Found Footage of Divers Sealed in a Pipe

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In February of 2022, a team of five divers was tasked with doing maintenance on an underwater pipeline. After a tragic accident occurred, four of those divers never returned. This is the footage recovered from that event.
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[@ScareTheater]

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[@sulIyisangel]

lol feet

[@Halo_inc]

Horrifying video. Reminds me of the Missing Regiment in the Registan Desert. An analog type horror and how bad a situation can be if you don't know the situation. Truly shows that ignorance isn't always bliss.

[@partytimejew]

Yo

[@yotetoob]

Can't imagine ever paying money to wear any channels merch, sorry bro

[@partytimejew]

@@yotetoob ya but this merch is the exception because it actually looks good

[@ik0la]

The guy making sure all of his friends are alright, the FIRST moment he realizes the situation and what's happened, all while keeping his cool, is such an amazing demonstration of character.

[@oogiegoogie2826]

That guy is such a badass

[@dvnmnd5020]

He sounds like a south park character 😁

[@SuperSperminaattori]

@@dvnmnd5020 ?

[@EyeOfThePhi]

something u would never see from a republican

[@jessicai7096]

@@EyeOfThePhi u weird af

[@obladioblada2122]

Poor Chris I can only imagine the amount of survivor guilt he must feel. While a reacue attempt does seem very scary it seemed very possible

[@Testicule]

Yeah.. they were literally left for dead after no attempts to check. Roping them must have been possible if only costly.

[@Jvk1166z]

@@Testicule they had a guy, who had just survived diving in those exact conditions offering to go back in and get the people he knew were still alive out of the pipe for them. if they're not going to allow him to go in himself, they have an inadvertant expert in this rare diving situation RIGHT THERE to consult with. it seemed that they were far too busy fighting each other on who to blame for it than actually doing any rescue work.

[@kerwinramage4162]

​@@Jvk1166z thats what i was thinking they said it was too dangerous yet all of them were alive they had someone who just got out to confirm this and was willing to go back in but i do feel like it could have been extremely more difficult than it already was getting out the people with who had broken bones but he definitely would have been able to get out the other two people

[@boogsavvy]

Right? if someone made it out with almost no equipment, a fully equipped team of rescuers, tanks, masks, communication was entirely possible to rescue those poor people.

[@zynosgd9982]

@@boogsavvy it's... complicated. Everything that has to do with diving and rescue always is. However, I believe that if the first worker to have come out expressed his desire to go down himself and try to help, it should be his own choice to do so. If you plan on having a rescue team come in a little later, I could understand, you wouldn't want someone doing something that would get in the way of the rescue team, however it seems it was never in their plan in the first place, so they knew they would have 4 deaths in that accident. At that point, if someone is voluntarily offering his help, it would be risking one more to potentially save all or most of them. This was corporate incompetence at it's best. Inaction is the name of the game when it comes to corporations.

[@khorneflakes2175]

That guy Christopher is incredible, daring to push through the flooded section, taking the hard decision to go on alone after absolutely everyone lost it, hanging on a chain for hours, being finally rescued just to try and go back down there to get his buddies when rescuers wouldn't. What an absolute mad lad, huge respect.

[@nessa7096]

So much respect to him.

[@kans4629]

Absolutely horrible that this hero of a dude went through all that and then, through no fault of his own, he was prevented from saving his teammates. I’m betting if they hadn’t stopped him, he would have brought them all back up.

[@SphericalNervousSystem]

Poor man, he must be suffering from major survivors guilt. I commend him for his bravery.

[@KuroiShiAnimu]

I'm not sure why it was a hard decision to continue alone? Isn't that just logical to try and keep going since the air is limited and someone has to go get help? I don't understand the guy that stayed there even when he had the equipment to save himself and just decided he didn't want to. Surely after a day of being left there he would try to go on right? That pipe has have been very uncomfortable and pitch black

[@davidng8870]

@@KuroiShiAnimuI watched another video on this first, Mr ballens one. It explained that they could not wear the scuba tanks, nor see how much air was left in them: they had to hold them above their heads while inching through the pipe. Also, they went on for hours through numerous flooded sections before Faisal broke. Each time they were essentially playing Russian roulette as it might have been a lengthy section and they might have run out of air midway (they can only inch through slowly as I understood it, and in Faisal’s case he only had a clear route backwards as Chris was in front). So when he came to an air pocket after hours of this his fear got the better of him. I wish he had made the decision to continue but I can understand why he couldn’t. They did not know that no effort would be made to rescue them. Perhaps by the time it became obvious it was too late and he was weak, maybe suffering from hypothermia, injured, etc. Or maybe he did press on eventually and his air did run out. Poor bastard.

[@Touya82TT]

Hey man, Trinidadian citizen here. Thank you for covering this. What happened was a major tragedy and we need for those who are responsible for blocking rescue efforts to face justice. Thank you so much for putting global eyes on this situation.

[@unLuckyFetus]

✊️

[@nukacolacompany2534]

There should be riots

[@randomgirlonyt508]

I'm Trinidadian too this incident is sad tbh

[@meisbigepiccoolstrongpro1365]

yeah it bothered me for days and i wasn't even there

[@mikhailcunin6229]

Still get angry whenever I think about it

[@halesbythabale2873]

it’s crazy that even after a near death experience, chris was willing to go back into that environment in order to try and save his friends, huge respect.

[@misseselise3864]

two hours after the incident, paria’s HSE personnel determined the divers had close to no chance of survival. the autopsy of one of the divers indicated he was alive for up to 39 hours after the incident. for reference, the first three bodies were recovered roughly 76 hours after the incident. when the company decided to turn the rescue mission into a recovery mission, they were still actively communicating with the divers via knocking on the pipe. they knew damn well those divers were alive. christopher may never emotionally/mentally heal from this. i just hope that someone gets held responsible for it rather than the victim blaming bullshit that one lady tried (the one saying “well they knew it was dangerous”)

[@scritoph3368]

Hey, remember that time 5 people were stuck in a tiny metal object for potentially days and we spent millions of dollars to try and rescue them, only for the US Navy to say “yeah we totally heard them die like 3 days ago lol”? And then these poor fuckers just get abandoned. Cause they’re not rich CEOs I suppose.

[@PhonePhone-sf8te]

@@scritoph3368 just india things

[@IamaCosmonaut]

@scritoph3368 I'm not an expert, but I would guess that rescuing a sunken submarine is little bit easier than rescuing people from an extremely tight pipe. But yeah, keep believing your preconceived assumptions based on your feelings of envy.

[@chayadol]

@@IamaCosmonaut didn't that go same way to you too? If you're not expert how did you know that there's nothing to be done? Hey look I'm not expert but I think you're wrong. lol What kind of joke is this?

[@ashleyobrien4937]

@@scritoph3368 that's an interesting point...sadly I suspect that you are absolutely right, if any one of those poor buggers was famous or had deep pockets to come after the prick that condemned them to death....yeah, it's a disgusting facet of modern society, money shouldn't play any part of the "value" of a life, but here we are...and it is bloody disgusting..

[@exoticzave1173]

I feel so bad for those 4 members that was stuck in that pipe, Being stuck in a pipe for the last remaining hours of your life has to be one of the most awful experiences ever

[@JesusTorres-uy6xd]

I would rethink my life choices and cry everywhere

[@SlenderGray59]

*that were**

[@dvnmnd5020]

@@SlenderGray59 nah bruh he blacc

[@LSSJTHOR]

The rich and corporations don't value any lives but themselves. Its all about $$$. They were covering their ass's. If that was their fam they wouldn't just wait. Why not let a hero risk their life if they wanted too?

[@tikimillie]

Deep sea divers should be equipped with one of those spy cyanide capsules so that in cases like this, they have the option to have a quicker death.

[@OceanManTakeMeBy]

One man could make it out of the entire pipe by himself, with injuries physical and mental, in mere hours. The people running this case are taking months and now years so they can "assess the situation and recover their bodies." Those other divers could've been long rescued by now, but this negligence and cowardice let them perish anyways. Thank you for spreading this story, Scare.

[@TheSCPStudio]

I get your frustration but aren’t you being willfully ignorant lol. It’s one thing for the guy to get out from the inside. But in regards to RECOVERING the bodies in an already unstable environment… everything has to be considered and a plan has to be made because a single wrong move could either destroy the bodies, damage the bodies, or destroy whatever structure they were working on.

[@Fireglo]

Could they though? Have you any evidence to back that up? Actual rescue crews who rescue people for a living didn't think so. Why don't you volunteer to go in seeing as you know better and you'll definitely get them and yourself out.

[@notsodeep1140]

​@@Fireglocommit neck injury :)

[@jbdbibbaerman8071]

@@notsodeep1140 uncalled for, that's just disgusting

[@skinnybuggo]

​@@notsodeep1140thoughtless arent ya

[@igodreamer7096]

Christopher crying really hits hard, man. I bet everyone was friends there besides everything, and lose 4 of them like that. Where is justice? Where is the compassion?

[@ThirdEye710]

Empathy has died, Judgement time is upon humanity.

[@blobcity3591]

@@ThirdEye710 what did you do for someone else today

[@MaddyRedux]

So a man with broken bones and no lights can manage his way out, but apparently sending a rescue team with lights, scuba tanks, safety ropes, etc is too risky? A bunch of cowards they are!

[@Corthmic]

@oscarboman5997 They knew they were alive, the survivor told them and they were communicating through knocks. A guy got through that pipe alone injured and virtually blind in the dark, there is no excuse.

[@machine-shopbilly6584]

Would you?

[@theresurrection33]

​@oscarboman5997why not cut the pipe ???

[@samsungh3137]

@@theresurrection33 im guessing it would flood the entire pipe and there would be no air left inside.

[@FDSbeach]

​​@oscarboman5997but it sounds like they didn't even try, that's why there's so much outrage, if they wanted to get those people out they could've got them out, I'm not buying how the commission thought this situation was too complex to do anything

[@windowbreezes]

Chris had more heart than those paperwork pushers

[@TheAdaoo7]

And he's the only one who did everything he could too. They should feel 100x the guilt he did and the feel nothing. Horrendous

[@hmalba7864]

Jesus, you weren't kidding when you said this was the worst of the ocean related incidents. This is like if the OceanGate incident happened as badly as people thought, with the ship not imploding initially and the divers just having to wait out their deaths

[@misseselise3864]

believe it or not, the oceangate incident is best case scenario. the sub would’ve imploded far too fast for any of the passengers to notice something was wrong. meanwhile, these four highly trained deep sea divers had to sit there for 2+ days knowing exactly what awaited them.

[@Carbon_Based_Life_Form]

@@misseselise3864 apparently since they had sensor on the homemade sub, they would've known an implosion was imminent. Also according to a leaked transcript, the last few transmissions from the sub was them saying "all of our warning lights are flashing red", and have been trying to surface but that too began to malfunction.

[@scritoph3368]

And we spent millions of dollars trying to find them only for the navy to turn and say “yeah we totally heard them implode lol”, while these guys were obviously able to be rescued but were abandoned due to greed. Probably because they weren’t rich.

[@sycoraz]

​@scritoph3368 they were rich tho?

[@PHeartbeatGame]

@@sycoraz The divers? I doubt they were rich enough for a proper rescue to be mounted for them

[@colebrady1319]

Blows my mind how few people including myself never even heard of this but 5 rich people go missing in a submersible seemed to have a pretty thorough search effort in the hardest part of our planet, and covered internationally. Seems like if this had the coverage titan had they may have had a chance.

[@Youpoorsouls]

Stop using my country as a way to be like huRr duRr rICh ppl. Firstly we are a small island that barely anyone heard or knows about so obviously your country won't pick up our news. Do you look for horrors that happen all over the world? No.

[@mirandaab972]

It's disgusting. I fucking hate the titan submersible's credibility and and a very stupid attempt of the ceo to play hero.

[@jeffreywinkelman8671]

They wouldn't have had a chance. They would've been rescued. The fact those "people" wanted to access the condition of the pipe before trying to rescue the divers says enough about where the priorities of big corporations lie.

[@ectsy]

@@jeffreywinkelman8671 yea they wanted to assess the situation of the pipe before rescuing the divers but not before they worked on the pipe. Whatever CEO thought creating negative pressure in an underwater work environment is a safe work practice needs to be fired. the whole reason this happened is because of the buoy in the pipe. Not only that but they had the Trinidad coast guard out there and they still couldnt come up with a plan. talk about third world country jesus

[@MacabreDaymare]

The only reason why OceanGate was getting attention because they were rich billionaires doing dumb rich people stuff. If these guys were rich, they’d have so much coverage.

[@CGR89]

“In this industry lives are lost regularly” he knew what he was doing and intentionally let those men die. He had people willing to risk their lives to save these men, but just didn’t care.

[@mafeleal8952]

Such a disgusting thing to say. Like yeah it happens nothing we can do about it. Makes me sick to my stomach

[@NervousLin]

Imagine being the 4 left behind.. you'd think your friend/s have drowned or just abandoned you. Makes me feel so uneasy. And to block off the top after only one survivor surfaced? They literally sealed their grave.

[@Pineapplebees-xr1tq]

This is infuriating. Whoever made the decision not to send help murdered four men.

[@yungchildsupport4445]

Uhh no actually. They died a freak accident

[@fleecemask1509]

@@yungchildsupport4445it would have been a freak accident if they had died right away, it was a preventable accident after they rescued the first person.

[@thecoolcarhd4402]

@@yungchildsupport4445 No, they could of been saved, stop justifying murder.

[@Fireglo]

Would you have volunteered to go in? It's easy to say they should have sent help but actually doing the help is a much different story. They determined it was too dangerous to send someone in and it likely would have resulted in more people being trapped. Sometimes you simply can't send rescuers in.

[@pepperextr3me605]

@@CalculusIsFun1they are dead and now nothing can be done. So stop arguing for no reason

[@TalonsofWater]

I’m genuinely confused why there isn’t a Wikipedia article about this event. Seems noteworthy enough.

[@bryangarcia5599]

There's a single two-sentence paragraph about it buried in the Wikipedia article on 'Trinidad Petroleum Holdings', under the heading 'Paria Fuel Trading Company diving tragedy'.

[@minecraftycatgaming]

I can imagine that it is not known enough that if the corporation really wanted to they could bury it

[@Eatsomepizza]

If it happened in America it would be SUCH a different story

[@SuicideSeason4545]

@@Eatsomepizza of course. But this didn’t happen in America so unfortunately it’s not as well known and the company’s probably actively trying to keep it that way

[@DodongoManoof]

I seem to remember a submarine that was stuck on the ocean floor near a continental shelf. They were waiting for rescue for many days ... but I can't find anything about it online... I feel like I made up a memory that didn't happen now... lol

[@Halo_inc]

Imagine your last moments being inside a tight claustrophobic tunnel and you finally losing your breath freeing you of that nightmare... Yikes.

[@dddaaa6965]

idk...you made it sound pretty calming

[@quantum5661]

death is one thing but... sand cave, this, nutty putty... thats a whole nother hell.

[@GoatOfTheWoods]

That is why I preffer a calm happy life. Away from hazards.

[@TheSCPStudio]

@@quantum5661’a whole nother’ lmao

[@tarpulin8179]

@@MowSlow bro meteor crashing onto a person and killing them is such a low chance, you have to be really unlucky to even die from such an event

[@jackierocha5096]

The fact that it was considered to be too dangerous to rescue them alive but perfectly safe to recover their bodies after they’ve died. We already know that it’s possible to get in and out of that pipe alive(heck you can do it while injured considering that Christopher survived), and with Christopher being in decent condition and conscious they could’ve at the very least had his knowledge on the situation be the jumping off point for leading the rescue mission. It genuinely feels like they just let them die because it was more convenient to recover a body then the rescue a person.

[@xxdoonierookie6502]

that’s what i’m fucking saying

[@wkatc007]

We’re worker bees at best to the leaders of most countries

[@TheAnthroScene]

This is a prime example of how Corporations are not people, they're soulless machines.

[@GazB85]

Capitalism baby, profits before people.

[@youngkoresh6]

Creator didn’t heart this on Alphabet 😂😂😂was lurkin

[@LuckyLuciano1307]

youre not wrong.

[@ChiekoGamers]

thats Capitalism for you

[@taks8787]

Good, I want to make money.

[@danielallen513]

This is so disgusting. Christopher must have the worst case of survivors guilt too, the poor guy...

[@wkatc007]

Top 10

[@FinkDaMushyCat]

Those last moments must of truly been horror... To drown is one thing, but to be sucked and stuck in a tiny pipe? My heart goes out to the families of those who lost their lives.

[@wishdj]

The person working for Paria Fuel who gave the order not to rescue the 4 divers should be kept accountable for the murder of 4 people. The company Paria Fuel should be penalised heavily. The company literally treated their employees as dispensable with no value for their lives for this incident to have happened.

[@Youpoorsouls]

Nope that didn't happen. Paria is still running till this day.

[@shannonspage9360]

The divers were not employees of Paria Fuel. Paria contracted the maintenance job out to LMCS Limited who were the ones that sent the 5 divers. The video doesn’t mention the wording of the contract or if the 5 divers were either employees, owners, or independent contractors of LMCS Limited.

[@TannerLindberg]

​@@shannonspage9360cmon dude common sense you're still responsible for the safety conditions of your contractors. Why are you simping for a third world billion dollar oil company?

[@wishdj]

​@@TannerLindberg Totally agree. The multi billiondollar cooperation is responsible and held accountable for its employees. Even in the video Paria Fuel was the one questioned about the incident not some sub contractor.

[@anguishedcarpet]

*dispensable

[@SimonBellaMondo]

Sending rescue divers wasn’t their only option. They could have sent an ROV down into the pipe with a tether to pull it back if it got stuck. There’s all sorts of things they could have done if they could reach them with an ROV. Send them small portable oxygen tanks, open a line of communication, send them supplies, then finally give them a rope or chain to pull them out. But tragically they didn’t even attempt this.

[@missaknife]

My heart breaks for Christopher. His initial instinct of returning to save not only his co-workers, but his friends, was denied. Prayers to the ones lost as well as their loved ones. Just a horrible situation altogether

[@JetSetDman]

god there's nothing more nostalgic than clicking on a scaretheater video and being greeted by Misconception by Myuuji, it almost primes me for an explanation of agamemnon counterpart or somethin of the sort. keep up the great work man, i've been watching since the early years and i'm so glad you're finally back in full swing making videos after that hiatus.

[@djentlover]

I'm so happy he uses the old intros

[@laurenlinney]

i totally agree

[@starryeyedtarot8876]

@@djentlover Me too-- it's so comforting. ScareTheater-- you're a legend!

[@dwally123]

hope it stays forever, don't fix what isn't broken after all

[@SuicideSeason4545]

Yes that also brought back awesome memories to when I first started watching him back in 2018

[@bamboonofficial5733]

2 days in that pipe is INSANE. I could never imagine that hell. Stuck in complete darkness with your coworkers/friends and no help in sight.

[@PhonePhone-sf8te]

2 days? try 5 months. The one that actually escaped wasn't in there very long. The other divers could have lived for a week before they actually died.

[@shelby5809]

at least they had each other though. couldn't fucking imagine being ALONE like that

[@nessa7096]

@@shelby5809Yeah but we don’t know if they all survived as long as each other. Imagine being the last one surrounded by your dead team.

[@Ty-op5xr]

And I thought 8 hours at work was bad

[@Grasses0n]

Right? You probably just don't realize how long a day is until you're stuck like that. It must have been agonizing. I'd probably go insane from the stress and despair. Like, just think about how you're just chilling in your room or something enjoying your life and somewhere out there some guys are stuck in a tiny pipe underwater.

[@Mouse-]

Hopefully someone at that company hooked Chris up with intense long-term therapy. I can't imagine he's okay. He is a hero, though, and did everything he could to make sure his partners were all right. Devastating.

[@Youpoorsouls]

Lmao that's unlikely. This ain't America.

[@portalmanHUN]

Especially since he wanted to GO BACK IN the pipe to get his friends out and they didn't let him.

[@chiapets2594]

You really believe a company would do that all they care about is money

[@norml.hugh-mann]

They likely jusr fired him and moved on. Thise types of operations in foreign waters dont care about workers health, safety, or future.

[@zynosgd9982]

unfortunately, due to his location and proffession, I doubt therapy is much of an option. All we can hope is he has close friends and family that are going to be able to help and support him emotionally through whatever hell he's going to go through.

[@Youpoorsouls]

Hi. Trinidadian here. To this day Paria is still running and this story has been buried and forgotten with no accountability. It was a big deal when it happened I remember some theories that the company close the pipeline on purpose. Trinidad isn't America. Where you guys get easily outraged and a lot of Trinidadians tend to be lax, so those saying they hope Paria shut down or some kind of justice was served, you're sadly mistaken. Maybe one day but most ppl have moved on from this. Recently in Trinidad there was another "accident" with another oil company where a man was burned alive.

[@ScareTheater]

Can you send me the story of the person who was buried alive?

[@Sloppyjoe7390]

​@@ScareTheaterJesus Christ dude have some compassion you sound relentless asf. Could have at least said sorry to hear that or something instead of being so pushy like that. Rude

[@shivaanrambally9611]

As a Trinidadian, I'm so glad you covered this. Because of local politics, a lot of suspicious decisions were made that cost them their lives.

[@urbs1177]

Corporate greed. The company was probably doing illegal shit that's why they left them there.

[@sadalien9049]

This is the first of your videos that actually made me cry. The amount of terror they must've felt is unimaginable.

[@secretpeace-wp6xg]

Just recently a Kid just went missing swimming on a Coney Island Beach. To my knowledge they're still looking for him and because of the life guard shortage the parks department has to keep going out to the beach telling people not to swim in the water but people are still doing it

[@misseselise3864]

as a person who grew up near lake lanier, people will never listen to safety warnings

[@patsysolatzzo2962]

As a person who grew up near luna park, I remember when a mom drowned her kids and there was an active investigation. My friend send me a video of police activity looking for drowned children and in the video you see random people on the beach.

[@rûsson1999]

The lack of care so many people have these days infuriates me. It's disgusting how much we've lost our humanity over the years. This is despicable. Those four men deserve justice.

[@onewingedangel327]

I hate this so much. People value money more than lives. Fuck this greedy fucked up world.

[@video631king]

My heart goes out to all of these divers and the one who survived. When you work with a team for so long, so close, in such situations that team becomes your family. I hope he recovers mentally and knows he did the best he could do.

[@alyssaxrad]

I watched an in depth video about this a while back...for 2 days rescuers heard the other 4 men banging on the pipe and screaming for help. They made the announcement that they were dead after the banging and screaming for help stoped. Chris left the hospital and physically tried going back in the save his coworkers. It is horrific.

[@doggovision5729]

Jesus Christ this shit is disturbing I’m so sorry for these people :( thank you for bringing these to life

[@joen8529]

This is one of the worst stories I’ve ever heard. The company “Pariah” should be SHUT DOWN and any executives involved in the call not to try to save these guys… those swine should have to suffer the SAME FATE.

[@4dxl]

I know ! They are murderers. I hope karma exists, to bring some justice.

[@missdrool]

I had never heard of this before. Absolutely horrifying and frustrating. Those men could have been saved. I hope Chris is in good, intensive therapy. 💔

[@IkeFanBoy64]

"We need to assess the situation" Well you sure took your sweet time doing it!

[@RetroTvVideos]

This is the first I have heard of this incident. It should have been world news with 5 men stuck in a pipe

[@nate2826]

Truth. Just stay away from the ocean.

[@PinkLemonade_Guy]

There's nothing better than letting your body drift beyond the waves at the beach. It truly is relaxing.

[@slayer_reworked0000]

​@@PinkLemonade_GuyYeah, until you feel something brush pass your leg

[@Poopoopeepeeeman]

Natural selection. Fish have gills, they live in the water. We don’t. We live on land.

[@vapor404]

I haven't been in the ocean since I stepped on a flatfish back in mid 2000

[@LanxPenzenpepper]

Yeah... Untill some snake uses you emergency exit as an improvise entrance... It's not pleasant 😂

[@UbiquitousPolitic]

The hearings are frustrating with the justifications from the "industry experts" claiming nothing could be done, when preventive measures absolutely should have been in place. Amazing and nostalgic content as ever mate!

[@thisplatformsucks]

The fuck do you mean this is nostalgic?

[@theshah4383]

I've been subscribed to you for 7 years now. None of your videos ever disturbed me as much as this one and I didn't expect that to happen today. I still can't believe that this didn't make international headlines (maybe it got buried because Russia invaded Ukraine that day, who knows). What an awful, awful event.

[@marissavillalobos]

Wow, what they went through was absolutely devastating but I hope that those who lost their lives are resting in peace. On a brighter note, I've been watching your channel for 8 years. Your videos are amazing, and thank you for all of the hard work you put into this channel ❤

[@Gr4ySom]

I feel so bad for the rest of the team That were left to die in a claustrophobic pipe in the dark :(

[@diddlyharbo9527]

love your videos, man. after watching for all these years its crazy to me that I still enjoy your content, so many other channels have lost their charm but yours stay entertaining and interesting, even after all this time.

[@ScareTheater]

I appreciate that!

[@nikodemwisniewski5374]

​@@ScareTheateri dont.

[@emmareilly5141]

Bless the divers and especially the one called Christopher who was willing to go back down to save the other 4 divers, he deserved a medal bless his heart, rip to all 4 who didn't make it ❤

[@SuperNaturalBoden]

I almost halfway teared up watching and listening to this. Poor Chris… What a terrifying and emotional thing to go through. Rest In Peace to the four other divers. May their souls be at rest.

[@Strype13]

Unbelievable. The one man who actually knew the condition of the pipe, and was perfectly willing to take the risk to rescue his friends... and they wouldn't let him make an attempt? They just let four men who they knew were alive and waiting to be rescued die a long, miserable, torturous, drawn-out death instead? What an absolute shit show. My sincere condolences to their family and loved ones. And Chris is an absolute hero, even though they refused to let him shine.

[@united_games]

The worlds a mess today. Today all is about money and if its worth the cost

[@kman1893]

My best guess is they just wanted to minimise the number of deaths and PR fallout for the company, so they didnt even bother trying to rescue them. Disgraceful honestly

[@DodongoManoof]

This is my worst terror... claustrophobia , underwater, too spooky...plus the extreme forces of pressure threatening to keep you stuck! 🥺

[@insouciantforce7640]

I cant help but think of that one guy who just didn't have it in him to keep going. He was all by himself at that point.

[@TooMuchSascha]

Hearing that scumbag CEO say "They enter into confined spaces not realizing the danger" makes me think he didn't even read the incident report. Did he think these guys entered that pipe on purpose?

[@RR-kp5ps]

7:45 - Only 120ft long and 55ft deep from the pipe's entrance!? The Tham Luang Thailand cave rescue was 13,200ft long! The rescue teams, companies and authorities could've definitely saved the crew had they tried! This is outrageous negligence and incompetence. The crew's families need justice! Edit: I knew at the start of the video that they were going to get sucked in! How could the professionals not had predicted that?

[@misseselise3864]

mrballen covered this a couple months ago and hearing what happened to them STILL makes me nauseous. i honestly don’t think it would have been too dangerous to rescue the others. they never even tried to see if the divers were still alive two days later (they probably were). harrison okene survived three days underwater in an air pocket with absolutely zero diving equipment so surely the four divers with their diving equipment and only partial submergence survived longer than two days.

[@skippingrhyme4386]

Sadly they were in constant communication with the divers via Knocking on the pipe so they were well aware they were alive and the Autopsy revealed atleast 1 diver survived 39 hours.

[@dr0wnmeout]

I'm incredibly claustrophobic and terrified of being underwater, this is literally my worst nightmare. I can't even begin to imagine how awful this was for those poor men. Rip, truly the most harrowing story I've ever heard.

[@reddswordswing2634]

I missed this so much I'm so happy your back in your own capacity of comfort stay awesome man

[@223rockmaster]

When I was 4 years old I had a nightmare that I got stuck in a horizontal pipe half filled with water. The pipe was too tight to move. The unbelievable dread that I felt in this dream led me to having a severe phobia of situations like this for 20+ years onward. It's terrible to think that this was some folks reality up until their final moments. May they all rest in peace.

[@bubzilla6137]

I remember when Mr. Ballen covered this story but you covered it in significantly more detail. In addition, he showed the go pro up to the point of suction, that's it. You played much more. This is absolutely terrifying and tragic. Thank you for sharing this and giving these 5 divers the attention they deserve. As for the guy who said they couldn't just send rescue divers down because of risk of death, isn't that what rescuers sign up for? Especially divers?! Maybe they aren't trained in confined spaces but if any of them were smaller and willing, they should have been allowed to go anyway. I'm guessing there was someone just waiting for the go ahead call... Terrible man, absolutely terrible. May the 4 lost souls rest in peace... 🛐🛐🛐

[@charliekill88]

this actually made me tear up, that is so terrible. those men were troopers for trying to remain calm, rest in peace. I would have had a heart attack just knowing im in that situation.

[@Anzjuhla]

The latest update is from january 26th this year. It's still ongoing and they are trying to sue Paria for manslaughter. All this time Chris hasn't been able to work again.

[@krystanramcharan3883]

As a Jamaican, we had been hearing alot about this case but I never knew that there was footage. My heart goes out to the families.

[@subliminal-damage]

I thought this would be a scary story reading. I really HOPED this would be a scary fictional story. I was devastated hearing that this was indeed a real incident. Diving work in an industrial setting is dangerous and has so many awful ways for people to die. It was an extremely hard thing to listen to. Christopher is an exemplary person and I truly hope he can find peace.

[@pedromiguel3227]

This story breaks my heart and terrifies me. They let these people die. The risk to trained rescuers would have been manageable. They could have sent an ROV. Even penetration divers on surface supplied air with a slate board to communicate. I was an oilfield and salvage diver for 12 years, worked with commercial divers for 25 years. I’m a certified safety professional with the BCSP and IOSH.

[@alvinlin0202]

Man I'm slowly getting hooked with this channel more and more, release more video sir

[@ScareTheater]

Working on it!

[@Brian_Gonzales]

The guy who escaped those pipes has balls of steel, pushing through the flooded area and then by dumb luck he and another find scuba tanks and can push through further. The guy who pushed through the first flooded area freaked out and gave up and still this dude went on without him just in hopes of escaping and finding help. Immense pressure, pitch black darkness, confined space, blinding going through water hoping youll reach the surface and he did it.

[@galacticknight55544]

Very few could have survived this ordeal. I know I couldn't have.

[@kiwikappa]

This is probably the worst way to go out, being in a tight, confined space, underwater and with no one to go to. I hope Chris is doing well and gets some therapy, he’s definitely dealing with some heavy survivors guilt.

[@콜부수롵텐]

I was so happy to hear that one of them managed to escape and was sure it meant others will also be saved only to hear what comes next :(

[@FeetFirstIntoWoodChipper]

Thank you for covering this. I’m from Trinidad and it was truly heartbreaking. When I saw the thumbnail I already knew it had to be this case. I hated the way their company and the government handled this.

[@indigokid24]

Thank you for spreading awareness on these horrifying situations, Eric. And congrats on the well deserved 1M! I remember watching you back in 2016. Prayers up for the families of the divers

[@tewks4458]

yoooo love that you're back to making vids, you do the best analysis of obscure internet mysteries.

[@geeker6350]

This is one of the worst fates imaginable. It makes Hell looks like a literal cakewalk. My heart goes out to all those who were personally affected by this incident.

[@samuel-mx3oq]

i remember hearing this story a few months back. i couldn’t imagine the amount of relief chris felt when being rescued, but also pain, guilt and sadness from being the only survivor

[@JoyKazuhira]

the guilt i feel, imagining me the only one able to get out and promise for help to arrive and my squad i left are trying to survive alone still thinking about the rescuers to come. the pain and the final hour of saying to themselves that yes there is no help and accept it.

[@MonsterEnjoyer69]

I understand that they didn't want to put other people in danger too, but I feel like there were several things they could've done to help. The guy who survived was obviously willing to go back and rescue them, they could've just sent him back in with the proper equipment and more oxygen tanks. That way they'd only be risking him and not several other rescue divers.

[@TotalXPvideos]

The question I'm left with is...sure, it might've been too dangerous for a group of people to go down there but what prevented them from loaning and sending down a small diving bot with a rope?

[@nR00R]

This is what confuses me. A small underwater bot, perhaps with some air tanks and a chain attached, could easily have made it to the stuck divers. They really just didn't want to spend the relatively small amount of money to save those lives.

[@tbott1061]

This is Trinidad. There's no "small underwater bots" there

[@diygarygaming]

@@nR00R I don't know the situation that well, but I do think it's a really poor idea, to assume that there was just some magical underwater robot that they could just go grab, and send on a complex mission through a 30" underwater piping system. I think a lot of people get really overconfident in what technology is actually available... But like I said, I don't know forsure what they had access to, but I really think it's unlikely.

[@nR00R]

@@diygarygaming Magic robot? Maybe if it was the size of a baseball it would have to be magic, but with 30 inches, a quick Amazon search shows an underwater drone for 500$. I'm sure a few grand could have bought the right equipment to save them.

[@nR00R]

@@diygarygaming The point is, why would it have been a bad idea? What would they lose if trying it didn't work? The life of a drone?

[@itssk5408]

The way the CEO explained that they lose lives on the regular due to confined spaces was wild AF.

[@soldaten-norbert8520]

Chris is such a hero. He was ready to risk his own life to save the others. Bless this man

[@bobbuilder-fe5hd]

Wow, this video truly gave me the chills. Horrifying, sad story, along with amazing storytelling. Great job!!

[@ScareTheater]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@milkbubbles]

Yo I've been contemplating pursuing a career as a deep sea diver and these ocean related incidents are kind of scaring me off. But the ocean is such a beautiful place aswell as a terrifying abyss. I would always think and tell myself its like going to space but right here on earth. Now researching oceangate, Stockton Rush said the same thing in his explorers club speech. Absolutely chilling!

[@snekdrek]

I always wanted to be a marine biologist when i was little Did not stick with that dream for long

[@Masterhitman935]

The most scariest thing of all is incompetency of management

[@vapor404]

It's beautiful but dangerous I still can't believe we know less about the ocean than space

[@misseselise3864]

deep sea divers make a LOT of money solely bc of how dangerous it is

[@milkbubbles]

Just bought some merch. Love the channel glad I could support it! The fact that nobody was sent after these men... heartbreaking. Nobody stopped to think of any safety measures? Seems like the fault again rests with the employers or organization and not the victims themselves.

[@superjojo555]

my heart goes out to the divers and their families. may they rest in peace.

[@derpleyew]

11:33 this guy deserves prison sentence. How can he so carelessly say all of that? He’s fully in the headspace that his own employees who he probably doesn’t even know the names of, are merely expendable resources who know the risks but are supposedly not competent enough to deal with a situation like this?! Sick. A sick man with no soul and no morality. They should put him through the same ordeal and then see his reaction. I got a flash of hot burning rage when he spoke.

[@Sarckus]

Congrats on 1 Mil btw, been watching you since 8 or 9 years old, I'm 16 now and still enjoy your content.

[@BrinaFlautist]

Christopher was so brave and courageous. His colleagues truly couldn't have asked for a more loyal friend. My heart goes out to Chris and the victims' loved ones.

[@sham9505]

Scare Theater has surprisingly good quality for uploading this often. Good job!

[@kingbump6829]

man you came back like you never left. Love it.

[@Morgana.P5R]

Always good when scare theater uploads!

[@wyatt8315]

I’ve noticed that you’ve shifted your channel’s focus away from the supernatural and more on real life tragedies and I don’t know how to feel about that

[@chunknation1870]

just wanted to say every video you make is so in depth and well explained I find them a lot more interesting then other creators on the same topics

[@ScareTheater]

I appreciate that!

[@Imnotsure0987]

the difference also between this accident and the ocean gate is these were hard working people doing a dangerous job and the other were rich dimwits that are not missed. i hope Chris can pull past this and live a happy life he deserves it

[@caduhidalgo4996]

This was so tragic. I hope Chris can mentally bounce back from this. He really tried to be the hero for his friends, too bad they couldn't get out of the pipe. To be honest, this is what happens when we ignore safety protocols and analysis. In this industry, that's kinda usual now, which is even more depressing: This will still keeps on happening into the future.

[@base4yrface]

This should’ve been all over the news, hello? How have I never heard about this?

[@bogus69]

Their company failed them, the contractors failed them and most importantly their country failed them. RIP to those divers.

[@gabagoo_grimbo]

Why do they sound so casual about this “oh hey man is anything wrong” “yeah my foots broken” “ oh ok”

[@thekiwiclipper1113]

Heart breaking situation. Chris is an incredibly brave man. I know nothing about diving, but i assume they didnt go through with the rescue mission due to the fact there was a high probability they would have to help carry the men all the way through the pipe. Im sure the other men were injured, fatigued, and running out of air. What a tragic way to go. God be with all these men.

[@StyxDescension]

Despicable. I also genuinely hate that they wouldn't let Chris go back down to even TRY to save his friends is just awful. I couldn't live with that guilt. He already knew what he was facing going back down, I feel as though they should have let him go. Wishing him all the best. A true hero he is, having the courage to go back down but not being allowed to.

[@mc98smusicmoviereviews93]

It’s like the classic sci fi thriller film The Abyss. Underwater is a terrifying mystery of a place. There was also this horror film called The Deep House that portrayed divers in Southern France who are trapped in an underwater abandoned house but that scenario is a tad bit far fetched.

[@pink8520]

AAA SCARETHEATER IM SO HAPPY FOR YOU Ive been around since the time you had like 4k subscribers and now seeing you have your merch and comfortable enough to show your face on camera idk very proud 🥺🧡 ty for your videos

[@Nekusa]

thanks for covering this incident. hearing it in detail makes the situation even more terrifying. i remembered when we got news of it my and my friends couldn't stop talking about how scary it'd be

[@jason698]

What the hell is a rescue team for then? It's always dangerous.