He has my respect for accurately pointing out the role God played in that event.
It's at moments like that, when the liklihood of all those freak occurences happen, one after the other, that you know that God plays a very active role in our lives...
They've got big balls those deep freedivers, awesome story and verry lucky fella.
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i have had this happen to me before swimming in my pool trying to hold my breath for as long as i can, i started to get really faint ... dont know if that specifically along the lines of a 'shallow water blackout' but yeah pretty scary!!
that bloke is very very lucky, one in a million!!!!!
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A miracle indeed!
He has my respect for accurately pointing out the role God played in that event.
It's at moments like that, when the liklihood of all those freak occurences happen, one after the other, that you know that God plays a very active role in our lives...
Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
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could of/should of/didn't!
Hell yeh, so many things could of/should of but didn't .One story to tell your grandkids eh!
The big man upstairs was looking over him me thinks!
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great shot
Great shot through the fin and quick thinking in the situation, one lucky fellow alright!
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Great story! ???
A great story Pete, as you said Adam, great thinking in the situation!
So what causes shallow water blackout? Does it have to do with the length of time a breath is held? Or?
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Totally, nice work on the
Totally, nice work on the fin shot!
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Wiki is your friend
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shallow_water_blackout
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Cheers Pete
Now I can see why you didn't type out an explanation!
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WoW
Very lucky man!
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They've got big balls those
They've got big balls those deep freedivers, awesome story and verry lucky fella.
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geez
i have had this happen to me before swimming in my pool trying to hold my breath for as long as i can, i started to get really faint ... dont know if that specifically along the lines of a 'shallow water blackout' but yeah pretty scary!!
that bloke is very very lucky, one in a million!!!!!