The Caribbean Disaster (*DISTRESSING CONTENT*) 

He had to.. the guilt is there, he brought the pipe of death.. the rescue operation wasn’t granted because they rather have them dead than to do the rescue… these are the sad truth truth.

Jesus did say: "There is no greater love than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends."--- John 15:13 What's disgusting is that a company decided his gift wasn't worth giving. I hope they're fucking cursed.

​@@ujayet"he brought the pipe of death"? It wasn't his fault and doesn't need to feel guilty.

Right? Talk about survivors guilt

@@frickfrack7075 it’s called survivor’s guilt

Right!!! 😭😭😭

I think we can be pretty sure about that, yes.

Just make you question how many of this incident happening tha that got burried

Didn’t you see the video? When Christopher surfaced the coast guard and emergency services were already there. You can’t cover that up.

Good point

yep , me too

Same here..God bless him and those men that had to die that way 🥺

A man of faith, I understand. The inactive leaders should have followed his example: MARK 9: 24 "Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief."

I agree with your husband, may God bless you

I really hope @MrBallen sees this!!❤

Cool story bro

@@johnn7478 isnt human connection beautiful ❤

RIP. I hope he is in peace. Stay strong ❤

That is what’s been going through my mind too. Lack of accountability. Those men were still alive and they abandoned them to die? Why to save money or something? It would be a slow, cold, blind, agonizing death. I was just shocked they didn’t try to save them…

It's MURDER!

@@yoyothemo3491I agree 💯! I mean what was the reasoning for not going in? With the technology available these days I feel there could have been some sort of way to get those men saved. I can’t imagine knowing someone is literally dy!ng a few feet from me screaming for help yet I don’t bother for 2 days!!!! So sad. Wish there would have been a way to reverse the vacuum effect or somehow suck the water out the tube? Anything really other than doing nothing at all

​@@yoyothemo3491 Something definitely could have been done.

Yea

We don't know the discussions that took place. I certainly would have tried to get them out but not being there, we shouldn't judge.

@@302Camaro I am judging, my sister and I researched this and the company is grossly negligent as hell. That man will forever suffer PTSD as a result and the families of those that lost their lives are forever changed. Those two companies wasted precious time fiddle fkn around and men lost their lives as a result. It angers me, righteous anger! This was 1) avoidable 2) very possible to rectify. They would have sent a long cable with a radio and breathing tank down to the closest man, communicated and slowly pulled him out safely. Rinse repeat until all men were saved. Don't tell me not to judge!

@@302Camaro or maybe we should because they just let four people die.

​@@brettsmith5030 Look, I get its disturbing that this happened, but that doesn't mean its ok to abandon rational thought. What if they didn't have certified divers? Would you rather they send more men down and more men get stuck?

@@whispofwords2590 research it. The men that saved the first guy were certified and went down there AGAINST the companies orders. This is a company that LITERALLY hires people to dive...no way they didn't have "certified divers" on tap. Also those men were there for MULTIPLE days and could be heard beating on the pipe they were trapped in. Days seems like ample. Time for certified divers to become available and ready for a rescue mission. As I said before, read my other comment. There were OTHER options than sending more. Men into that pipe.

Right?! But how did they get the bodies out? The same way they got the bodies, they could had rescued them

@@mrojas0889 They probably either flushed the tubes with water to push them out, or cut holes in them. Probably would have drown them either way in the process.

@@mrojas0889 thank you!!!! exactly!!!!!!

Same thing as always. Money. It would hurt profits to stage a rescue. Don't you just love capitalism?

it's 100% money dude. They decided that HUMAN LIVES weren't worth a couple of thousand dollars.

He had heart for sure. Im glad he survived, he took a leap of faith.

I hope everyone remembers the oil company letting those poor souls suffocate for 2 days in the dark without help.

He is a national hero, his family is in line for several million dollars when this is settled.

proof that cops are useless......you remember that when sitting on jury

I hope everyone remembers how horrible government AUTHORITY and "keeping people safe" really is.

Failing to attempt a rescue amounts to culpability.

For real I don't understand y they couldn't rescue them like Chris did it with one air tank for SOME of the way I think other diving professionals could do it with proper equipment

Dude honestly I think I'd go on a warpath

What I think makes it worse is his friends who died probably thought he abandoned them. That would tear me up inside

@@I_am_a_cat_ to be fair it was an unknown situation so I reckon they would have thought Christopher didn't make it out, still sad but they probably knew the chances of him making it out were slim

yeah, how dare they try and rescue the divers, even worse how dare they attempt to do anything like Idk how but rescue them

Always. We're no more than a number. Doesn't matter what company you talk about

Criminal investigation into the oil company. Imprison executives.

They usually weigh the cost of any sort of intervention against the settlements that will have to be paid out for the loss of life and whichever is the more cost effective, they go with that

​@@veegee24 For what exactly?

Well the guys fucked up

There has to be something that could have been done. Something. How in all the world was there nobody that could have solved this problem of getting those men out.

​@@BillHawkins0318 they could they just didn't want to risk their lives doing it.

Why should they? The company didn't do it. The guy with the wrench did it. Let us not forget these jobs pay mid 6 figures a year. They are paid extremely well for little work because of the extreme risks. So, I don't feel sorry for them.

@@phillipstroll7385 Bro I think you are missing the point here. Mistakes are made we are all human. The fact that Paria did not send a rescue team is what they are not answering. I could understand your opinion but somehow I feel that it's because it wasn't your family in that pipeline is why you said what you said. Very insensitive choice of words. I live on the island that this happened on and it not as straight forward as you make it seem.

Seriously, and Christopher now has to live with the horror of the 4 men most likely dying thinking he abandoned them. What an awful tragedy. Screw that company.

At least the men didn't know Christopher made it out and didn't rescue them. I'm in no way blaming him I'm just saying that at least Christopher knows they don't know he made it out.

No feminist was harmed in this tragedy because feminist WON’T do any of these incredible and dangerous jobs that men do for our society. ;)

@@Douglas_I he told them he was going to come back for them. that's why when he wanted to go back in, security pulled weapons and threatened to harm him.

​@@thinkbeforeyoutype7106 ironic screen name

What makes it an even greater tragedy is the fact the company would not perform that rescue operation. I feel for Chris, the Survivors Guilt must be soul crushing.

No feminist was harmed in this tragedy because feminist WON’T do any of these incredible and dangerous jobs that men do for our society. ;)

People die everyday b it hurts at first but hell b alright at the end of the day .

@@lou8853 99 percemt brick layers are farmers so no house without men. Almost all the dirty stuff cleaning of tanks, fixing of pipes are done by men. Without men their cars would not have been invented. Without their father they would not have existed in this world.

@@lou8853 Thank God for men. We cant live without them .

This reminds me of that awful volcanic incident on the island off New Zealand. There were people trapped there and the authorities deemed it too dangerous to try a rescue operation even though there were emergency crew who were willing to go. What's the point of having Emergency Rescue if they aren't allowed to do their job ? They know it is dangerous, they want to try and help people.

​@@chriswebb7968 look up sailors who were left to drown at pearl harbor in a ship that sunk it's worse than this story

@@timpatterson1945 I'm pretty sure Ballen also did that story.

@@timpatterson1945 @@timpatterson1945 my grandpa was on the bunker hill. The Japanese kamikaze pilots targeted the bunker hill. He said it was terrible on deck with lines snapping and cutting people I'm half. He also told me of the men in the boiler room. Who did not evacuate. They remained doing their jobs while the ship slowly sank. Which saved my grandpa and probably a thousand others. They sat in the dark musty room doing there jobs to keep the ship afloat as long as possible while they slowly drowned. My grandpa has a navy tattoo. And he had it at a time when people simply didn't do that. I always knew he was in the navy but he only told me ONE time his entire long life about it. He was drafted like his junior year in high school. Never finished school. Months before he died he was given an honorary diploma from his hs for his service. That's around the time I asked about his navy days. He was always ashamed of not getting that diploma. Men were simply different breed back then, even in old age right up til he died he would do his household duties fixing things and mowing. He even would mow for neighbors and family. The one thing that he explained to me about those navy days and the war was those men who died underdeck saving the rest of the crew

@Shawn Leider Thank you very much for sharing your Grandfather's story. I firmly believe that stories like that, and the one in this video, should be told so that we never forget the human cost in any situation. My grandfather was also in the Navy during World War II, but unfortunately he died when I was about 14 so I never got to talk to him about his experiences. And you're right, they don't really make men like the ones in the boiler room on your grandfather's ship anymore. I can pretty much guarantee that those men knew they would die if they stayed - but stayed anyway because it was their job and they knew their actions would save others. I hope your grandpa has been reunited with them and they're all at peace now 😌

He's certainly a hero at the very least for trying his hardest to rescue his four friends/co-workers against the poor judgment of the local/company authorities.

Why didn't the rescuers pump the water out from one of the two ends of the tube?

​@peki100 good question. Questions we will probably never have answers to in our lifetime.

Bureaucrats have no common sense or empathy. They will always F things up.

​@@peki100 powers that be considered them expendable i guess

I agree. He is so descriptive. Very gifted indeed.

Some of it is even real too. He has been known to embellish facts to make it sound better. Fact. He has been found out doing that

@@lizvickers7156I’m not sure what u r trying to say. He emphasises? On a story? What is the matter with that.

@@emilybrettschneider1472 It's been proven that he embellishes stories to suit him even adding parts that are nit true. That I don't like. I was subscribed but when I found that out I unsubscribed and his rapid arm movements are just irritating.

I totally agree with your statement. I am feeling so bad for these people.

Huh, sounds like the U.S. government regarding the East Palestine train derailment....🤔

​@@janedoe-hq9vn💯

Sounds like all gov around the world are showing their true colors. I'm so very sorry this is a living nightmare, I can only imagine the PTSD this brave man still has to this very day. That is absolutely horrible

Sadly most of the world puts money before human life.

And to Christopher 😢

They at first lied and said they tried but failed 😢

It sounds rough. But you dont want those rescue people to also get stuck.

@@rubikfan1 feel like they could have put a tube in the pipe to suck the water out so they could get them

Only to families? I’m more sad for the forsaken in the pipe.

That's what I keep thinking! It didn't mangle them or suck them in unevenly...interesting.

Probably the water went in first. I guess air itself wouldn't be enough to suck in 5 men and their equipment

​@@madlad7369you've never seen the power of air. I've seen a 52in pipeline pig (big heavy foam plug) pnumaticaly pushed through pipelines to clean them after new construction. A huge net caught them and a trackhoe bucket was used as a second backstop. It would shake the trackhoe every time it hit the bucket.

It's like they teleported...

Yes it was am from st Vincent and I was following sad

I can’t imagine watching it unfold in real time, it must have been heartbreaking! I’ve sobbed listening to the story here. 😢

I love your name! That is beautiful!! Is is pronounced NAY-line or NAH-line

How far do you live from where it happened ??😮

Has the company been screwed ?

It's MURDER!

Wholeheartedly agree!! 😢

There were even professional divers from in country and around the world who were capable enough to carry out a rescue that were volunteering left and right and the coast guard and government wouldn't allow them.. its ridiculous

​@Zach Mcginnis straight up corruption

If they could recover the bodies posthumously they could have recovered the bodies while they were still living.

My wife's been saying that she can't imagine any ways to rescue them (we're Trinidadian). I'm convinced that there are ways but admittedly I can't think of any outside of cutting the pipe but then they'd drown. What idea do you have mate?

@@theaudiophileshow4410 Although I am not part of a professionell rescue team and neither are You or youre wife I could never imagine that one of these would come up with some idea. However about thinking just half an hour my plan was this. I would push in there some hoses with oxygen, three to be exact, because they were three, with an attached notice that should pass these to the next when they got their own until they are all three provided with one. To give a sign, they could for instance pull a few times with the hose. Then I would start to pump away the water. That is because some people mentioned here you cant pump away the water immideately because the air bubbles they were breathing from would change their location and they would drown and I agree here. And then only thing left is to fiddle in a stiff metal wire where they can hold on and pulling them out. I want to remember that this came to my mind just after half an hour, just me, and of course I m not quite sure if that would work out but there is no way that specialists in a great number wouldnt come up with a dozen ideas, no one could convince me about that.

@@theaudiophileshow4410 Well I wrote an answer to youre question here in the comment section and now I cant find it anymore. Dont know if you got it but I dont want to write the whole thing again

They should have went with him. They paid for it. No way I'd stay put on the pipe and not get out or die trying

Yeah I would imagine the survivors guilt is intense for him. And then I could also imagine now angry he must be with all the people who just didn't even try to save them, it was clearly possible if he was able to get out. Hell they could have sent in air tube or something to even talk to the men, but instead waited for them to die so that they could open these pipes in such a way that might have even disgraced their bodies... Poor Christopher for sure, he might have also wish he just dragged his friends with him or been more forceful about them following.

It’s crazy they didn’t allow a rescue diver to go down with Christopher. I feel like there are a thousand different safety protocols they could of done. Like a rope line dropped down or cut the dam pipe. This breaks my freaking heart

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SEJWFkdK3wA.html&ab_channel=TTTLiveOnline Just part of his testimony. heartbreaking 😢

So heartbreaking 💔 Christopher is a Hero! His heart and mind had the right intention. I hope he’s able to find the courage to move on knowing he did all he could 🙏

They wanted to stay.

@@juanduenas1943 they didn't want to drown, and they were extremely distressed. Your comment is ignorant.

I hope he gets revenge.

I like to stay on land for a reason.

He doesn't and paria is tryna shift blame on to the divers

Can't believe it's been 2 years

One of the saddest parts is all of his friends died thinking he was a scum, a coward and a traitor who abandoned them. :-(

Check out TTT Live Online (RU-vid channel) There are several videos, titles being “Commission Of Inquiry Into Paria-LMCS Diving Tragedy”.

There are some videos made by expert divers out there. Glad the lawyers of the families are tearing the company apart in the courts

I am a Trinidadian, thanks for a detailed explanation of what happened, and I am living here steups, I now understand what went on. thanks MrsBallen much appreciated 👍

"No one likes to take blame" This was a bad incident where people died. Fuck off if you like taking blame or not. Someone needs to be held accountable.

I'm absolutely livid over what those people did to do nothing to help those men! 🤷🤦😤😡🤨. I had to stop crying long enough to write my comment I made on here, and that's been almost 2 hours after he posted this horrific story. I've been listening to the stories that Mr Ballen has been posting for a few years now. And this is the first one that's gotten me so mad! So heartbroken, because of the lack of empathy from any of those people in the decision to NOT help those men! And they absolutely have the means to get them out of there! If they say they don't! They are liars! I pray to the families that lost their loved ones and they Sue those that are wrong for doing nothing. And take every dime possible from them! 🤷🤦😤😡🤨. 🙋😓❤️‍🔥🙏🕊️

I’m from Trinidad as well but this is not his first story of here though 😂

​@Hunter Vonnegut grow up

@@tammygeorge1638 do you really think they would just let 4 men die if they could do something to help? if the rescue mission has a chance of more than 50% that other people will die to they never would do something. and i cant see 1 way with a good chance to get these people out of there... (and they definetly thought more about it and more proffesional than we do)life isnt always that easy.

@@tammygeorge1638 it is sad but when you think about it, it’s also risking the rescuers lives as well.

Pretty sure they survived getting sucked? I remember seeing something about them dying of lack of oxigen, so they were stuck there slowly dying

Exactly! No feminist was harmed in this tragedy because feminist WON’T do any of these incredible and dangerous jobs that men do for our society. ;)

@@thinkbeforeyoutype7106 👍👍👍

@@thinkbeforeyoutype7106 a horrific workplace tragedy and you had to go and make it about feminism…

Korean Oil needs to be mailed some boom boom packages.

@@Gavolak Not really since I just watched a video of these feminist insulting all men by saying, “men ain’t sh!t” and ironically MrBallen video came up. These men gave their lives for their families and communities yet I’m shocked some delusional imbeciles would insult their gender for it.

Course...as you know as a navy diver.. They sure chucked all the gov regulations/ protocols when they did this dive...

The company had the final say to send a rescue team

@@jonjacobjingleheimerschmid3798 oh my God are you defending thr government? Lol wow and the audacity to think you know more than someone who worked for the government. I was in the army . Everything you know is a lie . But your such a coward you rather get mad at those for speaking the truth than those who enforce it and lie to you and make you a fuking slave to money and tax . God you have to be an complete nimrod to not only defend the government but do it when a former navy diver is saying the government sucks for not saving lives.

@@JohnDoe-vp1ib Paria Fuel failed in nearly every aspect of this job. I have done MANY pipeline commissions, as well as drain downs for repair. I'll try to think of a brief list... 1. You NEVER equalize a pipeline from the discharge side. Especially when it's submerged and you have the opportunity to CORRECTLY equalize the pressure from the manifold/intake that's in open air. I personally would've shut down the job. We call it "throwing the red flag." 2. The moment the diver came up to get a wrench, I personally would've shut it down and held an IMMEDIATE safety stand down. The job has clearly not been discussed at length so every individual involved is on the same page. Red flag moment. 3. The fact that there was no concurrent monitoring via radio or cameras of the habitat, I personally would've shut it down. The lack of immediate response tells me that no one was actually watching their video feeds. "Hole watch" is a boring job but EXTREMELY important. Red flag moment. 4. I didn't see any air/gas monitoring. The fact that the surface crew didn't immediately engage the situation is proof of that. Red flag moment. 5. You NEVER leave a crew in peril like that. There were still options to explore to extract those welders. They wouldn't give up on you, so it is your duty to not give up on them. Every single possibility or anything that can go wrong and how everyone's response to it should go HAS TO BE DISCUSSED at the pre-work safety briefing for this very reason. Emergency response should've already been there, been briefed, and standing fast in case they're needed. Red flag moment. These are just a few off the top of my head. If I spent more time on it, I could likely find a dozen others. The employees of Paria Fuel have an incredible amount of control and power over a job. It is pretty much an industry standard that ANYONE can throw a red flag, even the menial laborers. If the leadership of the company is pressuring because of deadlines, shut it down, sign off on the work permit, and demand the CEO themselves come and take over the job. They are very risk averse when their own asses are on the line. Make them do their job! This was 100% on the company's employees, safety officers, and management. I hope the victim's families and Christopher can get their due justice and find peace. This was an entirely preventable tragedy and everyone who signed off on this work should face manslaughter charges.

I bet the saw it as a money issue. More money to save them and not have a lawsuit versus just letting them die.

The parent company for Paria Fuel is owned by the government of Trinidad and Tobago. Which is itself owned by Babylon, Mystery, Mother of All Prostitutes and Abominations of the Earth. The lack of routine safety precautions followed by their indifference to human life stems from their abject materialism. It wasn't too dangerous to rescue those workers. It was too expensive. A Swiss company recently proposed to purchase Paria Fuel. Switzerland is Babylon the Great's banking capital.

Why didn’t they try to rescue them? I mean it’s not like they tried and they didn’t succeed, they literally didn’t even attempt to rescue them. Why did they do that?

It angers me how much power someone has sitting behind a desk over people out there making them money.

​@blak238 I'm guessing because it would be expensive to lose the pipe/oil. He said in the video it was because it was too dangerous but I have a feeling it has more to do with money..so tragic.

Mate why would they needlessly risk lives to save already doomed men

He definitely has a heroes spirit.

They didn't even need to go in. They could've sent in a radio, flashlights, air hoses or tanks etc. Then had Christopher explain to them how to get out. They could've easily gotten them out without even actually having to physically enter the tube. This was total negligence and incompetence

@@jamesbroomfield7799 explain how to get out? All they had to do was crawl. The other one was doing the same thing but stopped. It's them panicking caused it

​@@jamesbroomfield7799 If they could have "easily" gotten them out then they would have. Seems you think these tyoe of rescue missions are much easier than they really are.

Wasn’t the last diver still wearing scuba gear? Yeah, they could of least get tiny diver to bring them flashlights and breathing apparatus

Our condolences and love are with you

​@@athirarajan187 I sure hate their bravery was over taken

Our condolences 🙏🏾🙏🏾

So sorry this happen to your people.

I'am a 20 year old guy and i grew up without a father

I couldn't think of a more terrifying scenario . Knowing you are going to die and nothing can be done for you.

I feel the same way!!

Reminds me of the Uvalde ,Texas School Shooting , hundreds of police officers standing outside an unlocked door while children called 911 begging police to come to rescue them . the Texas Government's answer to this is to take cellphones from kids so if it happens again they can't call 911 because the phone calls to 911 was an embarrassment to the state .

Trinidad is in my prayers. My brother worked there many years ago helping to open a flour mill. He passed from a heart attack last year. He always loved your people. He said the people he worked with were very hard working and dedicated.

This story is so horrible. I feel so terribly for those families ❤

why would he not be respectful??? this post screams attention smh

@@kingfancy7317 Why you gotta be like this?

@Centrell Nichols Your comment screams for negative attention. Chill.

If Christopher was going to be traumatised for life by the incident the company made sure he would be by forcing him to then endurethe knowing ofthe horror of his mates hellish deaths.

Yeah, holding off for enough time to assess the situation is reasonable. But two whole days, especially knowing they were still alive? Sue their asses

Mine did as well. It’s horrific and heartbreaking, and they should absolutely be sued.

They were able to get their bodies but couldn't get them while they were still alive??? Such an awful tragedy

​@@captainblacksand8484 yes mate it's almost like you cant just rush in and send people to get them striaght away you melt. Rescue operations take more than just brave men to get people back you need to have a plan

This is not the first time that the company "Paria" has gotten away with employees" death. But what can u do when u live in a country thats almost as corrupted as communism ?

Easy for you to say sitting safe at home. If the decision was up to you, would agree to send rescuers to a certain death to maybe just maybe save 4 mens?

​ @Timarc but it's not certain death...? the divers survived for at least two days, and clearly navigating the pipe was not impossible for a full grown man. it would be a matter of towing along oxygen tanks so the divers can have air while they're navigated back to the surface. the potential for death would be 100% on the divers as they could die from their injuries (or even be unable to move from wherever they are due to their injuries). it's not like the rescue workers would be entering a tricky pressure situation or some place that's really hard to get to. It's a consistent horizontal pipe.

you cant trade lives, rescue attempts that are likely to fail are almost never gone through with as your essential knowingly sending rescue workers to their deaths.

@@timarc9895 Yes, it's also not a "certain death"

But how could anyone have saved them? Cut those pipes with a torch maybe but then they'd drown anyway. Going down the pipes is suicide.

​@@jerryvandevort2366 Yeah...that must be a heavy choice to call 😮‍💨 broken limbs, underwater, tight spaces...hell

@King Tonsil Jockey I mean you certainly can't climb back in to rescue cause you'd be head first it's pointless. Only thing I can think of is to cut that pipe and give each guy a buoyancy pack.

@@jerryvandevort2366 Yup, and cutting the pipes would immediately let out the remaining air, right? After working some claustrophobic jobs myself, I understand the discomfort and limited maneuverability with equipment in that environment. Luckily never had anything critical happen to anyone though

@@jerryvandevort2366 Maybe a sub/diving bell attached and pressurized against the pipe and then cut it open?

Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

It really is.. I can't even imagine the feeling once they realized that they weren't coming for them. 🥺

Cash over lives, it's the corporation way

The fact that the company sent them down, despite that only two members of the dive team were in possession of commercial diving certification. The remainder of the dive team was in possession of recreational scuba certification. Also that Paria’s personnel lacked the experience and competency in offshore subsea maintenance work, shows how incompetent the company was.

Just like all those kids on that ferry in Korea in 2014.

Finished the video. Again, thanks for bringing attention to this MrBallen. RIP and condolences to these men's relatives. I didn't know there was actual footage from one of the divers, since, when this happened, I really couldn't stand to watch the news. Hearing our Creole English "We get through!" when handed the wrench nearly made me cry. I hope they were spared from too much suffering.

"If God is ah trini, then he from south" Nope. This basically happened in South.

That's exactly what I was thinking!!!l like wtf?

That’s what I was thinking! Why couldn’t they just do the rescue if they recovered the bodies later!?!

It's easier to retrieve a dead body vs one that is alive. If they wouldve cut the tube, they would have died anyway.

Bodies dont take air which would mean extra tanks which would exceed the limits of the pipe truly I wonder if people use their own brainpower anymore or if they react and act on emotion alone. This sucks, im not happy it happened but if anyone else were to go down that pipe to rescue those still alive there would have been one more death to the list at worst and no one saved at best. Seriously think about the dimensions of the pipe and the dimensions of a person with full scuba gear and then imagine them trying to save someone else while sharing gear, mathematically it doesn't work and theoretically its impossible. In my mind this is like asking why someone didn't go into a burning building to save someone when they were able to recover the remains instead.

@@nikkirex20 How would you have saved them?

Thanks!!!

Absolutely! I wouldn't have been able to follow along without him "dumbing it down" for us. He does it so well that you don't feel dumb but just like you said, it helps you "understand without actually knowing about the topic."

IKR. I can only imagine the survivers guilt he carries. 😢

No reason to add more people to the list of people that die. It's completely understandable when you look at it logically

And they waited for them to die to then get them out of the pipe. What the hell is that. Makes me so angry and so sad

@@user-sz2px8pv3f I understand that but it sure seems like they could have tried something. Send some kind of mechanical device down there to pull them out. Something. I don't know.

@@raf9ooo9a IKR! I think I would rather die quickly getting removed from the pipe if that's what would happen rather than wait to suficate or drown. Even if there was some kind of pressure that could push them out of the pipe so that no one else was risked. It seems like something happening quickly would just be a better way to go then to just slowly die in the dark.

Some times that’s not the case if you’ve watched many of his videos. There’s cases where fiends tried to help their other friends and died right along with them. Like the cave exploring incident where the joy went down the side of a water fall in a cave to help his friend and got tangled and stuck under below freezer cold water and they both died of hypothermia

wtf no you literally do not XD You do what can be done safely. You going off and ALSO getting trapped/injured/lost doesnt help jack shit.

Nice dog 👍

​@@jaxsonnicholas1885 the difference is tho, some of those catastrophies were caused by people going/diving into places (mainly caves) that they weren't supposed to be anyhow. Illegal, prohibited, sealed off; some of those -thrillseekers- complete idiots put themselves at risk, for no real reason. What makes this so different is these men were doing their jobs, an act of service. There was absolutely no reason they couldn't have tried to save these men. Bare in mind I have ZERO clue how any of this work's but I would think they could have atleast snaked a camera down there to see where the men exactly were located and then could they not cut through the pipe somehow and pull them out or at the least send rescue divers down? This story is terrible

​@@jaxsonnicholas1885 I'd rather die trying to save my friend than live with the guilt of not trying

There’s investigations on who made the call, but politics about “high” places

ya like dive down and cut the pipe from the outside. have tanks waiting for them. like do something!

​@The Hike Chose Me The pipe would have flooded as soon as they started cutting. Those guys would have drowned long before they got it cut open, or even a hole big enough for them to get out

@@mommy2libras they could have just cut it at one of the places that’s lower. the air pocket would’ve still stayed

Thank you for covering this story.

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​@@MrBallen This is one of your most iconic narrations of a unique and frustrating situation. Your subtle nuances in your storytelling are shining through stronger than ever! I don't think any movie could tell this story as brilliantly and emotionally impactful as you delivered it. Keep it up!

Not sure being a combat vet has to do with this being a totally different situation but I see what you mean, my family is in the military and most military vets can't handle much of nothing. Hard for them to even get a job since nobody wants to deal with them and their ego. Understandable. But yeah I can imagine most if not all military personnel couldn't handle this situation.

@@kane6537 yeah being a combat vet means ive gone through shit and dont panic or scare easily, but i would completely break down in that situation. Not sure what job searching or egos were in reference to, but i dont think i disagree with anything you said.

@@kane6537 This situation would challenge the hearts and souls of the bravest men and women on the planet.

Was thinking the same, i was in Iraq and hurt badly by an IED, the sheer horror of this story far far out ways anything i can imagine!

@@ahh_yes_mr_bax he’s insulting veterans.

Yeah it really does sound like murder,that gave me goosebumps x

I got such severe anxiety hearing this story, I almost couldn't finish even listening to it. But, that's such a horrible thing for those poor men to realize, that they weren't going to be rescued. I don't understand why the authorities couldn't just cut through the pipe and get them out that way

Because the pipe would fill with water as soon as they started to cut the pipe and drown the men

I'm a Trinidadian. I remember when this happened. The response of our politicians and this company during this horrific incident, as callous, cowardly and heartless as it was, doesn't surprise me. In comparison it equates to the contemptible actions of the Uvalde police department who, despite having guns, refused to engage the school shooter and they prevented those who were willing to risk their lives to save the lives of others from doing so.

This was a suicide mission. Lmao.

they didnt follow protocol

Did they even try? I don’t understand why they couldn’t try to get them some kind of breathing apparatus or air then send down ropes and pull them from the other side?

@@justme8274 Or they could bring water pump to suck sea water from the pipe and giving them rope to get out of the pipe

For real! I had to actually take several breaks and just walk around before I could finish

@@erin_upsidedown2149 Seriously! Anything to do with tight spaces and I'm squirmish.. Add water to that equation and it's game over lol.

Ok in that case don't watch the one where the guy gets trapped to death upside down inside a cave.

​@@KaiGaming84 john jones nutty putty cave 2009

@@KaiGaming84 I've already seen it! But I knew about that story, I live in Utah and those cave's are only a few hours away. I've even been in there before, when I was much younger and many years before they had to shut it down due to that tragic incident.

It wasn't directly the government that made the decisions. It was the Paria Board that kept back the coast guard

Was the govt privy to what transpired while it was taking place? Dont be ridiculous & bring the foolishness on YT pls

@kali doll have you been following the case locally? I mean. Let's be real. If the gov was involved directly they would have been dragged into it as well. Steady on

They probably weren't confident they could rescue them without killing them in the process or risking more lives. I don't know how a lawsuit against a state owned company would go either.

@Kraken the case is showing that they made no attempt and were more concerned with covering their assrs and keeping thier positions. They were trying their best to cover everything up

Holy shit I didn’t even think about that!! That makes me even more mad!!!! It takes a lot to get me mad and riled up, and while listening to this story, my own reawakened fear of suffocation was very quickly replaced with anger when I heard that the company didn’t deploy the rescue teams. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 THERE IS AN ENTIRE DOCUMENTARY FROM NAT GEO CALLED “The Rescue” IN WHICH SIMILAR EVENTS HAPPEN BUT IT IS HANDLED SO MUCH BETTER AND AT AN EVEN *HIGHER* RISK THAN WHAT THE RESCUE TEAM FROM THIS STORY WOULD’VE FACED!!!! I’m so mad.

Survivors guilt

In a way Christopher did help them by telling the story and surviving, he can ensure this doesn’t happen to other divers in the future.

He didn't mean it haha

@@Justcarlosdiaz he DID mean it & he CARRIED IT OUT TOO!! @Carlos Diaz, you're a prime example of the WORST KIND OF IGNORANCE... The kind that thinks it's funny but only the idiot in YOU is laughing 🖕🏼

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I can't imagine how traumatic that is. This whole thing is so horrific. I can't believe they didn't try anything to help - it's dangerous, I know, but with how many stories we've seen, I bet there were divers who were willing to take the risk.

SO insane!! It's hard to believe that they all survived just THAT it was so fast, huh? Just crazy, crazy sad! 😢

​@@tristanrebeckyes.. God be with them that is a terrible way to do and despite it being the fault of the company and it being their own men they still just let it be that is absolutely nuts. I pray justice is served in this world before it has to be served on the other side which is much worse from what I hear

@Deng Nicca why would you ask that?

@@dengnicca9494 Take your problems elsewhere.

@Deng Nicca 😕 Why ask this?

​@Deng Nicca how much did YOU donate? If you have nothing good to say hush!!

@Deng Nicca so you chose to only respond to mine to let the world know u donated 50 Usd. Wow, that's going to bring back the lives of my fellow departed brothers. Your comment was very uncalled for. Learn to have a little tact na. Smh

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What specifically has to be done to equalize the pressure? Just curious.

As a math and physics lover, I instantly knew that this would happen, but it broke my heart that no one but Christopher was willing to rescue the other 4. About equalizing and how easy it is to prevent this, not everyone knows how this works, so that's not to blame.

Same.

It was pretty obvious what was going to happen...

agreed, the survivor's guilt has to be overwhelming

I was on edge of toilet

Why...They murdered the other 4-divers.

Really appreciate you spoiling the story wtf man

@@JustinWallis-oe2cf Uh, what kinda dork reads the comment section before watching the video? That'd be your own fault, sir.

I'm sure they didn't want the other ones to survive because then that's more people you have to pay off

Alot of people wanted to help, the company didn't allow them!!!

@@chelsehossain12 let's risk more people to save these guys from almost certain death when going in on its own is almost certain death. Makes sense to me

@@BOBCAT4224 They could have just cut the pipe in half/disassembled the pieces and gotten the men out that way

@@mz.yumyum1461they would have to pay more to the family if they died tho

Imagine his ptsd....heartbreaking

I hope it's true then that whatever we might have in terms of a soul that lives past the body even for a short while means they observed him trying to save them. That don't really believe in that myself but more than once I've received what could have been seen as a message and otherwise highly unlikely and even Slightly bizarre object in the context of an equally unusual events that occurred within just a few days of the person's passing while I still had a feeling of them being there. And when the feeling disappeared they seemed irretrievably long gone back into the ether or heaven or whatever the afterlife maybe. Which leads me to suspect that if there is such a thing it's a gradual reabsorbing into something like the big One-ness or the All. This would explain why there is at least literally a ghost of someone that fades but doesn't disappear. It could be that it's just rejoined the infinite something that we all come from and return to even if we eventually become something else. Because that life cycle is what happens here on Earth. There's not a single living object on the planet that didn't come from some minerals or other substances that originally derived from another living thing that has died. In that sense we're all reincarnated on this planet but if there's a bigger sense that is on a universal scale then perhaps something lives on long enough that his friends saw him going back down the pipe.

@@myfirstnamemylastname2994 there is no short wile the soul lives forever not short will

Maybe but i think its more likely that they thought he would either drown trying to get out or not be able to make it far

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