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Entombed at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in an upended tugboat for three days, Harrison Odjegba Okene begged God for a miracle.

The Nigerian cook survived by breathing an ever-dwindling supply of oxygen in an air pocket. A video of Okene's rescue in May —
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArWGILmKCqE — that was posted on the Internet more than six months later has gone viral this week.

As the temperature dropped to freezing, Okene, dressed only in boxer shorts, recited the last psalm his wife had sent by text message, sometimes called the Prayer for Deliverance: "Oh God, by your name, save me. ... The Lord sustains my life."

To this day, Okene believes his rescue after 72 hours underwater at a depth of 30 meters (about 100 feet) is a sign of divine deliverance. The other 11 seaman aboard the Jascon 4 died.

Divers sent to the scene were looking only for bodies, according to Tony Walker, project manager for the Dutch company DCN Diving, who were called to the scene because they were working on a neighboring oil field 120 kilometers (75 miles) away.

The divers had already pulled up four bodies.

So when a hand appeared on the TV screen Walker was monitoring in the rescue boat, showing what the diver in the Jascon saw, everybody assumed it was another corpse.

"The diver acknowledged that he had seen the hand and then, when he went to grab the hand, the hand grabbed him!" Walker said in a telephone interview Tuesday.

"It was frightening for everybody," he said. "For the guy that was trapped because he didn't know what was happening. It was a shock for the diver while he was down there looking for bodies, and we (in the control room) shot back when the hand grabbed him on the screen."

On the video, there's an exclamation of fear and shock from Okene's rescuer, and then joy as the realization sets in. Okene recalls hearing: "There's a survivor! He's alive."

Walker said Okene couldn't have lasted much longer.

"He was incredibly lucky he was in an air pocket but he would have had a limited time (before) ... he wouldn't be able to breathe anymore."

The full video of the rescue captured by divers was released by DCN Diving after a request from The Associated Press. Initially, a shorter version of the rescue emerged on the Internet. The authenticity of the video was confirmed through conversations with DCN employees in the Netherlands. The video showing Okene was also consistent with additional photos of him on the rescue ship. The AP also contacted Okene on Tuesday who confirmed the events.

Okene's ordeal began around 4:30 a.m. on May 26. Always an early riser, he was in the toilet when the tug, one of three towing an oil tanker in Nigeria's oil-rich Delta waters, gave a sudden lurch and then keeled over.

"I was dazed and everywhere was dark as I was thrown from one end of the small cubicle to another," Okene said in an exclusive interview after his rescue with Nigeria's Nation newspaper.

He groped his way out of the toilet and tried to find a vent, propping doors open as he moved on. He discovered some tools and a life vest with two flashlights, which he stuffed into his shorts.

When he found a cabin of the sunken vessel that felt safe, he began the long wait, getting colder and colder as he played back a mental tape of his life — remembering his mother, friends, mostly the woman he'd married five years before with whom he hadn't yet fathered a child.

Source: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/man-survives-60-hours-bottom-atlantic-21084740

Lilimax: All the non-performing ministers and special assistants
should be shown the way out.

Naija must move forward .

You the only one that has said something reasonable so far. 100,000,000 LIKES for you.

Balloteli or what's that's his name is a threat to our national unity. Someone please break his legs.

Yield: I agree with all you said, especially @bolded.

"He that has no sin, let him cast the first stone". No! Seriously it been almost 2years since the relationship began, and before then even when I was still asking her out, I used to keep late nights, from work to hangingout and return home with one babe or the other (a habit I wasn't proud of myself). But all that change over the years and that's where the trust and credit row out from. Nevertheless, I don't not see the justification she's trying to put out by encountering heartbreak; and I wonder what will become of her if she eventually find me with a babe some day. Someone should please call her to order cause I haven't had s*x since this dramatic drama began.

She losing weight as she doesn't eat properly as usual. What am going to do? Am tired of this shit.

doomsdayII: Something doesn't add up here. If she gave you credit knowing you don't mess around, why would she be heartbroken after spying your phone for confirmation. On 2nd Thought, why would you quarantine her from going through ur msgs when you know you're clean which of course i doubt. You don' mess around during relationship doesn't mean you don't talk dirty to other girls. It's a normal thing that happens in relationships. I 4 one dont hide my phone from my woman cos i know i don't keep more than 1 girl. She goes through my phone most times and haven't found nothing to rebuke me with. That's not because i delete msgs or change female names to male just for her not to suspect which most guys do. It's in you.

Personally, I don't see nothing wrong talking dirty with another babe or ex on the social network(I maybe wrong) would that be enough to shatter her heart? Am confuse.

I've warned her over time not to go through my pings and my SMS; she felt I have something to hide. I am that type of guy who doesn't Bleep around when am in a relationship and she has given me that credit time after time. Recently, she spied and was able to access my phone while I was in the shower. And now she is heart broken and won't talk to me it almost 3 weeks now. What do I do?

Brothers and sisters, e.g (Tonto Dike) they said "a stitch in time save nine". The photo below is the actual lung of a smoker and a non smoker. Well, I don't have to elaborate further as the pic itself can speak to those who wishes to listern. Stay healthy.

Where are the Calabar dudes in the house? Meat don show ooO.

★ Ants never sleep!
★ When the moon is directly overhead, you will weigh slightly less.
★ Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never called his wife or mother; because they were both deaf.
★ An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
★ “I Am” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
★ Babies are born without knee caps – actually, they’re made of cartilage
and the bone hardens, between the ages of 2-6 years.
★ Happy Birthday (the song) is copyrighted.
★ Butterflies taste with their feet.
★ A “jiffy”, is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
★ It is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
★ Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
★ Minus 40° Celsius, is exactly the same as minus 40° Fahrenheit.
★ No word in the English language, rhymes with month - orange - silver -or- purple.
★ Shakespeare invented the words “assassination”and “bump".
★ Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
★ Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.
★ The names of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.
★ The sentence, “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”
uses every letter in the English language.
★ The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
★ The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
★ The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
★ Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from the blowing desert sand.
★ TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.
★ You can’t kill yourself by holding your breath.
★ Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.
★ The dot over the letter “i” is called a 'Tittle'

Please add anything if you have....

When you felt rejected, drink alamo bitter and few bottles of beer, it confuses the brain.

What about Zuma Rock?

elektra80: @op, seriously why the face? Were u expecting such a van of that size to have the same mpg as a corolla or a civic? U know energy is required to drag that van and that means more fuel. That thing got a 3.8L engine. You better go get urself Nissan micra or Hyundai i10 if fuel economy is what u so care about.

I drive Honda Accord baby boy. 2.3L am only comparing the different. Anyway, your information is superb, thanks.

Yusluv77: 5. Try to do
f***ing in bed because it can save youvaluable
energy.6. F***ing can even reduce your cholesterol
levelSO REMEMBER - *FASTING* is good for your
health - and may Godcleanse your Dirty Mind!!

*Why do you want to put us in Gods mind this holiday? Did you check your items 5? What is the relationship with your alleged "fasting" and bed? May God tripple clean your dirty mind with fuel and methol spirit. Say Amen.

IdaraCHODB: Neighbor says very reliable but consumes double the fuel that Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic and its equivalents form Korea would consume.

Says if the cost of fuel is no object, go ahead, you will love the vehicle. Vehicle parts are not costly.

The fuel consumption is understandable, it runs a 3.8L engine instead of a 1.6L or 1.8L

OMG

Smoothcriminal: I am planning to travel there next week with my family, but almost decided to cancel because of lack of recent reviews of the place online. Kindly answer these questions for me.

Let me state that I will be setting out from abuja and I have never been to the east before.

1. Where is d nearest active airport to obudu
2. How far is obudu from the nearest airport
2. What's the frequency of flights to that airport / what airline.
4. How much would a drop cost from d nearest airport to obudu / or advice on where to get a cheap car hire
5. How much is a decent accomodation/ or advice on a decent accomodation
6. Where there LOTS of other visitors as at the time of ur visit.
7. Is it true that electricity is rationed and u need to pay for extra hours u may need/ how is it rationed
8. What activities would you suggest while there.



THANKS IN ANTICIPATION OF YOUR RESPONSE OR ANYBODY RESPONSE FOR THAT MATTER.

PS. MODS KINDLY SET UP A SECTION FOR LOCAL TRAVELS/REVIEWS, IT'S PATHETIC THAT ALL WE DISCUSS ON THE TRAVEL SECTION IS HOW TO CUT OUT OF THIS COUNTRY.

Which one do you want us to answer 1st?

700k, seriouly interested. 08032989704 mail pictures to itulahakhere@gmail.com

700k for the camry

More pictures please cause I want it bad.

Mr man, you should be worried if your car engine doesn't cough out water mostly in the morning. It is noticeable cause the exhaust is quite cold in the morning, even in hot afternoon, it happens too. What am trying to tell you is; if a vehicle engine is in good conditions, it will definitely cough out water. And the white smoke, that's how it is in the morning until the engine attained it operating heat temperature.

Head Pastor of the Synagogue Church of All
Nations TB Joshua may have predicted the
lagos plane crash, in last sunday live service.
Last Sunday, during his live Sunday service, TB
Joshua said: His church members should fast
and pray, specifically on Monday, Wednesday
and Thursday (the day of the Agagu’s corpse
plane crash).
His reason? He told his congregation that he
saw ‘a gathering of TEARS’.
Agagu’s village people also confirmed that they
saw the same revelation and prayed and fasted
but sadly there was nothing they could do to
forestall the unfortunate incident.

i just finished drinking 5 bottles of beer. i am itulah, reporting LIVE from Halimma joint.

Just flashing back, how many of us enjoyed the delicacy of these product?

With the news of the dramatic encounter of Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke, at the Synagogue Church, still going viral, many have been wondering if the mission of the thespian, last Sunday was a conscious effort by him to find a wife.
Reports on the actor’s visit to the church indicated that he was being delivered of a negative spirit that has prevented him from getting married.
But recent finding by The Nation revealed that Jim Iyke accompanied a friend, whose mother was seriously ill to the church where he was caught in the web of what was said to be a rescue exercise.
Jim’s friend’s mother is said to be on admission at a hospital, in Ajao Estate, from where she was taken to the church, but perhaps due to the popularity of the actor, the church ministers went for him, claiming there was more to his not being married than meets the eye.
A two-minute video on the church’s website shows the actor struggling with several officers of Pastor TB Joshua, the head of the church, as they fought to keep him still.
The session, as shown in the video got the thespian sprawling on the floor, after falling several times, and shouting incoherent words.
“What do you guys want from me,” asked the actor, apparently recovering from frenzy. “Take it easy, the man of God will like to see you after the service,” replied one of the church ministers, as they led the actor away from the middle of the congregation, looking bewildered.
Reports say the sick woman’s son was also attended to during the church service, but the woman, who was the real reason Jim and his friend went to the church was told to come back at a later date. The woman, whom we learnt was brought to Lagos from Abuja in search of solution to her health problem, had since been taken back to the Ajao Estate hospital where she is waiting for another appointment from the church.


thenationonlineng.net/new/why-jim-iyke-went-to-synagogue/

no be my money pastor go take buy jet.

Please can you kindly share your experience on Ford Windstar 2001-2003 SUV, cause am on the verge of disposing my sweet Honda Accord baby boy to add up some money to pick the above mentioned truck (I will call it). What the fuel economy like and any other useful info?

This is NAF Base Kaduna.... Most of the pic were taken close to the officers MESS.....Whats your last price?

carzola: What of window's phone? Can the bbm work?

Yes it will work, so long it OS is android between 4.0 and above. So, smile in advance

Prior to launching BBM for Android, an unreleased version of the BBM for Android app was posted online. The interest and enthusiasm we have seen already – more than 1.1 million active users in the first 8 hours without even launching the official Android app – is incredible. Consequently, this unreleased version caused issues, which we have attempted to address throughout the day.

Our teams continue to work around the clock to bring BBM to Android and iPhone, but only when it’s ready and we know it will live up to your expectations of BBM. We are pausing the global roll-out of BBM for Android and iPhone. Customers who have already downloaded BBM for iPhone will be able to continue to use BBM. The unreleased Android app will be disabled, and customers who downloaded it should visit www.BBM.com to register for updates on official BBM for Android availability.

As soon as we are able, we will begin a staggered country roll-out of BBM for Android and continue the roll-out of BBM for iPhone. Please follow @BBM on Twitter for the latest updates and go to www.BBM.com to sign-up for updates about BBM for Android and iPhone. These issues have not impacted BBM service for BlackBerry.


Source: http://blogs.blackberry.com/2013/09/bbm-for-android-iphone-launch-update/