Meet Harrison Okene: The Man Who Survived 3 Harrowing Days In A Sunken Ship
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Meet Harrison Okene: The Man Who Survived 3 Harrowing Days In A Sunken Ship 29 year Old Harrison Okene Served As A Cook On A Nigerian Tugboat Some stories touch your heart and make you marvel at the unbelievable things that have happened to people, and this is one of them. In 2013, Harrison Okene was working as a cook on a tugboat off the Nigerian coast. The boat was stabilizing an oil tanker, and had a crew of 12 people on board. An ocean swell came out of nowhere and slammed into the smaller boat, immediately capsizing it and sending it sinking into the ocean depths. With the boat went the entire crew, sadly locked in their rooms, as they sunk towards a sure death. A Lucky Coincidence May Have Saved His Life The rooms of the boat were locked as a security practice, as pirates often robbed the boats in that region. They locked the doors to keep the contents and the passengers safe. This worked to everyone’s detriment, as the entire crew were asleep in the...