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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYuMN206Jzo

Interview with Tarek Omar (the diver rescuer in the article) and location shot. Much better than reading the article.

Though I'm sure it's a fascinating interview, I thought the article was really well-written and helpful. I really enjoyed the pace of it all.

You might also like this story about a dive in Boesmansgat: Raising the Dead[0]

[0] - https://www.outsideonline.com/1922711/raising-dead

Thanks for sharing, it's a long read but very well written and worth the time.

You might also like this one about a dive in Norway: The cave divers who went back for their friends[0]

[0] https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36097300

My dream is to see Werner Herzog do a film about this.

Thanks for the link, but I much prefer the article to those American style documentaries, with the scary sound effects and endless repetition to build "suspense". Interview is at the 8:50 mark for those curious.

The article was fantastic. It brought everything to life in a way video essays can't.

Video crushes your imagination. It's factual, and leaves little mystery. Well-written narratives are full sensory waking dreams that you populate with sights and sounds, something you can inhabit.

How did you read it? It asked me for a subscription or an account or something. Instaclose.

Subject seemed interesting enough that I came to the comments to get alternative links, which have been provided, thank you posters.

It just asked to choose between adsupported and subscription model. You can switch off js if you dont want to see it.

I don't try to bypass walls. If they don't want my eyeballs I won't bother them.

Ofc, I suppose Germans who actually read it for the local info could be a lot more interested than me.

Also this -- professional diver discussing the video recorded by someone who dove there unprepared and died https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv4aK2O1X_M

Go to 30:00 and just look at it. It's literally luring people in.

Thanks, very helpful.

The interview section is quite short; much shorter than that in the article. The documentary is fascinating regardless however.

Wow, just watching it gives me anxiety. Makes perfect sense what is happening and why divers can easily die there.

Thanks for the link.

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