Sep 8, 2026 · 40 min · 11 segments
What does it really mean to leave no one behind? For most of my life, those words belonged to military service, Search and Rescue, public-safety diving, and emergency response. You count the people…
The aircraft rested at roughly 120 feet, and we worked to raise it in stages using lift bags.
You stay aware of the wreckage, the cables, your equipment, the other divers, the weather, the depth, and the direction you are moving.
As we lifted the aircraft, the wreckage began to shift enough that I could see one of the men inside starting to come loose.
I immediately became concerned that if he came completely free at the wrong moment and slipped away from the aircraft, we could lose him into water far deeper than where we were working.
I believed that if we didn't take him then, there was a real possibility we'd lose him.
The aircraft rested at roughly 120 feet, and we worked to raise it in stages using lift bags.
You stay aware of the wreckage, the cables, your equipment, the other divers, the weather, the depth, and the direction you are moving.
As we lifted the aircraft, the wreckage began to shift enough that I could see one of the men inside starting to come loose.
I immediately became concerned that if he came completely free at the wrong moment and slipped away from the aircraft, we could lose him into water far deeper than where we were working.
I believed that if we didn't take him then, there was a real possibility we'd lose him.
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