The Man Who Survived for 18 Months On an Island After His Submarine Sank

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[@RealLifeLore]

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[@ylig1935]

Keep up the great content

[@lolplayer2477]

its not clickbait, its just good marketing

[@kreyzgr5167]

Come on, dont add ads to a comment which says that you did not mean to clickbait.

[@marmot1434]

Nice

[@josephbrennan370]

Excellent video btw.

[@Big-Chungus21]

Imagine suffering through one of the most painful things a human can exprience, witnessing 3 of your crewmen die, having to swim 5 miles afterwards and running across multiple towns for 18 months to avoid capture until you were saved, just to be called a liar and an idiot for the rest of your life

[@rynzoku8662]

FiveGreenBottles not gonna lie but if this story wasn't uploaded to youtube and there was a talk about him saying he did it, you might just also call him a liar.

[@Big-Chungus21]

Ryn Zoku i would be skeptical, but as long as he gave all of the details i think i would believe the possibility.

[@fishing4happiness610]

After going thru all that... I'm sure he realized that there were more important things in life than the opinion of others.

[@jovanrasicgiryee3885]

@@rynzoku8662 well if he was a stranger from Reddit I would 100% downvote him and call him a lier

[@shononoyeetus8866]

He’s British. It’s our idea of fun

[@sarpbakrsoy8125]

"There were no witnesses to back up Capes' story." Maybe because... they um... y'know... died.

[@a4dtesseract408]

excunatly

[@branthebrave]

What about the people on the island that he stayed with

[@a4dtesseract408]

@@branthebrave they weren't real witnesses because they weren't on the submarine

[@maazali9604]

your also dead teddy

[@tsuol7296]

*there will be no witnesses if theres noone to witness*

[@public.public]

Brave villagers who looked after him. They all faced being executed if they had been caught.

[@milanwoods702]

Some of the real heroes here

[@AICW]

I don't think the Italian army was known for those kinds of summary executions. Nazis yes, Soviets yes, Japanese yes, but Italy?

[@TitaniusAnglesmith]

@@AICW Not as much as Germany, but they did execute civilans, especially non-Italians. They also helped with the deportation of Jews.

[@9mmSurpressor]

@@AICW The Italians aligned themselves with the Nazis after all, not that surprising

[@blackkennedy3966]

@@9mmSurpressor i heard that the italians and germans even drank the blood of jews! such horrible inhumane acts!!

[@jonchappell3607]

this is honestly one of the most terrifying situations i can think of

[@maryjoygelizon4268]

What's even more terrifying is being trapped in a sub in the Marianas trench with you having a fear of the dark and tight spaces alone

[@seafoodpizza]

Stuck in the Sahara or in a submarine? Which ordeal was worse? 😱

[@drunkdrivert-3446]

I can't imagine how it would feel to go through all of that, and then getting insulted and humiliated for the rest of your life.

[@ricardoalves9605]

@Lion Pride Stop with the spaming, this only pushes people away from what you're preaching

[@AtlasReburdened]

Pffft, try having joined the Marine Corps between 2000 and 2010.

[@astrodreamer946]

Basically Vietnam veterans in a nut shell.

[@zoumpourloudiko4467]

Lion Pride no joke I even see this message on Xbox too and people are just spamming the shit out of it for no reason

[@agentstarkk]

At least he and his family knew the truth. F everyone else.

[@lolplayer2477]

When it said 18 months i assumed 18months underwater --- Edit the comment is outdated since he changed the title.

[@justmeitis1143]

Thats how click bait works my friend

[@yuvalkoren4070]

We all did...

[@bowens9211]

Cringeworthy comment just desperately wanting attention very bad lol

[@panzerottsel]

I sent it to a discord and now im disappointed

[@saintlysylas]

@@justmeitis1143 It's not clickbait, it's just that it's sort of misleading. He DID survive 18 months after the wreck.

[@aether7242]

Getting recommended this now by KZbin is crazy

[@ddobry21]

That's an amazing story. As you pointed out, there's not usually survivors in sub accidents. I can't imagine the terror of it all, and keeping it together enough to save yourself is probably no easy task. Belated props to this guy

[@nubberton1345]

Have you ever wondered if there's just a person stuck at sea right now and no one knows they're alive?

[@ladyalicent705]

There almost certainly is.

[@nubberton1345]

@Lion Pride Well that's cool and all but Hentai is better.

[@OCinneide]

@Lion Pride Source for that? What chapter in the bible.

[@gameseeker6307]

How many basements with prisoners have you driven by?

[@gameseeker6307]

@@nubberton1345 this... is troublesome But entertaining, yes

[@okashi10]

What I thought this video would be about: - A man who survived 18 months underwater - A man who survived 18 months in the ocean - A man who piloted a submarine alone - A man who lived alone on a deserted island for 18 months None of those were true...

[@lidl981]

It didnt say any of that so why would you expect it

[@goth6irl]

I expected the second one

[@cybernerdcreations4475]

Niue It hinted to it? 😶

[@emadgholam9370]

The clickbait is real. Stupid video. Disliked.

[@gensischosen251]

First time ever real life core ever click bait

[@YoItsAnton]

This would be an insane story to turn into a movie that I would definitely pay to watch.

[@bigedslobotomy]

As long as they don’t ruin it by making it “woke” with Capes being a black, lesbian, trans woman.

[@pelawler15]

@@bigedslobotomy 😂😂

[@steveclarke6257]

My father was a WWII submariner, he told me about the training to use the DEA in the tank at HMS Dolphin. It did not sound like pleasant operation to undertake so big credit to a man who actually survive the escape. Fortunately my father never had to rely on his training but being a submariner was one of the more risky arms to serve in, regardless as to which nation you were fighting for.

[@kumatoni5245]

I survived 35 years (so far) after I fell off my bike.

[@cr4zypeopl3]

Wow, I can’t believe you spent that long in the hospital

[@reggin_spelt_backwards]

im only a few days in.... damn 36 years!!!

[@ryanmirzaei3425]

Wait so you’re like 40 years old?

[@royferguson3909]

why trivilise, something that is really not a joking topic . Disgraceful!

[@rly.shiesty]

@@royferguson3909 shut up

[@Vamp8793]

"They bolted the escape hatch from the outside" then wtf is the point of installing an escape hatch. Edit: 2.7k likes, damn I figured my comment would get lost and not in the top few comments these months later. Thanks everyone

[@hermaeusmora424]

@Lion Pride Wtf!?

[@leadharsh0616]

Time stamp?

[@brycetwyman]

@@leadharsh0616 6:23

[@Birdofman]

@Lion Pride Shut up. You aint making anyone religous by spamming a comment section with a copypasta

[@leadharsh0616]

@@brycetwyman oh thnx

[@4piousmen]

Give him a break guys, hes never done this before and I believe it was an honest mistake.

[@terryserys]

yeah hes not the clickbait type

[@bluemob733]

99 Peons That’s where the comments show up from. Because he’s never done this. It’s unexpected from him.

[@pointblank0020]

Lol wat. He has 100+ videos. It's not the first time he's clickbaited either

[@veselko2916]

@@terryserys its not clickbait

[@a4dtesseract408]

@@pointblank0020 it's very un-clickbait

[@myc763]

Plot Twist. The "innocent passenger" John Capes was actually a highly trained, covert operative on a mission that went awry. He was (for some reason) discredited and hung out to dry by the higher ups when he did not play ball after his PTSD inducing, 18 month long disenfranchising ordeal.

[@marcussantiago]

I was wondering why anyone would be a "passenger" on a submarine in wartime in an active warzone. And he slept in a torpedo tube? Like WTF, what civilian would choose to travel that way?

[@Slender_Man_186]

Lion Pride no one wants you here, stop spamming.

[@a4dtesseract408]

@@marcussantiago folding beds are in the oddest spots in a submarine, aka wherever there is room. Technically speaking it's safe to sleep on top of the torpedo tubes, it won't blow up or anything.

[@ToBeSchooled]

@Lion Pride Jesus is fake along with your religion.

[@Max-is4qu]

@@marcussantiago He wasn't an civilian

[@pulkitmohta8964]

The video's title literally made me think that a person survived INSIDE the Submarine for 18 months after it sank. Edit 1: thanks everyone for the likes. My first time having more than 2000 likes. Edit 2 : since the title has been changed, instead of commenting, "look at the title" and stuff like that, I would request you all to read the pinned comment.

[@Old_Ladies]

Yeah deceptive clickbait but still an interesting story.

[@hommelwijf]

@@Old_Ladies that summarizes it perfectly

[@bowens9211]

Cringeworthy comment just desperately wanting attention lol.

[@madeleine3548]

@@bowens9211 Cringeworthy comment just desperately wanting attention lol.

[@oiltycoonbillionaire]

Madeleine Daniell Cringeworthy comment just desperately wanting attention lol.

[@Kevin-nq5tu]

Submarines are a no-go for me. I don’t think I’ll ever be open to the idea of going in one.

[@SCBLGamingFilm]

in what possible scenario would you ever go in a submarine 😂

[@elijahebbert6884]

@@SCBLGamingFilm the navy

[@Cloud7050]

I will go in one in a museum but god forbid I enter the sea in one, fear of drowning is a huge nope

[@MapShiba]

I've been in one before and they're really really cramped.

[@bok..]

@@MapShiba WWII era ones for cramped for sure. The modern day nuclear ones have more open spaces are they are designed for long times submerged. Das Boot is a great movie depicting the cramped nature of German U-Boats.

[@duggeeo4147]

when your life's at risk, you'll find yourself able to do a lot more than normal

[@esnebta]

I still can't believe I finished my mother in law's casserole

[@neyoshu]

RLL: Doesnt make the video 20 seconds longer to make it over 10 minutes *Not the hero we need, but the hero we deserve*

[@dominiccuriel8655]

This man really said “a side quest” like he was reading a script for gta vi

[@christopherbohling5719]

Yeah he had to watch out to not fuck up the plague side quest on Kephallonia

[@xiNerdLordix]

since when did GTA have side quests? that's more of a fantasy RPG term

[@d0dge.609]

Isaac Plumbo there are side missions.

[@d0dge.609]

Lurker M they are called side missions in GTA, trust me.

[@d0dge.609]

Mike Yerke the most popular video game series, we’ll probably. It’s made by rockstar games.

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms-to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” ― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

[@enderman1838]

@Lion Pride How is this related to the comment?

[@edvardskalva5556]

@@enderman1838 i dont think it is

[@enderman1838]

@@edvardskalva5556 Exactly

[@1.4142]

saw you on vsauce 3

[@tyrelllyons6963]

That just made me think of my college prep English teacher, we read that book in high school. He always liked to paraphrase that as: “he who has why, can survive almost any how.”

[@d33pNacho]

2:30 170 feet = 52 meters (for that major part of the world using international standards)

[@e.te.n]

When a submarine sinks: *Wait, wait, wait, that’s not supposed to happen*

[@RussPait91]

I mean

[@CaptainGibbons]

What exactly is the joke here? Just le memespeak?

[@RussPait91]

@@CaptainGibbons what

[@CaptainGibbons]

@@RussPait91 The OP isn't a joke at all. Or insightful, or anything. Am I missing the reference, or...?

[@RussPait91]

@@CaptainGibbons submarines are supposed to go under the water

[@saimcheeda93]

What about the guy who survived after crashing his Toyota Corolla?

[@therealmistermemer]

WHERE IS THE VIDEO

[@naysaykiller928]

I did that once!

[@jerungbiru55]

Which one?

[@UnknownedEntity-]

F

[@tatererer9747]

Was his name Takumi?

[@leigh6223]

Love how he had his last swig of rum, as he thought he was going to die. Lol

[@agentstarkk]

That and waking up on the beach, just like in the movies lol

[@sixsaber0039]

I wonder if that last swig of rum is the reason he made it out of the four initial survivors

[@CrazyCatLadyEurope]

@@sixsaber0039 What would be the logic behind it? Alcohol diluted his blood, thereby decreasing the pain of the bends?

[@sixsaber0039]

@@CrazyCatLadyEurope It could have also calmed his nerves so he didn't panic too much on the way up, it also could have clouded his judgement on making a slow controlled accent in which he would have most likely drowned.

[@rafetizer]

I doubt he drank enough rum to make a notable difference.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Luckily this has never happened to any of our submarines

[@Lovetrain-io6kt]

Amen brother

[@Lovetrain-io6kt]

You will achieve heaven

[@vondahe]

Indeed. No one would survive on one of those if it even gets hit by a rock.

[@ethansmith7]

As far as the rest of the world knows at least

[@simrdownmon6431]

Only submarine going down under your watch is a sandwich.

[@elmo319]

The submarine at depth is at atmospheric pressure inside so the submariners could not have got decompression sickness (the bends) on a surface ascent from 52 meters as they would not have had absorbed enough nitrogen into their blood. The biggest issue they would have had is the possibility of lung expansion injury going from 6bar pressure to 1bar (atmospheric), so like free divers they would need to slowly exhale as they ascended to avoid this.

[@NotSoGoodGamer18]

Suggestion: The man who survived both atomic bombs

[@jaxon_6749]

Merrill George bad not even close to good lol

[@rynzoku8662]

two atomic fart bombs

[@ryanmirzaei3425]

@@jaxon_6749 well it’s good luck that the person survived

[@takix2007]

The airplane's pilot ? 😜

[@NautilusSSN571]

@@jaxon_6749 Surviving two atom bombs and living to the age of 90 sounds like good luck to me.

[@Br-hh4nv]

171 FEET 5 MILES 17 POUNDS For the rest of the world that uses metric system, it was hard to properly appreciate.

[@AlphaGeekgirl]

And the REST OF THE WORLD = 94.7% = ~7,386,000,000 people Why America? Why are you soooo.... SMH

[@DarjeelingEnjoyer]

@@AlphaGeekgirl All Americana are taught Metric and US Customary. If we can do both then why the fuck can't you all do it?

[@darkleome5409]

@@DarjeelingEnjoyer bc we don't need to. Learning imperial system outside of the US is pointless at best. Using one system is way easier.

[@soviethoehavetoe4761]

ok so here the conversion to metric 171 feet=52 meters 5 miles=8 kilometers 70 pounds=31 kilograms

[@kinggremlin4574]

You're on the internet. Just Google it. Not that hard.

[@coder22331]

I’m expecting one on me very soon, “Man survives 5 months in his bedroom, locked away from society”

[@branimirteodorovic2297]

"The man survived after his submarine sank" and also "The man survived for 18 months while hiding from Italian soldiers"

[@strikeone7803]

For those complaining about the title *"The Man who survived for 18 months after his submarine sank"* the title never stated that he survived UNDERWATER otherwise it would be *"The Man who survived for 18 months UNDERWATER after his submarine sank"*

[@deleted-something]

True

[@NoeLPZC]

Well, he "survived" a lot longer than 18 months - right up til 1985. Putting 18 months in the title implies he survived some perilous circumstance for 18 months, and the most obvious assumption is that the "perilous circumstance" was being underwater in a dead sub. Nothing in the title suggests those 18 perilous months were hiding from an enemy army. Total clickbait.

[@harrodharrod5239]

From what I understand, subs aren't overpressurized (meaning, there's 1ATM onboard regardless of depth). You don't get bent by suddenly appearing in 50m depth and surfacting rapidly. What he probably experienced is damaged lungs from overexpansion of air as he was rapidly ascending.

[@businessguide6219]

Glad I found this channel! Your videos are so good!

[@crazyliclay]

Not gonna lie... I thought you meant he survived that long INSIDE the sunken submarine

[@bowens9211]

Cringeworthy comment just wanting attention lol

[@RwingDsquad]

Clickbait strikes again

[@katoshiku7367]

@@RwingDsquad Not clickbait, just viewers making assumptions

[@RwingDsquad]

Katoshiku fair conclusion.

[@maryjoygelizon4268]

No one can survive that long on a sub in that depth unless it's a sub with the life support of the UNSC infinity

[@therealmistermemer]

_"Everyone gangsta till its WWII and your submarine sinks."_ -Abraham Lincoln

[@raghul0078]

Abraham Lincoln did not live during world war 2 era and your spelling of his name is wrong.

[@philmappzau8644]

Nein Nein Nein

[@edoffe5460]

roosevelt__ i dont understand am i wooshed or are you bad at maths

[@xlayerscience9966]

@roosevelt__ did you forget how to do math bro

[@JastwatchingYT]

@roosevelt__ what? 2 and a half years is about 30 months not 18. 1 1/2 years is about 18 months

[@brockdandos5649]

I've never heard anything like this before. He is so lucky to have survived.

[@diegoelvica]

I'd like to see the measures in videos in metric units and freedom units, but I know is extra work so I'll keep converting them, but it throws away me being drawn into your interesting videos. Keep up the great content

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

"None of us can know what we are capable of until we are tested." -- Elizabeth Blackwell

[@expiredmeme7600]

Imagine the stories this narrator could tell his children

[@TOMAS-lh4er]

THE UK lost "79" subs !!!! in WWII ?? maybe 70 men in each crew on those WWII subs !? And the Germans lost hundreds of subs ! RIP >

[@FreewayBrent]

Especially if he were to tell the stories to his children with the exact same voice, verbal delivery, music and promotions for Express VPN, Curiosity Stream and Skillshare in his videos, lol.

[@therealmistermemer]

When I was your age, I made videos about people d y i n g

[@therealmistermemer]

@@FreewayBrent grandpa? Why are you telling me to buy a service that went bankrupt 20 years ago?

[@maryjoygelizon4268]

@@TOMAS-lh4er those losses don't compare to the Eastern front

[@BradTheDead]

Man, posthumous vindication is so sad. I'm sure the guy was just happy to be alive more than anything, but the dude definitely deserved to be believed.

[@cole6647]

Thanks for posting more I love watching your videos at 2:00 am

[@simone.7076]

You’ll never get me to sign up to Curiosity Steam.

[@Ruddpocalypse]

Preach

[@Josh729J]

*starts playing raid shadow legends*

[@sofooraibrahim3798]

And why would he care

[@HallsofAsgard96]

Its free depending on ur internet provider

[@niriop]

Hard not to think of Simpson Tide: Homer: “What would the captain do?” Submarine captain (trapped in the torpedo tube): “Don’t fire the torpedoes!” Homer: “FIRE THE TORPEDOES!”

[@Kthemarsh]

I was getting more Odysseus vibes. "No Homers Club"

[@goodmansteve2481]

Half of this comment section is just “the title made me think”

[@AbeLeon07]

Wow. That's a good story for a movie. Tom Hanks enters the chat.

[@JustADioWhosAHeroForFun]

Subnautica in real life

[@AyangStudios]

Yeah lmao

[@JustA.Person]

For people not using freedom units: 171 feet is 52 meters 70 lbs is 31.7 kilograms

[@pulkitmohta8964]

It might be around 57 meters, not 52

[@epiclava_real]

@@pulkitmohta8964 It is 52. A lot of Americans think that there are 3 feet in 1 meter even though there is a little more

[@dantetfear5253]

WHO even care and about metic so why say it . only European and American use metic units so it is pointless. plus the submarine is British.

[@epiclava_real]

@@dantetfear5253 Americans use the imperial system along with Liberia and Myanmar. Everybody else uses the metric system.

[@pulkitmohta8964]

@@epiclava_real there is a little more than 3 feet in a meter. A feet is usually 30cm, or 0.3 meters. So if you approximate it to 1/3rd of a meter, than the answer would 57. Though the actual answer would be less

[@jackwright2012]

I'm so happy my home country Malta was involved with this

[@hiei5040]

I am a Scuba Instructor, and as others have pointed out , you are mistaken about the risk of Decompression Sickness ( The Bends).They were at risk of a Barotrauma , but not "the bends" / deco sickness. Do your research mate

[@ballmaster1122]

I'm glad I signed in to this school

[@OxuPoxu]

But have you signed up for curiosity stream

[@Fmfcg]

@@OxuPoxu the million dollar question

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

KZbin have the best school in town and yet it still doesn't support them lol

[@ViperStudiosAndy]

1:45 This is why I avoid side quests

[@Liquid278]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate submariners? They have some absolutely massive balls and definitely get my full respect

[@dragonblade9771]

Thank you for uploading :)

[@shmatts5269]

"Capes was awoken in his bunk inside an empty TORPEDO TUBE..." ...Sorry, wut. :o

[@hoovyzepoot]

The torpedo tubes were often left empty, thus there was free space in them what was big enough to fit a human

[@markblix6880]

@Lion Pride Go away

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

@RCA G That exists

[@FurnitureFan]

Did the regular crew even know he was there? I feel there's a lot more to his story.

[@bamfingerguns2754]

5:17 capes kinda thicc ngl

[@jackguess762]

One of my relatives went down on a submarine in Pearl Harbor.. he’s still down there till this day. RIP 👏☝️

[@fartpants90]

True bravery. I doubt I could ever muster up such a level as this man.

[@takashi.mizuiro]

can we just appreciate for a second that the thumbnail looks really good

[@Arturopakastur]

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[@AyangStudios]

Lmao

[@vertexgaming6908]

More like Cats: meow Dogs: woof 9-year olds (like you): Cats: Meow Dogs: woof 9-year olds: First First

[@nslate0774]

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[@randomguy-jd8su]

Bruh these comments suck

[@10thletter40]

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[@wendygo7962]

When the whole video is just an ad for an even longer video Thanks for the movie trailer, I guess.

[@unculturedswine7993]

My brother is in the U.S Navy and he works in one of the submarines. Its pretty crazy the stories he has so far of living in the sub (a lot of what he does he can't tell us due to opsec, but the stuff he can tell us makes me never want to be in a submarine lol).

[@maroje7080]

Please put metric measurements under the imperial ones.

[@erwintabak7301]

This ☝️

[@jasonzhao5539]

Good to know he had a lot of doors and torches.

[@lukethedaydreamer]

😂

[@NigellaCaromin]

Nice

[@alexcoolbeans8353]

Torches don't work anymore.

[@KrissHermus]

Great video!! For most people in the comments here, y'all must've not read the title correctly, it clearly says "on an island". Anyway, it's an amazing story, and very sad that nobody ever gave him the recognition he deserved while he was alive. I can't imagine how frustrated he must've been that people just didn't believe him. It's an amazing story!! Thank you for sharing!!!

[@hockeycowboy10]

What a fascinating story! I never heard anything about the HMS Perseus or Mr. Capes. Thank you!

[@AgedSwissCheese]

Don’t worry, he had a totem of undying, that’s why he survived.

[@RiwenX]

What.

[@sendhimtotheranch7329]

RiwenX it’s a Minecraft joke

[@aljung1984]

Lol

[@mr_cookies352]

@Tazzy World actually that’s character in FPS video game

[@Hylodatus]

Cape has earned the achievement [Postmortal]

[@zeljkothegreekserb]

Misleading title, he didn't "survive on an island", he literally just lived normally with the locals and watched to not get caught by the authorities, that's hardly what the title implies as him being a Robinsons Crusoe or something.

[@dontworryboutitsweetheart4454]

dude lost 70 pounds tho

[@leemcmullan]

@@dontworryboutitsweetheart4454 he went on a diet had no money and?

[@Skyliet]

the greatest feat was escaping the doomed submarine into the surface and swam onto the shore where his other comrades were likely to drown during the process of reaching the surface water

[@karolina-zg3iw]

can you use metric system? even a small annotation on the screen would be nice :)

[@tyler89557]

1:16 Those odds are still better than my odds at getting into Stanford.

[@a_yan6581]

I can barely stay inside my house when my phone's charging.

[@yumyumwhatzohai]

Someone made a comment before watching the video lol

[@ifureadthis_urgay]

6:51 HOLY SHIT WW2 PREDICTED AMONG US 😳😳😳

[@microwavedricecake1554]

As A scuba diver this is probably onw of the most scariest things I can imagine

[@snowboarder92120]

Heck of a story and great video. I was thinking about the bends though. You get it from your body not excreting a buildup of CO2 so bolting to the surface shouldn’t hit you that hard. I think that’s how free divers don’t die of the bends. But his lungs could over-expand if he held his breath while rising since oxygen does expand. That’s why you are always suppose to keep breathing while diving.

[@harrodharrod5239]

Funnily enough, freedivers are not exempt from bends. The conditons for that to happen are pretty extreme, but it can happen.

[@shindari]

Can't even imagine what this guy went through AFTER his ordeal. Nobody believed him. Even though he told only the truth, as he knew it. He was branded a liar, and probably spat-upon everywhere he went, because "how dare you lie about being a WWII hero?!!" Newspapers probably took every opportunity to question why he got a medal from the Queen. Did he deserve it? There was no way to prove the veracity of his story, because underwater salvaging would not become a "thing" for several decades. He died with everyone probably thinking he was a terrible fibber, and a disgrace to the British Isles. Even his own family. He was only vindicated, completely, a decade after he passed away! It's great to know that his story was true all along, but... how effing shitty is it that this guy lived his entire life after WWII with everybody, at the very least, thinking he was a "crazy drunk," who fibbed his way into false heroism! That would literally drive me insane!! I'd probably wind up in prison, after I inevitably snapped from all that stress! There'd be days I'd wish I had died in that submarine. Not even lying about that... Can only imagine he felt a little the same way, at times... This guy died a hero JUST for enduring the derision he no-doubt received for decades after he got back to England.

[@shalinpilot]

Moral of the story: Don't lie so much that people can't believe you when you say the truth

[@Texan-mx5ct]

I think he lived a much cooler life people couldn’t believe

[@stanislavpetkov5256]

Survival story are just the best. Imagen if you go true something like this. Thats a man, thats a real man. And he dont need the medal for reword, he has the glory to be a legend for this days. And that he survive all this.

[@Georgieastra]

For all the people who say no one believed his story I should point out that he was in fact given the British Empire Medal 🏅 which in WW2 was one of Britain's main gallantry awards. As an example of another sailor who got the same medal I quote: Treves attended the Nautical College, Pangbourne and in World War II he served in the Merchant Navy. On his first voyage his ship, the refrigerated cargo liner Waimarama, was part of the Operation Pedestal convoy to Malta. On 13 August 1942 Waimarama was bombed by a German Junkers Ju 88 aircraft. The ship's deck cargo included containers of aviation spirit that burst into flame. Waimarama exploded and 83 of her 107 crew were killed. Cadet Treves helped save several of his shipmates, including the only ship's officer to survive the sinking, Third Wireless Officer John Jackson. Treves, then 17 years old, received the British Empire Medal[1] and Lloyd's War Medal for Bravery at Sea for his actions. After the war he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.[2]

[@ps2hacker]

Actually, you have to breathe compressed air for a while to get the bends. Free divers go as deep as 400 feet, but since they are holding their breath, not using scuba tanks, there is no risk of the bends.

[@AudieHolland]

I also read somewhere that the escape gear was not meant to have the escapees breath during their escape but to make sure they kept exhaling throughout their meteoric rise to the surface. That way there's no chance at 'divers sickness.' But if you're way too deep, you'll never reach the surface unless a miracle occurs.

[@thistamndypo]

@@AudieHolland the reason you exhale is so your lungs don't explode when the gas inside expands. You'll still get the bends on the way up though, it's caused by the gas dissolved in the water in your tissues

[@Darduel]

but he wasn't free diving, they went up with the rescue equipment, which had compressed air

[@lukeo5908]

​@@Darduel I'm late to the party here, but breathing compressed air for a few minutes during an emergency ascent from 170 feet is not enough to cause decompression sickness.

[@leigh6223]

The video's title literally made me think that a person survived INSIDE the Submarine for 18 months after it sank

[@lornehoover8424]

I'm not sure the bends is a concern as there is very little time from flooding the escape hatch until the surface, there probably is not enough time for gasses to dissolve into your blood. Recreation dive table for non-decompression dives tend to max out at 130-140' but even at that, they give 8-10 minutes of bottom time before requiring decompression.

[@user-xq5og9lt8p]

Just imagine how cool his story would have looked in a flash escape game

[@flashstar1234]

Did you know the earth is round? Want proof? Look at RLL’s profile pic, you should be able to see the ice wall behind the wind mill

[@randomguy-jd8su]

RLL used to have a flat earth disk with a location mark from google maps as his profile pic.

[@slinkerdeer]

*Sees title* "Wow, now that looks like a good plot for a movie"

[@kieransadauski6417]

I can’t even imagine him going what he went through, nearly drowning in a sunken sub, losing multiple crew members, and surviving for more than a year in a foreign land and/or the middle of the ocean, all just for everyone to think that his story is a complete lie and totally made up. So disappointing that he was never alive to receive the credit he deserved

[@user-yy2zz7wk1z]

I know someone who rose to fast and got the bends badly. It changed his body severely for the rest of his life. He’s lucky he even survived he said. He was like 90 at the time so it was way back during a war too.

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

Who’s here after Ocean Gate happened?

[@DefenderOfVirginity]

imagine trying to explain that story to your CO. "my b, my submarine sunk and i had to survive for a year and a half. that's why im late"

[@hudsondo9581]

As a Scuba diver I got to say there are some things that are just not correct. 1.They were not at threat of getting the BENS, 170ft for a couple seconds ain't gonna do that. The real issue is their lungs exploding, if they held their breath at any moment while swimming up your lungs will explode. This is why you see freedivers have a constant bubbles going out while ascending. 2.I'm able to freedive up to 50ft pretty easily, most friends can do 100ft with ease(so going 200ft in total on breath). The world record is 700ft, so 170ft one way WITH some oxygen would be VERY easy, if you knew what to do which is constant steady breaths. This does not take into account a lot though, fear can really mess with your breathing and I'm sure the soldiers were aware no one makes it out of a sunken sub. This fear probably killed them while trying to swim up. Why I believe the civilian made it out alive.

[@Boldipie]

I have a book that documents incredible survival stories, and I read this one over and over again because of how incredible it was.

[@keremtopalismailoglu933]

It wasn’t called 6:06 the name of the city wasn’t called “Smyrna” back than it was called “Izmir”. However the Greeks still called “Izmir” “Smyrna” as they did like calling “Istanbul” “Constantinople”.

[@nickhatz5156]

big mad

[@keremtopalismailoglu933]

Nick Hatz I’m not actually mad, just trying to fix an error. Its like calling St. Petersburg Leningrad in 2020.

[@athanasioskosmas3915]

I dont want to dissapoint you but there's still a lot of countries calling it Smyrna.

[@dzenospahic9156]

"You Either Die A Hero, Or You Live Long Enough To See Yourself Become The Villain"

[@analeigholdeworlde4178]

I Love this channel. Thank you!

[@MegaTroubleII]

Stories like this get me so emotional To go through so much and be considered a liar for the rest of your life

[@Allthingsmarinelife]

I can’t wait to explore the deep ocean in a submersible

[@ccraw6826]

Yes

[@cakersthecake5337]

HelO

[@funnyman4744]

did you survive the titanic submarine

[@MyDNAAStory]

Wow true survival story! That man is a very clever well done to him👏👏👏👏💪💪💪

[@temlee7865]

Yeah exactly! By the way your DNA 🧬🧬🧬🧬 Videos are awesome man!

[@hommelwijf]

@@temlee7865 totally not the same person

[@peterkelly2785]

Great storyline! Thank you!

[@sagacious03]

Neat story! Thanks for uploading!