Despite the trauma of being the sole survivor, Harrison eventually faced his fear of the water. In 2015, he became a professional diver himself, trained by the very team that had rescued him from his "underwater tomb".
: While searching the murky rooms, a diver was startled when a hand reached out from the darkness and grabbed his arm. Harrison - Underwater
Harrison, the ship's 29-year-old cook, was in the bathroom when the vessel flipped. As the boat settled upside down on the seabed, he managed to navigate through the pitch-black, rising water until he found a small air pocket in an officer's cabin. Despite the trauma of being the sole survivor,
South African saturation divers were eventually sent to the wreck, but they were tasked with recovering bodies, not finding survivors. Harrison, the ship's 29-year-old cook, was in the
: He stood in freezing, chest-deep water, listening to the sounds of the ocean and the haunting silence of his 11 lost crewmates.
: With no food and thinning oxygen, his only sustenance was a single bottle of Coca-Cola he found floating in the wreckage. The Miraculous Rescue
: For nearly 60 hours (about three days), Harrison survived in complete darkness, wearing only his boxers and a singlet.