’s opinion as we always keep learning from eachother.
Would never cave dive but have read and watched enough on it to learn about frog kicks. I actually frog kick while cruising above a reef(I am a photographer) and it helps me avoid kicking the reef, sponges, coral etc. I’m deathly afraid of overhead environments
Thanks for this great input.
I swim too much like a Sea 🌊 Turtle 🐢 I’m not a great swimmer my older brother is a great swimmer
That rescue was truly amazing. Huge kudos to him for going down again and again for these guys. And they were so incredibly lucky there was an experienced cave diver there as well as an air pocket. Seriously, what are the odds.
On a different note - the people doing CPR and trying to revive the guys also did a great job. So many good choices made there. Reacting like that in an emergency... Because of life guard training I've learned first aid very intensively, but luckily never had to use it like this. My mum brought someone back with CPR once, though. That sure made everyone emotional.
It was very funny to find out it was a reenactment after the guy goes:
"Wow his son looks exactly like him!"
No dude that's your friend in very old footage 🤣🤣🤣
Ha
I assumed Woody knows what the son looks like today & was making the comment bc, seeing the father younger in the video (possibly similar to the sons current age), made him realize how much they look alike.
@@AlisonWarren exactly why I said that.
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@@DIVETALK ok but it totally came across like how I explained it. Some trippy shit right there.
The fact that any of them survived is insane. The luck of woody not only being there but having his tanks on him and could go down immediately the odds are astronomically tiny. Talk about a guardian angel.
I’m new to your channel. This is the best video I have seen yet. It perfectly highlights the difference between an experienced, cave certified diver and an untrained novice. I am just a recreational open water diver, but I’m an ER doctor so I have a bit of insight into the medical side of this story. Hyperbaric chambers can be used to treat drowning victims, even if decompression sickness is not a major problem. A major consequence of drowning is that the lungs become saturated and inflamed. This makes it difficult for oxygen to cross from air to blood in the lung. Due to this, doctors will have to use higher pressure ventilator settings to get oxygen to cross, and that will damage the lung tissue further and make it even more stiff. As you know, in a hyperbaric chamber at higher pressures there are vastly more oxygen molecules per volume of gas. This allows oxygenation with lower volumes of gas, reducing the lung damage. At higher pressures there is also diffusion of oxygen into tissues (most importantly the brain but all organs). On a dive this is a problem but in a hospital it can be a treatment for a patient whose injured lungs cannot keep up with the demand.. There could have been some concern for decompression sickness but the chamber was likely used more for this reason.
Thanks so much for your comment and support.
Awesome explanation. Ty
@Steven Turner
I concur! ✔
So, based on all you've stated: wouldn't it be safe to say that the Hyperbaric Chamber would be the BEST suited mechanism for those with severe cases of Covid?
As opposed to the Ventilator being utilized? ( as the Vents are more than likely the 'main cause' for most of these patients' declining conditions...)
Looking forwards to your response :)
GOD BLESS
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@@mjk6618 still waiting?
Fascinating explanation
TH-cam algorithm put this on my suggested feed even though I know absolutely nothing about diving. Here I am 3 days later after having watched every video you've done so far. The knowledge you guys have and the enthusiasm for the sport make this some high quality content, well done! Personally I've liked the videos with real emergencies (like this one) the most. Think you'll get a low of viewers very quickly here.
Wow thanks so much. Super motivating to read this.
It looks like you were right about the big uptick in subs/viewers. I had pretty much the same thing happen this past week so youtube is giving them recommends again. I wonder how big the jump will be after another few months.
Im always glad to see the people with real knowledge and experience getting more views, there are so many fake clout chasers who lie and give ppl terrible and dangerous advice while claiming to be "processionals" .
Seconded. I have never had even the slightest interest in diving, hell, I don't even like swimming. But these videos randomly got recommended and I've watched several, and enjoyed what I've seen so far. Mostly the emergency videos like this one seem to appeal to me the most as well, it's something everyone can relate to and learn from. I've learned more than I ever could've imagined about diving though watching these videos, and since watching, I could see myself maybe giving it a try one day. The passion you guys have is a bit contagious and I suspect you'll inspire a lot of people to try diving. Keep up the good work boys.
After watching Thirteen Lives, about the Thai cave rescue, I entered a rabbit hole of cave diving videos. I know nothing about diving nor cave diving and I find your videos highly informative and very well made even from a layman's prospective. Thank you!
Wow...What an incredible story. It was sad that the last guy didn't make it. But the fact that the guy who mapped the cave was there & didnt hesitate for a sec to rescue these guys is just incredible.
You get a 100 on CPR knowledge! I knew you could do it but it's great to see people who don't put hands on people that often remember skills.
- Combat Corpsman, BLS instructor
Thanks for this comment. Good input.
@@jeskeepinitreal It's historically accurate. The recovery position used today was not universally adopted by general first aid courses until 1992.
Before that most first aid courses taught people to keep the victim on there back with the head tilted sideways by default.
Nowadays in many places/courses they dont even teach the air blowing. Just to keep pushing at a steady pace.
@@louiscypher4186 Interesting to know that. From intuition alone, I'd want to move them over a bit to expel. Seems so obvious.
This man Woody deserves a National Medal for his bravery. 👋I've never seen anything like it and I'm 63.
We agree.
This was an incredibly well told story, especially for the typically ridiculously over dramatized 90’s tv docudramas. The commentary you two have is also very entertaining even as someone who is not a diver, only been recreational shallow water once on vacation. However you do a great job of explaining proper process and procedures in a way non-divers can understand and how an inherently risky activity can be made relatively safe by following them.
That tape hiss too
(1) I would not say death is “over” dramatized (2) Buy a HiFi with noise reduction & that eliminates the hiss. HiFi VCR with Dolby Surround can achieve CD quality sound
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i’m not a diver in the slightest, but I love watching these
Thanks for this comment and support.
Not a diver, but completely enjoy your content. Thank you!
We thank you also!
Me too
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Never have made a dive in my life, but recently came upon your channel out of the blue and have binged watched a lot of the videos. This one had my heart racing! Thanks for the content!
Thanks for the support!
Woody seems like the kind of friend we all wish we had. Total legend.
What a hero. Guy is like superman; even when he's doing casual things, he keeps his superhero costume around just in case. Those divers experienced the equivalent of winning the lottery in terms of probability.
Amazing that Woody didn’t even think twice about going down to help divers who needed his help. True hero.
Absolutely agree.
Superhero
Great work guys. I can't even imagine being on that situation, I have had scary moments as a diver not for me being stupid or taking stupid decisions but because of a poor instructor I remember that really got me scarred was diving a plane wreck at 140ft down right after our Nitrox class the instructor decided that we had to dive at 140ft with Nitrox 32 with a PO2 of 1.6 I was the only one who measured the oxygen present in the tank and I set my dive computer for a 1.4 PO2 when I was going down I got the alert of my computer and I went back up fighting against a strong current in the middle of the ocean and I surface about a couple miles away from the boat, that instructor could have killed 15 divers that day pushing recreational divers to 140ft with Nitrox 32... thankfully no one suffered any injuries but they could have been... It is hard when you are new and you are trusting your life in an instructor that can't even follow the book...
Great comment and we agree.
Instructors are helpful to have around. Ultimately my survival is MY responsibility. I was on a dive a while back as a newbie, maybe 20 or so total. Using their gear my Reg was leaking on inhale. It got worse the deeper we went. It was a fairly shallow dive maybe 60' at the most. I stayed shallower around 30' so if I had to bolt I was safer. An Instructor noticed me and checked me a couple times I pointed to the Reg and gave the So So signal. After a while it started leaking a lot more and I switched to the backup which seemed to work well...Luckily. I then dropped with the rest of the group once I felt I was safe and comfortable.
I love Gus's enthusiasm in this one! I'm used to Woody coming in with the energy but Gus really shines in this one! The passion is perfect.
As a first aid instructor I tell students 30:2 for cpr/rescue breaths. 100-120BPM (baby shark is good as when you finish a verse, it’s time for breaths)
Yes we teach it this way also as this is latest recommendation. The chest compressions are critical.
I was taught by my first aid instructors that in cases of drowning you start with 5 rescue breaths then continue on with 30:2..
At 13:20, Woody says: "I carry all my gear with me", which means always. He did not just happen to have it that day.
What a stud
Dude that story is insane what a legend Woody is! Shame this isn't known by a lot more people. Deserves some serious medals
I have serious claustrophobia and asthma so I won't be diving ever. If I could, I would but I can't so I watch this channel. Thank you 😊
the fact that the first guy stopped breathing from the air pocket probably helped the second guy's chances of coming back from being passed out
I remember this when it was originally broadcast on TV. I still don't know how Woody made it into that cave with all that equipment along with the massive set of balls it takes to do that in the first place. Luckiest divers ever, that he just happened to be there with all his gear.
Wow, I'd forgotten that Mr Shatner hosted this show way back then. Another great video guys, thanks for posting.
Thanks for the support.
You’re not going to believe this! I REMEMBER watching this exact episode when I was a kid! Specifically, the two divers up in the air pocket and the rescue diver holding the regulator up to them reviving one. My family would gather on the couch every week to watch every episode of Rescue 911. Thank you for your chats!
This is amazing!! What a miracle for even 2 of the boys to survive. I just found your channel after watching your reaction to Mr. Ballen video's. Will keep watching for more!!
Yeah that's mount K2 disaster levels of lucky. At some point in the 90's (start of 2000's? Can't recall) a crew was climbing towards the summit of mount K2 to film for a tv channel, but stopped halfway in cause one guy felt bad, and the whole crew decided to head back to camp. They helped to rescue about half a dozen climbers on their way down, as the weather got worse.
I'm not a diver, but I've become a fan of the channel. Keep on keeping on y'all! 🇺🇲🤘🏼
Seeing a new video from y'all is an instant click every time. Keep it up!
Thank you!
That was amazing. I'm so glad 'other' Woody finally got to bring two out who survived. Unfortuantely, they paid a heavy price for being a bit silly to say the least. RIP to the diver who lost his life that day.
G'day Gus n Woody, and everyone here, slowly working my way through all your episodes. You are both awesome at what you do.🙌🏼❣
I remember seeing that episode years ago. Before I was ever certified. But it's stuck with me all these years.
Yeah what a story.
Non-diver here. I love it when woody stops the videos. He is a bank of knowledge. He takes his time to give out his accurate assessment of certain situations. Keep stopping those videos Woody!
I would love to know more about Woody
Which Woody?? Dive Talk Woody? Sexy, rugged, manly - let's start a fan club 😜😁💜
@@helenfelton8804 HE IS THE SUPREME ALPHA MALE
He's the guy with the room, apparently.
I started off watching a titanic documentary and ended up here, thank God, truly a gem of a channel and have been binge watching since yesterday morning
I wish you guys know how much I appreciate this video. I couldn't compose myself to write about it before but discussing this rescue gave me so much information in case where's a drowning victim. My father, who was the one who taught me to swim, drowned during the visit he came to see me, before he saw me. His body was found 7 days later. Where I used to live, the sea can be very dangerous, especially if one underestimates the sand dips and currents. He drowned less than 5 meters away from the shore... and as a kid, I used to witness swimmers calling for help.
Thanks for sharing this with us. I’m sorry about this.
This is a highly educative channel, makes me want to look into diving myself. This channel will BLOW UP soon!
Make it happen!
Always a pleasure to hear Gus and Woody explaining every part of this complicated sport. Not sure I'd ever want to qualify for cave diving, but I love watching them explain it!
When I did my first cpr course for a baby sitting certificate in the early 2000s as a teenager, cpr protocol was 15to1. By the time I did a cpr course for my driving licence (mandatory in Germany), it was already 30 to 2. Recently I've even heard 60 to 4. The idea being, you want to build up blood pressure, and while you give breaths, blood pressure will maintain longer if you compressed for longer.
The first time i tried a scuba tank was when i was a kid, on vacation, in Spain. The pool was only 10 ft. I was a beast of a swimmer but the reg felt so alien and weird, so panic ensued hahaa. I cant imagine being 100ft down. I respect you guys greatly. You have huge balls.
Love that i found this channel. Hearing and learning about these stories is so fascinating. I’ve only open water diced and have no wish to ever cave dive. If I ever did, it would have to be with one of you with me 😅
Thanks for the comment and the support.
Happened at Otter Spring. The family of the deceased sued the instructor in 2005 claiming that she didn’t convey the dangers of cave diving and didn’t instruct him in cave diving.
I knew it! For god sakes, people have the hardest time taking accountability for their actions.
She said "NO! Not going in here! Do you understand?" - "Yes" - "Alright we go back up!"
I will never understand people who don't follow instructions. They are like children.
What was the outcome of the case? Also, I agree with Yann, it was their choice to go in the cave. Sad outcome, but not the instructor’s fault.
And she probably lives with severe guilt even though faultless.
@@yd8104 No, children are usually very good at following instructions 🤦🏼♀️
@@ninachr Yes. I've lead adults for Sierra Club, Dive Club, mission trips, and Kayak Club trips, and adults are TERRIBLE at being team and authority oriented...even when they've signed pretrip agreements. Children listen better and lie less.
People who go out on rescues, tend to have their gear ready to go any moment, because time is critical. It is not at all surprising to me that his gear was in his the truck. That's probably where his gear lives full time.
These divers used up a lot of their lifetime allocation of luck that day. Mad respect for the quick actions that saved two of them in literally the nick of time.
I have watched like 10 of your amazing videos and just realized i was not sub to your channel! I am NOW, i am from Florida Ocala, Gainesville, Crystal river, St Pete Tampa Clearwater and i am a diver. I used to go to all these places as a kid and one time 1 man died in a cave in Gainesville and i learned the next day it was my friend Brandon. At the time i had no idea it was my friend truly heart breaking. Life is crazy i have been a diver for 20 years “47 year old male” and i will never cave dive. Personally i have lost 3 friends from cave diving and I don’t think people understand how dangerous it truly is. I know that i am not skilled enough to cave dive and i will never try. Just did a trip to the Grand Caymen Islands “Island Grand”. Amazing,
Not sure if you have been but I recommend it, i stayed at the sunset house and you just walk out and dive.
Side note my 7 year old son was born at Shanes Hospital. Small World.
Holy shit this is amazing. From the days before Nitrox might have been available to help on shore. Perfect timing for my rescue diver course next week.
Thanks!
I found your channel about five hours ago and have been binging in reverse order. I absolutely LOVE finding gems like this channel on TH-cam! Thanks so much for the awesome content!! Subscribed!
Im astonished that guy even had the where-withal to blow bubbles of O2 into the air pocket truly a genius for that like who would think of that in a high pressure situation
Woody is such a legend. One of those rare people that seem to have some super human sort of skill. Just incredible
This is easily my new favorite channel. I been binge watching these videos like crazy😅
Welcome aboard!
If you've never watched it would be great to see you guys to watch "Cave Diving Story" by Sid Perou, especially one of the first 2 episodes when they are still developing the techniques. Its a really spectacular documentary where they recreated the equipment and techniques cave divers were using as early as the 20s in the UK.
Episode 2 "The Devil is a Gentleman" is more exciting would make better content
The undeserved yet greatly appreciated luck that a _cave_ trained diver was that close and *had his gear ready enough to dive!* Let alone one who was familiar with this exact cav? Unreal. Amazing that the divers hadn't gotten very separated. Imagine this scenario if one, just one, had gone down the other passage in the confusion. Two of them being found together but not stuck was a boon too. Thanks for your amazing share.
Nightmare fuel right here…and an experienced diver just happened to be there cocked, locked, and ready to rock??? Even my dreams aren’t this ridiculous. Thanks for pausing your life to upload this. This is nuts!
This is awesome content. Found you guys literally yesterday and I've already gone through a good chunk of your content. Keep up the great work!
Thank you sir!
Saw you guys just posted instantly filled with excitement and at a full 40 minutes. Life is good :)
Thanks Peter.
Open water diver and filmmaker here. Been listening to your videos late into the night while working… I will NEVER enter a cave… until I get the training 😁 thanks for the lessons and the warnings. ❤️ looking forward to cave training
That went from a horror story to a miracle very unexpectedly quickly.
That that particular rescue diver was there and had his gear is incredibly lucky. And that they were both brought out so quickly by that true hero, cause that’s what the definition of a hero is to me, is amazing. Even though only one of them survived that was a great story.
I heard of another story where a experienced diver was doing a body recovery down a several hundred metre hole and unfortunately died himself. But when they pulled up his safety line he came up with the dead diver he was attempting to recover. In his last moments he had secured the body to himself.
3 out of the 4 men survived! Not just 1! And what a heartbreaking story you shared about the diver who died trying to recover a body. 😔
Love this channel just found it this week!! I for one wouldn't be able to go back after that incident.
I’ve heard that story before but seeing that video was edge of the seat type stuff ... great find ... amazing story. Woody talked about a higher power from ancient cave reaction ... this story makes you think ... the amount of things that had to happen for those guys to live is mind blowing. Remove one of those things that happened exactly when they did happen and they all die ... great video
Yes for sure and I believe there was a higher power at play here also. Thanks for the comment!
Did this 'higher power' favor the ones who lived or the one who died? It's discomfiting to think there is some cloud potato up there, lounging around with a live-or-die joypad playing sick games with people's lives all day. I'll take lady luck and a superhero cave diver over a higher power any day.
I don’t dive nor will I ever (ive got pretty terrible thalassophobia) but I can’t stop watching your guys’ videos. So interesting and so informative. Hope you continue to grow!
Thanks for this comment and the support!
Rescue 911 was my jam back in the day! I would actually leave bar gatherings so I could be home for it..and William Shatner was perfect as narrator!
Love the show. I’m only open water certified and you guys always make me want to get every certification available. This show will save lives.
Awe thank you for the nice words!
I always appreaciate seeing and hearing experts of this art
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My Kindle almost broke I was holding it so tightly from nerves!! What heroes to go in there and saving strangers. Everything fit together. Wow. You guys are so respectful and knowledgeable. So glad I found your channel.
Everyone who dives these caves are so brave! Thank you for all you do to help us discover and learn about our planet.
This story is AMAZING, I can't believe how lucky all these elements came together and how many things went right.
However, the lesson stays the same. This all could've been completely avoided and they all could've come out alive had they just LISTENED to the more experienced diver.
In the case of this oxygen deprivation the breaths in cpr are a little more important
i am not a diver.....but i must tell you both
i love your channel!
i have learned so much, from watching.
Thankyou for sharing your knowledge and experience.
Dive safe!
Stormy Ont Canada
I regularly watched Rescue 9-1-1 as a kid and remember seeing this episode when it aired. I was very young, but I remember thinking "whoa! You can go inside of underwater caves?!" And then thought "Oh, maybe you can't!" 😬 The image of the lifeless diver (however reenacted) stayed with me and inevitably pops into my head whenever I think of someone lost and perishing inside a cave. Twenty-some odd years later and I find myself an Open Water instructor and cavern diver, but I still think about this segment from time to time as my first intro to the dangers of cave diving (or as I understand better now, the dangers of exceeding one's training).
love it! nothing left to say. your channel will explode!
Made my day. Thank you!
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No question, if you give a sign its on you to follow through. 💯 a Hero!!
Yes they really were pretty negligent not leaving when told to. Indeed a hero!
I have learned so much as a non diver watching this channel. I went from thinking all divers are nuts to gaining a real respect for the sport and the professionals who do it. Thank you guys for teaching me something I knew nothing about.
"Are you cave certified?"
"No."
Woody Jasper: * Gets his pre prepped cave diving gear and LEVITATES to the water *
Wow! For some reason even just watching cave diving spikes anxiety in me. This woody guy is awesome. Had a hard time finding any info about him with a quick google search tho :-(
He was world class in cave diving.
That is one of the reasons when I even go on small camping trips or gold hunting I plan and prepare heavily. Hell I always pack about 80+ pounds of gear and supplies in case. Cave diving I wouldn't even consider unless I got trained properly. Heck I was trained in Mexico to Identify edible mushrooms in Jalisco even then I don't touch any even if I am confident because its not something I do every day.
I found this channel bc of ur reviews on Mr Ballen's cave diving tragedy videos, and absolutely it. I'm not only not a diver, I have a fear of very deep water, especially the ocean. Luckily I live inland in south Ontario, Canada, in between 2 Great Lakes - Ontario and Erie. They're more than big enough for me for a short boat ride or fishing trip.
I used to watch Rescue 911 religiously w my parents and sister when it was on. Amazing show that taught me a lot about safety, situations to avoid danger, and how to respond to certain situations. I ended up working in a nursing home and then w developmentally disabled adults for a group home agency, both required First Aid - CPR certification. That taught me a lot more. Ur definitely right about training taking over. I worked w a wide range of individuals w many different needs. One person had a serious seizure disorder that required we remain calm and take control of the situation. Others had serious behavioral issues which required us to have specialized training in physical intervention including take down and floor restraint.
Thanks for finding us and watching us.
I know I’ll never dive anywhere unless it’s my pool but it’s hard to express the level of respect I have for all divers, especially in situations like these. Mind blowing to think how much mental and physical strength you need to do rescues. Legend!