In Their Own Words: Chris Lemons – Deep Sea Diving Crisis | 1

About this episode

Chris Lemons shares his harrowing experience of surviving a deep sea diving accident in the North Sea.

In 2012, Chris Lemons had a bright future ahead, with a fiancee and a good job fixing oil infrastructure on the ocean floor. One night in September, he went to work on a pipe about 300 feet beneath the North Sea. But, an accident left him alone and cut off from his lifeline – with only a small emergency supply of oxygen. On this episode of In Their Own Words, Chris shares the story of surviving for about half an hour with nothing to breathe. Links: chrislemons.co.uk exploreyourdepths.com Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of Against the Odds ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app. Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of Against the Odds ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Guest: Chris Lemons

Topics covered

• survival
• deep sea diving
• accident
• personal story
• resilience
• oil infrastructure

Keywords

• deep sea diving
• survival story
• North Sea
• Chris Lemons
• accident
• oxygen supply
• oil infrastructure

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Audible

Places: North Sea

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