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Alessia, how do you feel about death?
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Honestly, I've never thought about it.
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I think if someone has to die, they will.
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Honestly, I don't think about death.
I'm not afraid of death.
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I've never thought free diving
could lead to death.
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Twenty seconds!
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Ten seconds.
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Five, four, three, two, one.
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Alessia Zecchini. Italy.
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Four minutes. World record attempt.
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Okay, look at me.
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Alessia was born
in the afternoon, at around 20 to five.
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That night, I lay awake in bed, thinking
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about my wife, about my daughter.
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You never forget it.
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When you long for something...
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you can't forget it.
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This is one of Alessia's school essays.
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"Do you ever think that
the people around you, your classmates,
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your friends, your parents,
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don't understand your dreams?"
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I want to achieve my dream at all costs.
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I want to become a famous free diver.
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Natalia Molchanova is my greatest idol.
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I want to be just like her,
a world champion.
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Molchanova holds
over 40 free diving records.
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She's regarded as a legend
in the sport's history.
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I'm really embarrassed
about this great dream of mine.
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It sounds like one of those things
you say when you're a kid
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when asked what you want to be
when you grow up.
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There are only a few people
who understand my dream.
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My dad is one of those people.
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He understands my passion
for the sea and for free diving.
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I'd do anything
to make my dream come true.
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If you don't have
a dream to spur you on, you won't make it.
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But the price you pay
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is so high.
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Alessia and Steve.
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Their connection was very strong.
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What brought them together?
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I've always believed
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that nothing ever happens to us by chance.
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There's always a connecting thread.
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Something that leads you
down a certain road.
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Alessia and Stephen
really became a duet...
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Ah! Remember?
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...in many ways.
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It was destiny that they found each other.
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{\an8}I accepted that he was doing
a dangerous thing.
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And I just kind of lived with that.
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Dad, come on!
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Dad, come on!
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Come on!
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I've always been curious.
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{\an8}I was always kind of fascinated
by wilderness,
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{\an8}and animals, and the sea.
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Stephen loved
being out in the wild.
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The two of us would go swimming at 5:00
in the morning, as the sun was coming up.
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I'd dive down. I would snorkel.
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And he'd be holding my hand
and pointing, with his own snorkel,
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and pointing out fish here and fish there.
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"What's the biggest this?
What's the smallest that?"
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"What's the... the least common whale?
What's the most common whale?"
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Those endless "Why?"
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"What? Where?"
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"How often? How many?"
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His interest in nature started
with us watching David Attenborough.
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I'm in the middle of central New Guinea.
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One of the few places left
on the surface of the Earth
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that are truly unexplored.
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I always had it in my head
that I wanted to be an explorer.
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I always loved looking at places
like the Amazon
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and Congo, and Indonesia,
and imagining what it's like to be there.
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Keenan, looking good!
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When Stephen got to his teens,
I left the family home.
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I almost don't want to think about it.
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I feel very bad about it in ma-- in ways.
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He was very hurt.
He was very-- He was heartbroken.
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I do remember, when he was 17,
having a row with him
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about spending money on alcohol
with his friends.
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His mother was a bit worried about,
was he starting to drink a bit early?
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He was looking at, "What am I going to be
after I leave school?"
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"How am I going to follow my dream?"
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He really hadn't a clue.
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By the time
I was 13, I knew what I wanted to do.
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{\an8}It wasn't easy to find a class
when I was a kid.
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They were all men.
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I remember
Alessia turning up with her dad.
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This little girl with blue eyes.
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I remember that I didn't even hear
Alessia's voice. She just laughed.
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{\an8}I think I had done about 100 meters.
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It took us many years
to reach those numbers.
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The kid did 105 meters.
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That's when
you ask yourself some questions!
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How will it all end?
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We went to some competitions
for free diving in the sea.
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They dived from the boat
using a rock as a counterweight.
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And I said,
"Let's see how deep I can go."
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By holding your breath,
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you get to understand
a lot more about yourself.
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I managed to descend to 52 meters.
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Well done!
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Brava!
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To see such a young girl
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reach such depths
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attracted a lot of attention.
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And then the federation
releases a statement
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banning under-18s
from taking part in official competitions.
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In my darkest moments, I cried.
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There were arguments with my father,
with my coach.
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At that moment, I said,
"What am I going to do now?"
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Speech!
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Being told you're being
best man is usually a very emotional,
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bonding moment between friends.
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However, I found out
some months after the decision was made
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and through one of the lads.
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I didn't know what
I was going to do with my life.
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Also, I'm a bit worried...
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I knew I didn't want to stay at home,
settle down.
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I knew that wasn't gonna happen.
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Look who's there!
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I just hope you're brave,
pointing that thing at her.
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But then my mother
just got sick.
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I don't want to ruin another tape.
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No, no!
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Maura got cancer.
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Do you remember last time?
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Both Stephen
and his younger brother Gary
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were really close to their mother.
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It was very upsetting for them.
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You're taking their mammy.
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They were a great lift to her.
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She died at such an early age.
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Stephen had seen firsthand
how unjust fate can be.
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It did inform his personal philosophies.
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Live for today,
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for you never know
what's coming down the line.
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So he wanted to drink up
every last drop of the world.
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The Amazon,
Congo, and Indonesia.
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{\an8}It had always been a dream of mine
to get to these places.
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{\an8}When I was young,
I collected National Geographic.
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{\an8}I remember, it was a picture of a gorilla
wading through this peat bog water,
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{\an8}and this photograph was taken
in Northern Congo.
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I was going to travel to Congo,
and then find the gorillas.
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It was kind of a daunting experience.
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I'd never done anything like this.
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What's your name?
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Stephen. Steve.
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- Stephen?
- Yes.
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- Huh. Are you Christian?
- Yes.
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- In Ireland, we are--
- Protestant?
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No, Catholic.
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Palm wine.
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Yes?
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- Hi.
- Hello.
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She's been
the village queen for how long?
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- Six years now.
- Six? Okay.
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Looks like I'm staying here tonight
with this family.
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Apparently, everyone who
crosses the river gets river blindness.
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So I'm told that I have it now.
I'll have to get some treatment.
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At last.
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Flippin' heck.
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Just over the Congolese border.
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Whoa!
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- So here we are.
- Okay.
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It was one of my lifelong dreams
to be in such a place. I was, I'd made it.
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And this really
lit something up inside me,
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to do something really unusual
with my life.
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To find what I was searching for,
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I knew I needed to take
the less-traveled road.
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I wanted free diving to be my life.
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So even though I saw four years
as a really long time,
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I said, "Okay.
Come on, let's keep doing this."
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Plenty of others would have said, "Okay."
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"I'll do something else."
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But not her. She carried on regardless.
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She continued going to the pool,
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to the sea.
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Then you realize
there's something that drives her.
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♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
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Once she turned 18...
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she suddenly arrived, like a rocket.
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She immediately showed her potential.
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150 meters in the pool.
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At first, it was, "Wow."
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But Ilaria was better.
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I certainly wasn't expecting this result.
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I was the strongest in Italy.
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Alessia was the only one
that can get anywhere close to me.
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{\an8}But Alessia, in that period,
was a really... crazy head.
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Here's Alessia Zecchini.
Near the 200-meter wall.
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Let's see if she turns.
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No, she's coming out.
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She was really young, with a teenage mind.
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She was sad.
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She was upset.
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It was really tough.
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Hmm...
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I knew if I pushed more,
I wouldn't have come out well.
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Ilaria Bonin!
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Go on, Ilaria!
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If you want to be the best
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and you always take silver medal...
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Ah, it's something that drives you mad.
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When someone out there
is stronger than you,
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it becomes another motivation.
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I had to improve
so much to set an Italian record.
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For me, it took watching Natalia's videos
to realize how I could get there.
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My advice
is that mental relaxation
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is the foundation of free diving.
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If we want to be successful underwater,
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we should be relaxed,
not running towards some goal.
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She start to approach
the competition in a different way.
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She was so relaxed.
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That's good. Stop.
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Brava!
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An amazing
224-meter performance.
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She was so satisfied
when she reached the gold medal.
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Congratulations
for this new Italian title.
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Yes, it's amazing. At last!
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That moment was the beginning
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of our deep friendship.
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This result was always written.
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She had some supernatural power
with free diving.
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But the pool was too small for Alessia.
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The sea was really her home.
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Stephen thought that he'd meet
his ultimate destiny somewhere in Africa.
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With the lads in Ethiopia.
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Ethiopia, Sudan,
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Sierra Leone...
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Nigeria.
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He traveled with a lot of care
and seriousness.
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However, very bad things nearly happened
on a number of occasions.
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In Guinea, there was a popular uprising
against the president.
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There's been gunfire all morning.
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Every so often, you hear, "bam, bam, bam."
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He was torn and conflicted.
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He'd say, "I wonder, should I be doing
what all my friends are doing?"
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"Getting married.
Some of them have children."
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"What am I not doing
that I should be doing?"
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"Am I right living my life the way I am?"
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He asked me once
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if I was disappointed in him.
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Wandering around the world like this,
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searching for something
that he couldn't put his finger on.
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Been thinking about family,
my friends.
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It is, without doubt, the lowest,
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awfullest time of my life right now.
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Anyway...
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until tomorrow.
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He was going to come home
and live the conventional life.
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But before that,
he was going to make one last stop.
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{\an8}
255
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Stephen always loved the sea.
256
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He loved scuba diving out in the ocean.
257
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He heard that there was a town in Egypt
which is kind of a mecca for divers.
258
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I recall going along the coast
and just listening to the sea.
259
00:27:51,753 --> 00:27:54,172
I got a real feeling of hope
about this place.
260
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When Steve drive from Cairo by bus,
261
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all the way to Dahab,
262
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he just throw the bag in the room.
263
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He just, "Where's the bar?
Let's go have a drink."
264
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Next day, he go diving.
265
00:28:08,436 --> 00:28:10,230
He become a friend.
266
00:28:10,313 --> 00:28:12,023
We see each other every day.
267
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He loved the Bedouin culture.
He learned Arabic.
268
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We become like family.
269
00:28:21,783 --> 00:28:26,287
He stayed down there,
making a living instructing scuba diving.
270
00:28:30,875 --> 00:28:33,920
So I arrived here
to do my Divemaster course,
271
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and that was Steve.
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He was my instructor.
273
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Before long, we were hanging out daily.
274
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And going out dancing.
275
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Dahab, for Steve, a second home.
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He had a little house of his own.
He just loved it.
277
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'Cause he told me at one stage,
278
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"I've discovered this new thing
called free diving,
279
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and it's the business."
280
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Steve asked me to join him
on a free dive session.
281
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The first time I dived down,
holding my breath,
282
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all the problems and the shit
from daily life just vanished.
283
00:29:36,024 --> 00:29:38,568
It doesn't exist down there.
It's beautiful.
284
00:29:49,537 --> 00:29:51,998
Steve just fell in love with free diving.
285
00:29:52,791 --> 00:29:54,501
And especially the Blue Hole.
286
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You literally walk
from the beach into an abyss.
287
00:30:03,927 --> 00:30:07,096
Like, there is this gaping hole
in the coral reef,
288
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which really, like,
wants you to go down there.
289
00:30:14,187 --> 00:30:17,190
And then there's this arch,
like a chapel underwater.
290
00:30:22,403 --> 00:30:26,032
Unfortunately, it also has a...
a bad reputation.
291
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It took lives.
292
00:30:29,577 --> 00:30:32,872
This is the most dangerous dive site
on Earth.
293
00:30:34,749 --> 00:30:37,585
{\an8}It's thought to have claimed
over 100 lives.
294
00:30:40,213 --> 00:30:41,714
{\an8}In terms of fatalities,
295
00:30:41,798 --> 00:30:45,134
{\an8}the Blue Hole is even more perilous
than Mount Everest.
296
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As well as myself,
297
00:30:52,308 --> 00:30:55,228
{\an8}there's only a handful of people
who have free dived through it.
298
00:30:57,772 --> 00:31:00,984
Natalia Molchanova was
the only woman to do it.
299
00:31:04,988 --> 00:31:08,408
Diving the Arch has left
a lasting impression on me.
300
00:31:09,576 --> 00:31:12,495
This is the dive
that unlocked something within herself.
301
00:31:12,579 --> 00:31:14,873
A fearlessness
that she didn't know was there.
302
00:31:15,957 --> 00:31:18,751
It made her
the best free diver in the world.
303
00:31:21,588 --> 00:31:25,174
With the Arch,
you've got to know if you're ready for it.
304
00:31:27,969 --> 00:31:32,015
It's a really deceiving place to dive.
305
00:31:33,683 --> 00:31:35,685
You have to find the exit.
306
00:31:35,768 --> 00:31:38,855
If you aren't able
to see it clearly for any reason,
307
00:31:38,938 --> 00:31:40,315
you're basically on your own.
308
00:31:43,818 --> 00:31:47,030
If something does go wrong,
there's no way to come up.
309
00:31:47,864 --> 00:31:50,575
There's 30 meters of rock over your head.
310
00:31:59,834 --> 00:32:01,377
Outside the Blue Hole,
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00:32:01,461 --> 00:32:05,423
there are the memory stones
remembering the people who died there.
312
00:32:08,426 --> 00:32:11,888
My boyfriend died in... in the Blue Hole,
313
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just when I moved to Egypt.
314
00:32:16,059 --> 00:32:18,311
It is dangerous because it is deep.
315
00:32:19,812 --> 00:32:21,397
It is always the ocean.
316
00:32:22,523 --> 00:32:24,025
And we are nothing.
317
00:32:28,237 --> 00:32:30,406
{\an8}So you've said that your objective
318
00:32:30,490 --> 00:32:35,370
{\an8}is to become the second woman
in the world, after Natalia Molchanova,
319
00:32:35,453 --> 00:32:39,165
to conquer all the absolute world records.
320
00:32:39,248 --> 00:32:41,668
{\an8}So how long do you think
this is gonna take you?
321
00:32:43,836 --> 00:32:47,548
{\an8}I don't know.
Of course, it's a dream.
322
00:32:48,091 --> 00:32:50,510
{\an8}Really, a dream for every athlete,
I think.
323
00:32:50,593 --> 00:32:53,137
{\an8}But it's really difficult.
324
00:32:54,389 --> 00:32:57,392
{\an8}
Natalia Molchanova, champion of the deep,
325
00:32:58,017 --> 00:33:00,687
{\an8}holding over 40 free diving records,
326
00:33:00,770 --> 00:33:04,107
{\an8}some of them incredible,
death-defying feats.
327
00:33:04,691 --> 00:33:07,735
{\an8}
Today, my dive was 101 meters.
328
00:33:07,819 --> 00:33:11,197
That's 101 meters down and up.
329
00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:13,324
More than two Statues of Liberty,
330
00:33:13,408 --> 00:33:15,034
stacked ground to torch.
331
00:33:16,661 --> 00:33:21,874
Natalia was the first
female free diver to reach 101 meters
332
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in competition.
333
00:33:23,292 --> 00:33:27,338
And she held that number
for a very long time.
334
00:33:28,047 --> 00:33:33,052
{\an8}So 101 was the magical number
Alessia was trying to beat.
335
00:33:34,262 --> 00:33:36,806
I want to improve
by a few meters.
336
00:33:36,889 --> 00:33:39,434
In fact, I hope to go
well beyond 90 meters,
337
00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:44,605
to then touch the three-digit number
in a couple of years.
338
00:33:47,066 --> 00:33:52,321
Everybody must have a dream
and put all their effort in.
339
00:33:52,405 --> 00:33:54,615
And really, everything is possible.
340
00:33:56,242 --> 00:34:00,329
Can you describe the feeling
of diving at those-- those kind of depths?
341
00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:07,003
Talk about the feeling on the body
of the pressure.
342
00:34:08,212 --> 00:34:09,922
The deeper I'm diving,
343
00:34:10,006 --> 00:34:13,426
the pressure compresses
the air in my lungs,
344
00:34:14,093 --> 00:34:18,056
until my lungs are the size of my fist.
345
00:34:25,021 --> 00:34:29,358
After 30 meters,
the pressure pushes me down.
346
00:34:31,652 --> 00:34:33,154
It's called the free fall.
347
00:34:33,237 --> 00:34:35,615
And this is, for me, the best part.
348
00:34:37,533 --> 00:34:39,452
It feels like you are flying.
349
00:34:43,289 --> 00:34:46,709
The silence, it's unique.
350
00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:51,172
It's like being
in the last quiet place on the Earth.
351
00:35:07,188 --> 00:35:09,482
There's a surrender element to it.
352
00:35:09,565 --> 00:35:10,858
It's like a high.
353
00:35:11,734 --> 00:35:14,821
But getting sucked to the bottom
of the sea can be scary,
354
00:35:14,904 --> 00:35:16,239
even for free divers.
355
00:35:19,659 --> 00:35:22,036
You have to break this deep meditation.
356
00:35:22,787 --> 00:35:26,999
'Cause coming back to the surface,
that's when the work really starts.
357
00:35:27,083 --> 00:35:30,336
You've gotta swim the length
of a 70-storey skyscraper.
358
00:35:33,256 --> 00:35:37,218
Swimming against all that pressure,
it's like swimming against the current.
359
00:35:40,888 --> 00:35:43,641
By then,
your oxygen supply's already dwindled.
360
00:35:46,144 --> 00:35:48,855
You're kicking hard
so your heart rate's increasing,
361
00:35:48,938 --> 00:35:50,356
burning that oxygen quicker.
362
00:35:56,821 --> 00:35:58,197
You're getting to the point
363
00:35:58,281 --> 00:36:01,367
where you don't have enough oxygen
to keep the systems going.
364
00:36:03,244 --> 00:36:05,288
That's when you can have a blackout.
365
00:36:12,044 --> 00:36:14,630
The brain
basically just turns itself off.
366
00:36:15,965 --> 00:36:18,634
It doesn't mean that your brain is dying.
367
00:36:19,510 --> 00:36:21,637
But it's kind of like a safety mechanism.
368
00:36:21,721 --> 00:36:25,600
The brain preserves itself
by shutting off all its functions.
369
00:36:27,393 --> 00:36:30,605
And from that moment,
you still have one or two minutes
370
00:36:30,688 --> 00:36:32,940
before brain damage would start to occur.
371
00:36:33,024 --> 00:36:34,275
Right, one more.
372
00:36:38,112 --> 00:36:40,781
If you don't have
the right kind of medical attention,
373
00:36:40,865 --> 00:36:42,533
it can go downhill pretty quick.
374
00:36:43,618 --> 00:36:46,078
It's definitely not something
to be taken lightly.
375
00:36:59,342 --> 00:37:02,678
For years, Steve
and I were always trying to dive deeper.
376
00:37:04,180 --> 00:37:08,309
It became like a game between us.
I was going for the Belgian record.
377
00:37:08,893 --> 00:37:12,772
He was chasing the Irish one,
which was 61 meters.
378
00:37:15,733 --> 00:37:19,070
When you start competing,
you wanna push yourself.
379
00:37:25,284 --> 00:37:27,745
He had a few blackouts
in the beginning.
380
00:37:31,999 --> 00:37:36,128
He likes to bang his head on the wall.
You know, really, like, "Let's do this!"
381
00:37:36,212 --> 00:37:38,506
And, like, "I can't,
but I'm gonna do it anyway."
382
00:37:38,589 --> 00:37:40,591
- How deep?
- Sixty.
383
00:37:40,675 --> 00:37:42,468
- Okay.
- Shite.
384
00:37:51,978 --> 00:37:54,021
But Steve never gives up.
385
00:38:08,494 --> 00:38:10,496
Yeah!
386
00:38:12,456 --> 00:38:14,959
And it made him very proud
to be the best Irish.
387
00:38:19,839 --> 00:38:21,507
The other attraction
of free diving
388
00:38:21,590 --> 00:38:24,593
was that it was a boundary.
389
00:38:26,220 --> 00:38:27,847
A boundary to be pushed.
390
00:38:29,223 --> 00:38:31,767
Free diving is an extreme sport.
391
00:38:32,601 --> 00:38:36,689
And extreme sports
have extreme consequences.
392
00:39:10,306 --> 00:39:11,182
Stephen?
393
00:39:12,224 --> 00:39:14,894
Steve had a really,
really strong blackout.
394
00:39:16,103 --> 00:39:19,940
The safety team just didn't know
what to do with him.
395
00:39:20,024 --> 00:39:22,193
Stephen...
396
00:39:23,235 --> 00:39:24,904
He almost died there.
397
00:39:24,987 --> 00:39:26,989
Release... release him.
398
00:39:27,490 --> 00:39:28,741
We should go back.
399
00:39:29,992 --> 00:39:32,912
He didn't want
anyone else going through that.
400
00:39:33,412 --> 00:39:36,665
So he started to be interested
in being a safety diver.
401
00:39:38,167 --> 00:39:40,586
Steve had the best background for the job
402
00:39:40,669 --> 00:39:44,840
because the only other person
that can do a safety for a free diver
403
00:39:44,924 --> 00:39:46,175
is a free diver.
404
00:39:46,258 --> 00:39:48,761
As a scuba diver,
you can't be a safety for a free diver
405
00:39:48,844 --> 00:39:51,597
because they go up slowly to decompress.
406
00:39:52,348 --> 00:39:55,726
So if something happens,
you have to react fast.
407
00:39:56,602 --> 00:40:01,107
99% of all free diving incidents
happen within the last ten meters.
408
00:40:01,690 --> 00:40:05,361
If there is an issue, we close the airways
so they can't swallow water,
409
00:40:05,444 --> 00:40:06,946
and we take them to the surface.
410
00:40:07,029 --> 00:40:09,073
Please get out of the way
for the safety.
411
00:40:09,156 --> 00:40:11,492
He worked very hard
to make a name for himself.
412
00:40:11,575 --> 00:40:13,786
No. I'm doing it myself. So, uh...
413
00:40:14,870 --> 00:40:16,705
After a while,
Steve got the chance
414
00:40:16,789 --> 00:40:19,375
to be on the safety team in Kalamata,
415
00:40:19,458 --> 00:40:22,211
which was his first
international big competition.
416
00:40:24,630 --> 00:40:26,382
{\an8}That's all good. Put it down.
417
00:40:30,386 --> 00:40:32,596
Natalia's son, Alexey Molchanov,
418
00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:35,349
was the men's world record holder
at the time.
419
00:40:35,850 --> 00:40:38,018
He was going for the deepest dive ever.
420
00:40:39,478 --> 00:40:41,355
And his mom is watching.
421
00:40:59,999 --> 00:41:01,333
Safety, keep your distances.
422
00:41:01,417 --> 00:41:02,293
Eighty.
423
00:41:05,546 --> 00:41:07,465
Steve was the first safety.
424
00:41:10,092 --> 00:41:12,136
That means he has to dive the deepest.
425
00:41:28,611 --> 00:41:31,363
Stephen kicked down to 30 meters.
426
00:41:39,205 --> 00:41:40,956
You have to know,
as a safety diver,
427
00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:43,709
you take in a mouthful of air,
you go down,
428
00:41:44,460 --> 00:41:47,046
and if everything goes right,
you just swim up together.
429
00:41:47,546 --> 00:41:50,299
You're never there
for longer than a minute.
430
00:41:53,928 --> 00:41:57,598
But Steve was already waiting
at 30 meters for quite some time,
431
00:41:58,140 --> 00:42:00,059
so he's running out of air.
432
00:42:02,436 --> 00:42:03,812
Come on, Alexey.
433
00:42:05,564 --> 00:42:07,233
3'30, it's a very long dive time.
434
00:42:09,318 --> 00:42:11,278
Andrea, you go down as well.
435
00:42:18,619 --> 00:42:19,828
- Trouble.
- Yeah.
436
00:42:19,912 --> 00:42:20,829
Trouble?
437
00:42:22,957 --> 00:42:25,167
Steve started
to have contractions.
438
00:42:26,001 --> 00:42:28,045
He's seconds away from the blackout.
439
00:42:32,466 --> 00:42:36,095
But then he saw Alexey get into trouble
around 40 meters.
440
00:42:36,679 --> 00:42:37,930
Split-second decisions.
441
00:42:38,514 --> 00:42:40,975
Save Alexey or save himself.
442
00:42:59,577 --> 00:43:01,912
Breathe, Alexey. Breathe.
443
00:43:02,705 --> 00:43:04,540
- Breathe, Alex.
- Breathe for me.
444
00:43:06,375 --> 00:43:09,086
- Breathe.
- Breathe, mate. You're good.
445
00:43:15,801 --> 00:43:18,053
I had severe lung damage.
446
00:43:20,931 --> 00:43:22,891
My mama told me that Steve saved me.
447
00:43:26,228 --> 00:43:30,274
I am very grateful for his...
this selfless act.
448
00:43:30,357 --> 00:43:35,154
And that was, like,
my first meet with Stephen, this accident.
449
00:43:39,116 --> 00:43:42,077
From that moment on,
he was really the star of the competition.
450
00:43:42,161 --> 00:43:43,704
Everybody knew him.
451
00:43:43,787 --> 00:43:45,914
Stephen Keenan.
452
00:43:45,998 --> 00:43:47,708
Who saved the world champion.
453
00:43:50,753 --> 00:43:54,006
One of the things about that story
was how amazing the safety diver was.
454
00:43:55,174 --> 00:43:58,969
At that time, it was the deepest
blackout safety dive in competition.
455
00:44:01,347 --> 00:44:02,890
I consider that an act of heroism.
456
00:44:03,807 --> 00:44:05,684
To save Natalia's son,
457
00:44:05,768 --> 00:44:12,191
Stephen took his job as a safety diver
so seriously that he put himself at risk.
458
00:44:17,196 --> 00:44:18,280
Right.
459
00:44:18,739 --> 00:44:20,407
We're on
day three of training.
460
00:44:20,491 --> 00:44:23,702
I'm really pleased, because
I've already beaten my personal best.
461
00:44:23,786 --> 00:44:25,204
I've done 88 meters.
462
00:44:27,956 --> 00:44:31,251
Alessia was
inching closer and closer
463
00:44:31,335 --> 00:44:34,505
to that magical number, 101 meters.
464
00:44:35,881 --> 00:44:37,716
But she wasn't the only one.
465
00:44:40,928 --> 00:44:42,096
Excellent dive.
466
00:44:44,139 --> 00:44:48,727
Hanako Hirose of Japan
was a strong challenger.
467
00:44:51,230 --> 00:44:53,941
Can I have a message
regarding the competition?
468
00:44:54,024 --> 00:44:56,652
This time,
I'm going to get the world record.
469
00:44:56,735 --> 00:44:57,903
Thank you.
470
00:45:01,281 --> 00:45:04,785
Hanako has
an innate connection to the sea.
471
00:45:06,328 --> 00:45:08,706
It's something she was just born to do.
472
00:45:12,292 --> 00:45:14,753
When I dive,
473
00:45:14,837 --> 00:45:20,134
{\an8}I often imagine myself swimming...
474
00:45:21,260 --> 00:45:23,095
like a whale or dolphin.
475
00:45:27,975 --> 00:45:30,644
Hanako was going
deeper and deeper and deeper.
476
00:45:30,728 --> 00:45:32,896
And Alessia had to respond.
477
00:45:36,859 --> 00:45:38,944
Alessia Zecchini
was extraordinary.
478
00:45:40,195 --> 00:45:43,323
Her dive was extremely elegant
in every respect.
479
00:45:46,368 --> 00:45:51,123
We had this amazing
rivalry between Hanako and Alessia.
480
00:45:52,541 --> 00:45:56,170
Hanako very consistently
moved through the depths.
481
00:45:57,421 --> 00:45:59,798
Alessia would
come back at her.
482
00:45:59,882 --> 00:46:01,175
Eighty-nine meters.
483
00:46:01,759 --> 00:46:02,718
Ninety.
484
00:46:03,677 --> 00:46:05,429
Ninety-two.
485
00:46:06,013 --> 00:46:07,055
Ninety-three.
486
00:46:07,765 --> 00:46:10,184
Tell us how deep your dive was.
487
00:46:10,267 --> 00:46:13,896
Ninety-four meters.
488
00:46:16,231 --> 00:46:18,358
- How many meters?
- Ninety-four.
489
00:46:18,442 --> 00:46:22,154
Wow. With Zecchini, we're not gonna stop.
490
00:46:24,823 --> 00:46:28,494
There had been this dominance
by Natalia Molchanova for so many years.
491
00:46:28,577 --> 00:46:31,997
And then suddenly,
these women were so close.
492
00:46:35,125 --> 00:46:38,796
But when you push close to a limit,
trying to set world records,
493
00:46:40,005 --> 00:46:42,090
there's a lot that can go wrong.
494
00:46:45,511 --> 00:46:49,014
She is considered to be
one of the greatest athletes ever
495
00:46:49,097 --> 00:46:52,100
in what is one of the world's
deadliest extreme sports.
496
00:46:52,184 --> 00:46:53,560
Free diving.
497
00:46:53,644 --> 00:46:58,190
Natalia Molchanova went for a dive
on Sunday, and she simply vanished.
498
00:47:00,234 --> 00:47:04,613
Natalia Molchanova
disappeared off the coast of Spain.
499
00:47:05,489 --> 00:47:07,449
They didn't recover her body.
500
00:47:08,492 --> 00:47:12,704
Molchanova's son, Alexey,
a record-breaking free diver himself,
501
00:47:12,788 --> 00:47:14,331
told the New York Times,
502
00:47:14,414 --> 00:47:18,293
"It seems she'll stay in the sea.
I think she would like that."
503
00:47:21,839 --> 00:47:24,049
It was all too surreal.
504
00:47:26,385 --> 00:47:27,761
I was shocked.
505
00:47:29,805 --> 00:47:32,808
It was really sad
because she was so strong.
506
00:47:35,477 --> 00:47:38,021
We lost Natalia Molchanova.
507
00:47:38,105 --> 00:47:40,899
And in recognition
of her great accomplishments,
508
00:47:40,983 --> 00:47:44,278
please join me
for a one-minute breath-hold.
509
00:47:45,237 --> 00:47:47,281
It shocked the free diving world.
510
00:47:47,865 --> 00:47:50,868
They realized that they're more at risk
than they thought.
511
00:47:50,951 --> 00:47:53,996
Because if it can happen to Natalia,
the greatest ever,
512
00:47:54,079 --> 00:47:55,914
it can happen to anybody at any time.
513
00:48:03,964 --> 00:48:05,924
After Natalia's accident,
514
00:48:06,717 --> 00:48:10,721
I began to realize
that it could be dangerous.
515
00:48:24,026 --> 00:48:26,194
I was going deeper and deeper.
516
00:48:31,450 --> 00:48:35,746
It's black. It's dark.
You feel locked inside.
517
00:48:39,458 --> 00:48:42,419
You can see things that don't exist.
518
00:48:46,632 --> 00:48:48,675
I was too scared.
519
00:48:49,927 --> 00:48:52,304
I wanted to turn around and go back.
520
00:49:07,110 --> 00:49:08,570
I didn't feel safe.
521
00:49:19,873 --> 00:49:21,375
Stephen had an idea
522
00:49:21,458 --> 00:49:25,045
that he could use
his own experience as a safety diver
523
00:49:25,128 --> 00:49:28,048
to open this center for free diving.
524
00:49:32,052 --> 00:49:34,972
Stephen and his friends saved some money.
525
00:49:36,181 --> 00:49:39,601
They built a premises
on the seafront in Dahab.
526
00:49:40,811 --> 00:49:44,272
Here, uh... in front of my free diving shop.
527
00:49:46,024 --> 00:49:47,734
This is where I'm working.
528
00:49:48,902 --> 00:49:50,612
He was very proud to tell me
529
00:49:50,696 --> 00:49:54,449
he was finally making a success
of his business,
530
00:49:55,492 --> 00:49:57,077
following his dream.
531
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:01,540
I was so proud of him.
532
00:50:02,082 --> 00:50:04,543
He finally had this purpose.
533
00:50:04,626 --> 00:50:06,420
Hey, Steve. Hi!
534
00:50:06,503 --> 00:50:07,921
Hello, hello!
535
00:50:09,089 --> 00:50:12,092
{\an8}It's a nice, chilled evening
in Dahab free divers.
536
00:50:13,552 --> 00:50:16,596
{\an8}When I first met him,
I was super intimidated.
537
00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:19,516
He had this massive reputation
as the best safety diver.
538
00:50:19,599 --> 00:50:23,103
I heard about the famous rescue
he did for Alexey.
539
00:50:25,605 --> 00:50:28,025
I was looking for a place
to teach free diving.
540
00:50:28,608 --> 00:50:31,194
They asked if I wanted to join the team.
I said, "Yes, sure."
541
00:50:33,363 --> 00:50:35,741
I was in charge of social media.
542
00:50:35,824 --> 00:50:39,828
And Steve's not the type
to put himself in the limelight.
543
00:50:39,911 --> 00:50:41,455
But for me, it was obvious.
544
00:50:41,538 --> 00:50:44,499
"Steve, come on! Like,
you're super famous in the community."
545
00:50:44,583 --> 00:50:46,626
"You have to start promoting yourself."
546
00:50:50,380 --> 00:50:53,133
Because Stephen knew all the free divers,
547
00:50:53,216 --> 00:50:55,260
they were able to invite
all these big names,
548
00:50:55,343 --> 00:50:57,387
like Alexey Molchanov, to give workshops.
549
00:50:57,471 --> 00:51:00,098
And this attracted a lot of free divers.
550
00:51:00,182 --> 00:51:02,142
The school became super famous.
551
00:51:06,104 --> 00:51:10,067
For you, what is success in life?
552
00:51:10,817 --> 00:51:15,155
I suppose success is fulfilling
your aspirations, goals, dreams.
553
00:51:16,198 --> 00:51:19,659
I'm currently living in Egypt,
where I run a free diving center.
554
00:51:19,743 --> 00:51:22,913
I guess I'm happy in that respect.
I like what I do.
555
00:51:22,996 --> 00:51:26,166
Other parts of my life
are not so successful, I guess.
556
00:51:26,666 --> 00:51:32,422
Unfortunately, I'm a 38-year-old man,
and I don't have any kids.
557
00:51:32,506 --> 00:51:37,135
I suppose that's, people say,
something that I haven't quite fulfilled.
558
00:51:41,973 --> 00:51:44,351
He had some relationships in Dahab,
but, uh,
559
00:51:45,852 --> 00:51:46,978
nothing that lasted.
560
00:51:48,980 --> 00:51:51,108
He would've liked to, like, fall in love
561
00:51:51,191 --> 00:51:53,902
and have a long-term relationship
and kids.
562
00:51:55,487 --> 00:51:57,656
Part of him was missing that side.
563
00:51:58,698 --> 00:52:01,284
He needed to meet a super special person.
564
00:52:07,457 --> 00:52:11,586
Thank you so much
for taking the time to talk to me,
565
00:52:11,670 --> 00:52:13,672
and for all the listeners of the show too.
566
00:52:13,755 --> 00:52:16,216
Thank you. It's a major pleasure.
567
00:52:16,299 --> 00:52:18,802
Do you think
you push too hard sometimes
568
00:52:18,885 --> 00:52:20,720
in search of records?
569
00:52:20,804 --> 00:52:24,975
I guess that's, uh,
maybe more typical of younger athletes.
570
00:52:25,058 --> 00:52:26,560
Yeah, maybe, sure.
571
00:52:30,188 --> 00:52:35,360
We had no idea
she was after the world record.
572
00:52:37,070 --> 00:52:40,198
She doesn't like to worry us,
so she wouldn't tell us.
573
00:52:42,242 --> 00:52:45,162
What would you like
to accomplish in the next few months?
574
00:52:46,371 --> 00:52:48,039
I would like to go deeper.
575
00:52:50,167 --> 00:52:52,169
I would like to do the world record.
576
00:52:52,752 --> 00:52:54,045
That's my goal.
577
00:52:54,838 --> 00:52:56,631
When is your next competition?
578
00:52:56,715 --> 00:52:57,757
Vertical Blue.
579
00:53:06,975 --> 00:53:09,811
Welcome to Vertical Blue
in the Bahamas.
580
00:53:12,439 --> 00:53:15,859
We have 42 competitors
from all around the globe
581
00:53:15,942 --> 00:53:19,487
who are announcing
ten different national records.
582
00:53:21,489 --> 00:53:24,701
Vertical Blue is like
the Wimbledon of free diving.
583
00:53:24,784 --> 00:53:28,371
It's gonna be a beautiful day.
Lot of great dives going on today.
584
00:53:28,455 --> 00:53:31,333
Only the best
of the best are invited.
585
00:53:31,416 --> 00:53:33,668
Alessia Zecchini, and I'm from Italy.
586
00:53:36,087 --> 00:53:37,923
Within the competition,
587
00:53:38,006 --> 00:53:40,842
there is an exceptional team
of medics and safeties.
588
00:53:42,677 --> 00:53:44,471
Stephen, want to introduce
the safety team?
589
00:53:44,554 --> 00:53:48,350
I wanna make sure there's a good dynamic
between the safety team and athletes.
590
00:53:48,433 --> 00:53:49,851
That's vitally important to me.
591
00:53:50,727 --> 00:53:53,480
Stephen was working
as a chief of safety in Vertical Blue.
592
00:53:53,563 --> 00:53:55,982
Being responsible
for the overall safety of this,
593
00:53:56,066 --> 00:53:58,276
like, one of the biggest
free diving events in the world.
594
00:53:58,360 --> 00:54:02,364
There will be two safeties always
to meet you, a deep and shallow.
595
00:54:02,447 --> 00:54:03,823
The deep will meet you
596
00:54:03,907 --> 00:54:07,827
between anywhere from 20 to 40 meters,
depending on the dive.
597
00:54:07,911 --> 00:54:10,997
We take safety very seriously
at Vertical Blue.
598
00:54:12,249 --> 00:54:14,709
{\an8}One of the only incidents,
599
00:54:14,793 --> 00:54:17,545
{\an8}fatal incidents
that's happened in competition,
600
00:54:17,629 --> 00:54:21,424
was a death here of an American athlete,
Nick Mevoli.
601
00:54:23,218 --> 00:54:25,095
Never take a dive for granted.
602
00:54:25,887 --> 00:54:27,180
You don't know what...
603
00:54:27,264 --> 00:54:29,599
you don't know what dive
is gonna be your last.
604
00:54:33,270 --> 00:54:38,692
Nick had a long history
of pushing a little bit too hard.
605
00:54:39,567 --> 00:54:42,529
And things catastrophically went wrong.
606
00:54:44,030 --> 00:54:46,241
Nick had a lung squeeze.
607
00:54:47,242 --> 00:54:48,827
With the lung squeeze,
608
00:54:48,910 --> 00:54:51,538
the blood vessels
inside your lungs can burst
609
00:54:51,621 --> 00:54:54,291
and leak blood into your air spaces.
610
00:54:57,502 --> 00:55:01,256
We're talking about
tissue that is torn
611
00:55:01,339 --> 00:55:02,966
and then scarred.
612
00:55:04,384 --> 00:55:09,514
If you are consistently injuring yourself,
it's cumulative.
613
00:55:11,349 --> 00:55:14,894
And ultimately, that led
to Nick getting a very bad squeeze.
614
00:55:15,687 --> 00:55:19,107
And we... we couldn't save him.
615
00:55:23,069 --> 00:55:26,531
Of course, we have our medics
who will be giving a pep talk as well.
616
00:55:27,866 --> 00:55:30,035
Okay, I'll keep this pretty quick.
617
00:55:30,118 --> 00:55:33,538
If we think someone might be in danger,
we have the authority
618
00:55:33,621 --> 00:55:35,832
{\an8}to tell a diver
that they cannot dive any longer.
619
00:55:36,416 --> 00:55:38,752
I always say to them,
"I want you to go home."
620
00:55:38,835 --> 00:55:41,796
"To be able to get on that plane
and go home to your family."
621
00:55:41,880 --> 00:55:44,632
And secondly, I don't ever want them to be
622
00:55:44,716 --> 00:55:47,344
that diver that's on oxygen
at the age of 40
623
00:55:47,427 --> 00:55:49,804
because they've messed up their lungs
so terribly.
624
00:55:54,392 --> 00:55:57,187
In competition,
we have to retrieve a tag
625
00:55:57,270 --> 00:56:00,774
attached to the bottom plate
at target depth as a proof.
626
00:56:01,608 --> 00:56:03,735
She's reaching for her tag.
627
00:56:04,569 --> 00:56:07,322
A white card
is a 100% valid performance.
628
00:56:07,405 --> 00:56:08,740
- Yeah!
- Yes!
629
00:56:12,369 --> 00:56:15,205
As soon as somebody helps you,
or you lose control,
630
00:56:15,288 --> 00:56:17,707
even on the surface,
that's disqualification.
631
00:56:17,791 --> 00:56:18,750
It's a red card.
632
00:56:20,293 --> 00:56:24,255
Over two weeks of competition,
the athletes get six attempts each.
633
00:56:25,548 --> 00:56:27,050
It's very simple.
634
00:56:27,550 --> 00:56:29,177
The deepest dive wins.
635
00:56:33,181 --> 00:56:34,599
...is coming to meet you.
636
00:56:34,682 --> 00:56:35,558
Okay.
637
00:56:39,479 --> 00:56:42,023
I want to do so much. Yeah.
638
00:56:43,191 --> 00:56:48,113
A world record, that's the main point.
So, I mean, it's super important for me.
639
00:56:51,699 --> 00:56:55,995
It was clear
that Alessia was after the world record.
640
00:56:57,747 --> 00:57:00,583
So she was going to push her limits.
641
00:57:04,295 --> 00:57:08,216
Unfortunately,
Alessia had a problem with the dark.
642
00:57:09,843 --> 00:57:15,098
And Vertical Blue is unique
in that it's this collapsed cave.
643
00:57:19,436 --> 00:57:21,604
It's like going into space.
644
00:57:30,738 --> 00:57:32,073
She's on her way back.
645
00:57:33,032 --> 00:57:36,661
We've got Stephen Keenan,
who's our deep primary safety,
646
00:57:36,744 --> 00:57:38,163
and he's going to meet her.
647
00:57:47,547 --> 00:57:49,549
Well done, Alexia.
648
00:57:49,632 --> 00:57:51,301
- Breathe.
- Breathe.
649
00:57:51,801 --> 00:57:54,220
- Breathe, breathe, breathe.
- Breathe. Breathe.
650
00:57:54,304 --> 00:57:56,473
Breathe, breathe.
651
00:57:56,556 --> 00:57:59,017
I'm okay.
652
00:57:59,100 --> 00:58:00,310
I'm okay.
653
00:58:01,102 --> 00:58:02,812
The judges are conferring.
654
00:58:04,189 --> 00:58:06,274
I'm sorry, Alessia, red card.
655
00:58:16,618 --> 00:58:18,036
Breathe.
656
00:58:18,119 --> 00:58:19,913
Grab her. Keep her up.
657
00:58:20,622 --> 00:58:22,415
Support her. Just support her.
658
00:58:22,499 --> 00:58:24,000
Just support her head.
659
00:58:44,187 --> 00:58:46,606
- Breathe.
- Somebody hold her.
660
00:58:46,689 --> 00:58:48,441
Hold her for me. Up.
661
00:58:52,445 --> 00:58:53,947
Up. You okay?
662
00:58:54,489 --> 00:58:55,949
Come on. Hold her.
663
00:59:14,008 --> 00:59:16,135
She was really pushing hard,
664
00:59:16,636 --> 00:59:18,930
experiencing blackouts several times.
665
00:59:19,556 --> 00:59:23,560
A lot of free divers
were not approving her way.
666
00:59:30,692 --> 00:59:33,987
I'm checking Alessia
for potential lung squeeze.
667
00:59:34,988 --> 00:59:37,323
So I did ask her,
"Are you coughing up any blood?"
668
00:59:37,407 --> 00:59:39,576
And, um... and she said no.
669
00:59:39,659 --> 00:59:40,994
And, um...
670
00:59:42,203 --> 00:59:44,455
And, in all honesty, I kinda...
I didn't believe her.
671
00:59:44,539 --> 00:59:45,540
Listen.
672
00:59:46,624 --> 00:59:48,042
You can't do that again.
673
00:59:48,876 --> 00:59:49,919
Not here.
674
00:59:50,545 --> 00:59:52,338
I want you to succeed.
675
00:59:53,131 --> 00:59:55,300
That is why I want you to plan.
676
00:59:56,301 --> 00:59:59,137
You-- you gotta quell the horses.
677
01:00:04,976 --> 01:00:07,520
We told her
she couldn't dive for a day or two.
678
01:00:08,688 --> 01:00:11,399
She gets mad, and she goes
and swims across the bay.
679
01:00:11,482 --> 01:00:13,610
And being that she just blacked out,
680
01:00:13,693 --> 01:00:16,404
we don't want her to have an issue,
you know, a mile away.
681
01:00:19,115 --> 01:00:19,991
Alessia!
682
01:00:21,659 --> 01:00:25,121
She didn't win too many friends
with that behavior.
683
01:00:26,372 --> 01:00:27,999
Some people saw it as...
684
01:00:30,209 --> 01:00:32,378
yeah, the wrong kind of reaction.
685
01:00:35,590 --> 01:00:39,052
Alessia had a very high temper,
and, boy, you knew it.
686
01:00:42,180 --> 01:00:44,098
Why the hell
are you getting angry?
687
01:00:44,182 --> 01:00:46,142
You had a bad start. Chill out.
688
01:00:48,478 --> 01:00:50,146
There were hecklers
689
01:00:50,229 --> 01:00:55,026
who said she didn't look like
she could muscle up these depths.
690
01:00:55,860 --> 01:01:00,114
The Internet trolls were robust
in their criticism.
691
01:01:02,158 --> 01:01:03,868
Hello. I'm making this video
692
01:01:03,951 --> 01:01:06,287
to reassure everyone who cares about me
that I'm fine.
693
01:01:06,371 --> 01:01:11,125
And to disprove the rumors on Facebook
that I passed out at 20 meters.
694
01:01:11,959 --> 01:01:14,337
I had no problems with a lung squeeze.
695
01:01:15,046 --> 01:01:20,301
The dive overall went well,
and I ask you not to write lies.
696
01:01:22,428 --> 01:01:25,431
Keep the head in a neutral
position, not letting it hyperextend.
697
01:01:25,515 --> 01:01:29,310
The tongue and liquids and fluids
can go down into the larynx
698
01:01:29,394 --> 01:01:30,937
and cause more of a spasm.
699
01:01:31,020 --> 01:01:35,149
We would have a meeting every
morning to go over every single diver.
700
01:01:35,233 --> 01:01:37,735
She was out for a while
but remembered nothing.
701
01:01:37,819 --> 01:01:40,780
She just said she came up
and there she was. Okay?
702
01:01:41,781 --> 01:01:45,535
Stephen was so good at knowing
the ones that could be in danger.
703
01:01:45,618 --> 01:01:48,246
He studied them,
and he knew their weaknesses.
704
01:01:48,746 --> 01:01:51,791
He would say,
"We gotta watch out for this one."
705
01:01:51,874 --> 01:01:54,502
And he was dead-on every time.
706
01:01:54,585 --> 01:01:55,712
Kind of freakishly so.
707
01:01:57,755 --> 01:02:00,508
With Alessia, it was driving Stephen
absolutely crazy,
708
01:02:00,591 --> 01:02:04,887
because he was seeing all of these
little things that she was doing wrong,
709
01:02:04,971 --> 01:02:08,641
and that it was probably
contributing to her blackouts.
710
01:02:10,101 --> 01:02:13,604
And so he started training with Alessia
during the competition break.
711
01:03:11,287 --> 01:03:12,705
Breathe.
712
01:03:13,623 --> 01:03:14,499
Breathe.
713
01:03:30,598 --> 01:03:32,558
- Are you okay?
- I am okay.
714
01:03:34,060 --> 01:03:35,019
Yes!
715
01:03:41,150 --> 01:03:43,277
He inspired trust straightaway.
716
01:03:44,278 --> 01:03:48,199
I saw in him
the only one who could coach me.
717
01:04:06,259 --> 01:04:07,593
Are you okay?
718
01:04:08,719 --> 01:04:11,514
The thing
that struck me most were his eyes.
719
01:04:12,515 --> 01:04:16,435
They were blue, so blue, like the sea.
720
01:04:19,564 --> 01:04:21,023
His gaze was enough.
721
01:04:21,107 --> 01:04:24,068
Before diving,
we would look at each other.
722
01:04:25,111 --> 01:04:27,029
And this gave me strength.
723
01:04:28,865 --> 01:04:33,494
Feeling his presence
made you feel safe in the darkness.
724
01:04:38,916 --> 01:04:40,918
We see a special relationship
725
01:04:41,002 --> 01:04:43,504
between the safety diver and the athlete.
726
01:04:43,588 --> 01:04:48,301
For example, Alessia asks about you
in every deep dive she does.
727
01:04:48,843 --> 01:04:53,806
It's massively important, because, um...
free diving is a very psychological sport.
728
01:04:53,890 --> 01:04:57,435
Okay? There's many little facets
that can affect a dive.
729
01:04:58,019 --> 01:05:02,523
And if somebody, when diving,
wants to feel secure,
730
01:05:03,357 --> 01:05:06,903
they're very happy if they're diving
with someone they're familiar with,
731
01:05:06,986 --> 01:05:10,072
and they know that
the safety diver is familiar with them.
732
01:05:10,156 --> 01:05:13,868
How they dive. The speed they go at.
The habits they might have.
733
01:05:13,951 --> 01:05:15,494
Things to look out for that we know.
734
01:05:20,791 --> 01:05:25,212
There was a
relationship that went beyond free diving.
735
01:05:27,590 --> 01:05:29,759
With some people,
you have an understanding.
736
01:05:29,842 --> 01:05:32,470
You don't need words or time.
737
01:05:36,724 --> 01:05:39,310
I saw this connection.
738
01:05:40,019 --> 01:05:43,439
The first thing you did--
And then you went, like, "No..."
739
01:05:46,943 --> 01:05:47,777
Okay.
740
01:05:49,028 --> 01:05:50,029
Oh my God.
741
01:05:53,324 --> 01:05:54,241
Yes?
742
01:05:54,784 --> 01:05:55,701
Brava!
743
01:05:56,202 --> 01:05:57,036
Brava!
744
01:05:57,119 --> 01:05:59,121
{\an8}
745
01:06:05,252 --> 01:06:06,545
{\an8}
746
01:06:15,096 --> 01:06:21,310
Your biggest opponents
for breaking the record are the Japanese.
747
01:06:21,978 --> 01:06:23,354
Do you fear them?
748
01:06:23,437 --> 01:06:25,773
I certainly fear my Japanese opponents.
749
01:06:28,734 --> 01:06:32,279
One hundred meters.
It was a big number.
750
01:06:33,447 --> 01:06:35,533
A Japanese record.
751
01:06:36,242 --> 01:06:37,660
And I was nervous.
752
01:06:38,160 --> 01:06:44,834
And Stephen came and he grabbed me
by the shoulders in a very serious way.
753
01:06:45,876 --> 01:06:50,381
I remember him saying,
"It's going to be okay. I've got you."
754
01:06:50,464 --> 01:06:51,924
Second safety.
755
01:06:52,008 --> 01:06:54,135
She's with both the safeties now.
756
01:06:54,218 --> 01:06:57,304
{\an8}- She's slowing down a bit.
She's slowing down a little.
757
01:06:57,388 --> 01:06:59,390
{\an8}
758
01:07:08,399 --> 01:07:09,608
Here she comes.
759
01:07:10,776 --> 01:07:13,029
Got it.
760
01:07:18,576 --> 01:07:20,619
- Okay...
- I'm okay.
761
01:07:20,703 --> 01:07:22,371
Oh, yeah!
762
01:07:23,205 --> 01:07:26,000
And the judges say... white card!
763
01:07:31,547 --> 01:07:34,550
Hanako Hirose of Japan,
764
01:07:34,633 --> 01:07:39,555
first female after Natalia
to make 100 meters in competition.
765
01:07:39,638 --> 01:07:41,849
This is a huge dive!
766
01:07:43,267 --> 01:07:46,437
When Hanako made the 100-meter mark,
767
01:07:46,937 --> 01:07:50,441
that set a fire underneath Alessia.
768
01:08:04,538 --> 01:08:06,916
Stephen Keenan
is going to meet her.
769
01:08:10,002 --> 01:08:12,630
- Forty meters.
- Here she comes.
770
01:08:13,464 --> 01:08:16,258
- First safety.
- She's with the first safety.
771
01:08:16,884 --> 01:08:19,178
Now, hope for Alessia.
772
01:08:28,479 --> 01:08:30,606
Breathe.
773
01:08:30,689 --> 01:08:32,566
Come on!
774
01:08:33,526 --> 01:08:34,693
I'm okay.
775
01:08:36,278 --> 01:08:37,863
Yeah! Yeah!
776
01:08:43,035 --> 01:08:45,246
Stay up! Stay up! Stay up!
777
01:08:46,288 --> 01:08:47,998
Stay up!
778
01:08:48,833 --> 01:08:52,086
- She has the tag.
- She has the tag!
779
01:08:54,421 --> 01:08:56,173
Stay up, Alessia, stay up.
780
01:08:56,799 --> 01:08:58,926
And the judges say
781
01:08:59,593 --> 01:09:01,095
white card!
782
01:09:08,727 --> 01:09:12,189
It was amazing. It was just...
We were just, like, flabbergasted.
783
01:09:12,273 --> 01:09:13,107
Oh my gosh.
784
01:09:13,190 --> 01:09:16,277
She blacked out three days in a row,
then she gets a world record.
785
01:09:16,360 --> 01:09:19,029
What the hell? You know?
786
01:09:20,489 --> 01:09:23,659
We were so happy for her,
'cause that's all she wanted.
787
01:09:25,369 --> 01:09:28,038
It was wonderful
to hug Steve after the dive.
788
01:09:28,581 --> 01:09:30,207
It was simply fantastic.
789
01:09:31,041 --> 01:09:33,085
Today, I'm so happy.
790
01:09:33,169 --> 01:09:35,671
I achieved the dream I've had for so long.
791
01:09:41,677 --> 01:09:44,388
Right, cheers to Alessia.
792
01:09:49,101 --> 01:09:51,312
- Hi.
- Hi, Ale. Are you happy?
793
01:09:51,395 --> 01:09:52,438
So happy!
794
01:09:52,521 --> 01:09:55,357
- You were great, you know that?
- Yes, I know.
795
01:09:55,441 --> 01:09:57,067
What are you thinking now?
796
01:09:57,151 --> 01:09:59,862
I'm really happy.
I kick ass at Vertical Blue.
797
01:10:01,197 --> 01:10:05,367
Once you start touching...
798
01:10:07,369 --> 01:10:08,871
world records,
799
01:10:09,830 --> 01:10:11,707
you raise the bar so high.
800
01:10:12,750 --> 01:10:17,421
That's when things get worrying.
801
01:10:31,602 --> 01:10:33,771
The athletes
had to email myself
802
01:10:33,854 --> 01:10:35,731
with their announcement for the final day
803
01:10:35,814 --> 01:10:38,692
to decide how deep
they wanted to attempt to go.
804
01:10:42,154 --> 01:10:44,406
In free diving,
we announce secretly.
805
01:10:45,366 --> 01:10:49,245
The idea behind it is that we should
announce safely what-- what we can do.
806
01:10:49,328 --> 01:10:52,539
There's a little bit
of strategy and chess.
807
01:10:52,623 --> 01:10:57,336
If you announce too much,
maybe you're not able to perform it.
808
01:10:58,128 --> 01:11:00,089
But if you announce too little,
809
01:11:00,172 --> 01:11:03,425
maybe someone else walks away
with the title.
810
01:11:06,345 --> 01:11:08,764
It's super hard to choose.
811
01:11:08,847 --> 01:11:12,309
If I do a mistake, it will be bad.
I will have a red card.
812
01:11:15,562 --> 01:11:16,397
It's...
813
01:11:18,274 --> 01:11:19,692
It's hard.
814
01:11:23,779 --> 01:11:26,740
{\an8}-
815
01:11:30,494 --> 01:11:32,538
You've talked about limits.
816
01:11:32,621 --> 01:11:34,707
What is Alessia Zecchini's limit?
817
01:11:35,666 --> 01:11:37,876
I don't think a limit exists.
818
01:11:37,960 --> 01:11:41,005
It doesn't exist until I choose to quit.
819
01:11:43,716 --> 01:11:45,843
Welcome back to Vertical Blue.
820
01:11:45,926 --> 01:11:50,681
Today could be
the most historic day in free diving.
821
01:11:52,933 --> 01:11:56,437
We're here with our host
and athlete, William Trubridge.
822
01:11:56,520 --> 01:12:00,399
Talk to me about what you're seeing
from the women especially.
823
01:12:00,482 --> 01:12:01,317
Just epic.
824
01:12:01,400 --> 01:12:04,653
I don't think we've seen anything
like that in the history of the event.
825
01:12:04,737 --> 01:12:06,780
It seems they have
still got more in the tank,
826
01:12:06,864 --> 01:12:10,409
so I think we can probably expect
some more fireworks from them as well.
827
01:12:10,492 --> 01:12:13,537
We have even more
exciting diving coming up.
828
01:12:13,620 --> 01:12:16,332
Another world record attempt announced.
829
01:12:17,207 --> 01:12:21,378
Five, four, three, two, one.
830
01:12:32,639 --> 01:12:35,809
And Hanako Hirose
is trying to make history
831
01:12:35,893 --> 01:12:39,730
to take the world record,
deepen it by one meter to 103.
832
01:12:41,648 --> 01:12:43,901
She's already down below 90 meters.
833
01:12:45,402 --> 01:12:46,862
- And...
- 100 meters.
834
01:12:46,945 --> 01:12:48,572
One hundred meters!
835
01:12:48,655 --> 01:12:50,282
- Touchdown.
- Touchdown!
836
01:12:51,367 --> 01:12:55,871
Stand for Hanako Hirose of Japan,
103 meters!
837
01:12:55,954 --> 01:12:57,623
Come on, Hanako.
838
01:12:57,706 --> 01:12:59,583
Make that big swim back up.
839
01:13:02,002 --> 01:13:04,046
- Two forty-five.
- Two forty-five.
840
01:13:04,671 --> 01:13:05,881
Diver in sight,
841
01:13:05,964 --> 01:13:08,008
Hanako Hirose of Japan,
842
01:13:08,092 --> 01:13:11,095
hoping for 103 and a world record.
843
01:13:17,434 --> 01:13:18,519
I'm okay.
844
01:13:20,354 --> 01:13:22,856
Yeah! Good luck!
845
01:13:24,900 --> 01:13:27,486
- Whoa! She has the tag.
- Yeah!
846
01:13:29,780 --> 01:13:31,615
White card!
847
01:13:39,456 --> 01:13:41,375
Hanako was clean as a whistle.
848
01:13:41,458 --> 01:13:45,462
World record, 103 clean. Fantastic.
849
01:13:46,505 --> 01:13:49,508
Whoever
comes up first, and they do it clean,
850
01:13:50,217 --> 01:13:53,262
is just adding pressure
for the person who's gonna go next.
851
01:14:06,525 --> 01:14:11,447
To then go into the water
and attempt a record very soon after that
852
01:14:12,114 --> 01:14:13,949
is a big ask.
853
01:14:19,663 --> 01:14:20,581
Ten seconds.
854
01:14:24,501 --> 01:14:28,881
Five, four, three, two, one.
855
01:14:35,095 --> 01:14:37,181
Alessia Zecchini, Italy.
856
01:14:37,264 --> 01:14:40,559
104 meters world record attempt.
857
01:14:44,229 --> 01:14:47,774
On streaming,
you can see the whole event.
858
01:14:47,858 --> 01:14:50,194
Final record attempt of the day.
859
01:14:56,617 --> 01:14:58,869
As you see her go down...
860
01:15:01,038 --> 01:15:03,707
you get a flood of worries.
861
01:15:17,262 --> 01:15:18,931
Someone check the sonar.
862
01:15:19,973 --> 01:15:22,059
{\an8}Surface safety,
check the sonar, please.
863
01:15:22,142 --> 01:15:24,603
{\an8}Yeah, I have no signal.
Can someone check?
864
01:15:25,437 --> 01:15:27,523
{\an8}- And Alessia--
Should be at 80...
865
01:15:28,232 --> 01:15:29,525
I have no signal.
866
01:15:30,817 --> 01:15:34,029
The sonar allows them to see
867
01:15:34,112 --> 01:15:35,614
whether they've stopped.
868
01:15:35,697 --> 01:15:37,115
...forty-five...
869
01:15:40,202 --> 01:15:42,412
We're having a little interference
in our sonar.
870
01:15:43,455 --> 01:15:45,999
{\an8}- Two minutes.
Two minutes has passed.
871
01:15:46,083 --> 01:15:47,125
{\an8}Three forty-five...
872
01:15:47,209 --> 01:15:49,211
{\an8}- Eighty.
We're not sure.
873
01:15:49,294 --> 01:15:51,046
- We're not sure.
- She's okay.
874
01:16:14,945 --> 01:16:16,738
- Dive time 2'15.
- 2'15.
875
01:16:16,822 --> 01:16:19,324
- Seventy meters.
- Two-one-five.
876
01:16:20,576 --> 01:16:23,704
We should see her coming out by now.
877
01:16:41,263 --> 01:16:42,889
First safety.
878
01:17:43,825 --> 01:17:46,870
- Here's Alessia.
- Breathe, breathe!
879
01:17:51,500 --> 01:17:52,542
I'm okay.
880
01:17:58,256 --> 01:17:59,549
There she is!
881
01:17:59,633 --> 01:18:03,220
She's no longer swallowed
by endless darkness.
882
01:18:06,264 --> 01:18:08,934
The judges
are conferring. She has a tag.
883
01:18:09,017 --> 01:18:11,395
We don't know what's going on,
but she has a tag.
884
01:18:18,527 --> 01:18:21,321
World record, 104!
885
01:18:22,364 --> 01:18:26,868
She just showed up and kind of
blew everybody out of the water.
886
01:18:30,997 --> 01:18:32,916
She set the world record,
887
01:18:32,999 --> 01:18:36,586
and I think she silenced
a lot of those naysayers.
888
01:18:37,587 --> 01:18:41,633
It was clear
that Alessia was a force of nature,
889
01:18:41,717 --> 01:18:43,301
and she was here to stay.
890
01:18:45,470 --> 01:18:49,766
I got the new world record
of 104 meters, and I'm so happy.
891
01:18:49,850 --> 01:18:53,145
Thanks to all. Fantastic!
That's enough for now. Ciao!
892
01:18:54,604 --> 01:18:56,231
And in first place,
893
01:18:57,482 --> 01:19:00,318
with an incredible dive today
of 104 meters,
894
01:19:00,402 --> 01:19:02,279
and a new world record,
895
01:19:03,363 --> 01:19:05,240
Alessia Zecchini!
896
01:19:09,327 --> 01:19:11,663
Alessia gave Stephen
the biggest hug.
897
01:19:12,956 --> 01:19:14,666
He really did believe in her.
898
01:19:15,167 --> 01:19:19,212
There was just something about her
that he knew that she could do it.
899
01:19:20,005 --> 01:19:21,965
He didn't doubt her for a second.
900
01:19:29,556 --> 01:19:32,350
Give a round of applause
for Alessia Zecchini!
901
01:19:33,393 --> 01:19:34,686
- Hi, Alessia.
- Hi.
902
01:19:35,312 --> 01:19:37,063
- Welcome.
- Thank you.
903
01:19:37,147 --> 01:19:41,026
Beautiful, talented, young.
You've got it all.
904
01:19:41,109 --> 01:19:45,071
So, nine world championship gold medals,
four silver,
905
01:19:45,155 --> 01:19:46,698
one bronze.
906
01:19:46,782 --> 01:19:52,746
The ultimate record, the most famous one,
the one you are proudest of,
907
01:19:52,829 --> 01:19:56,708
so much so, you put it around your neck,
908
01:19:56,792 --> 01:19:59,252
the 104-meter world record.
909
01:20:01,004 --> 01:20:03,423
Any other ambitions, aims, goals?
910
01:20:04,925 --> 01:20:08,762
Even after
becoming the deepest woman in the world,
911
01:20:08,845 --> 01:20:11,431
Natalia was still her inspiration.
912
01:20:12,057 --> 01:20:15,852
Alessia was motivated
by all the achievements
913
01:20:15,936 --> 01:20:18,438
that Natalia had garnered in her lifetime.
914
01:20:19,231 --> 01:20:21,066
And there was one thing left.
915
01:20:22,275 --> 01:20:24,319
The Arch in Dahab.
916
01:20:25,570 --> 01:20:27,948
People thought she couldn't do it.
917
01:20:28,740 --> 01:20:32,160
And she wanted to prove,
both to herself and to everyone else,
918
01:20:32,244 --> 01:20:33,161
that she could.
919
01:20:34,663 --> 01:20:35,831
As fate would have it,
920
01:20:35,914 --> 01:20:38,834
Stephen wanted her to train
with him in Dahab.
921
01:20:39,584 --> 01:20:42,295
And there was definitely
an amazing connection
922
01:20:42,379 --> 01:20:44,965
between Alessia and Stephen.
923
01:21:23,587 --> 01:21:26,715
Stephen told us he was going
to pick Alessia up at the airport.
924
01:21:26,798 --> 01:21:28,091
"Look what I made."
925
01:21:28,174 --> 01:21:29,759
He pulled out
926
01:21:29,843 --> 01:21:34,347
an airport sign
with "Alessia" written on it.
927
01:21:35,765 --> 01:21:39,060
He was really excited, really happy.
928
01:21:39,644 --> 01:21:43,023
He wanted everything to be perfect
for Alessia's arrival.
929
01:21:47,402 --> 01:21:49,571
I haven't told you where we are yet.
930
01:21:49,654 --> 01:21:51,197
I'm in Dahab for training.
931
01:21:51,281 --> 01:21:53,867
It's beautiful here.
932
01:21:54,868 --> 01:21:56,411
Okay, everything is ready.
933
01:21:56,494 --> 01:21:59,372
We're here at the diving center,
packing everything.
934
01:21:59,456 --> 01:22:03,668
Then we'll head to the sea.
I'll show you the Blue Hole.
935
01:22:05,211 --> 01:22:08,131
He seemed
more excited than I was.
936
01:22:08,798 --> 01:22:11,426
And I found that quite endearing.
937
01:22:11,927 --> 01:22:13,303
That's prickish.
938
01:22:13,929 --> 01:22:17,557
But we were both a bit awkward.
939
01:22:20,518 --> 01:22:24,230
It was the first time
that we would see somebody cross the Arch,
940
01:22:24,314 --> 01:22:27,275
and being involved in the dive
was super exciting.
941
01:22:28,652 --> 01:22:30,320
We're gonna go training together.
942
01:22:30,403 --> 01:22:34,366
I was like, "Oh my God.
I'm gonna train with Alessia. Dear Jesus!"
943
01:22:34,449 --> 01:22:37,327
And she shows up
with a ham sandwich and a can of Coke.
944
01:22:37,410 --> 01:22:39,829
I was like,
"Oh my God. Okay, I love her already."
945
01:22:42,332 --> 01:22:43,750
Ooh!
946
01:22:43,833 --> 01:22:45,502
Okay, Alessia. On your feet.
947
01:22:46,670 --> 01:22:49,005
I knew
she'd just set a world record.
948
01:22:50,799 --> 01:22:54,094
She matched the world record
one day in training.
949
01:22:55,387 --> 01:22:57,013
It was inspiring
950
01:22:57,097 --> 01:23:00,892
to see someone do these depths
that I'd kinda only dreamed of doing.
951
01:23:00,976 --> 01:23:02,352
And you could tell, like...
952
01:23:02,435 --> 01:23:05,522
Like, even Steve, he'd be like,
"Ah, she makes it look too easy."
953
01:23:06,022 --> 01:23:09,985
You know? But it was...
That was, like, that was her.
954
01:23:12,737 --> 01:23:15,448
Alessia and Steve
were together all the time.
955
01:23:21,329 --> 01:23:24,499
He was coaching her
and preparing her for the Arch,
956
01:23:25,917 --> 01:23:28,962
sitting down every evening
after her training for weeks,
957
01:23:29,045 --> 01:23:32,799
going through everything,
telling her what she should do next.
958
01:23:35,218 --> 01:23:37,762
It's another evening in Dahab free divers.
959
01:23:38,513 --> 01:23:40,849
Then they were together
every evening.
960
01:23:41,975 --> 01:23:43,143
Say hello.
961
01:23:44,310 --> 01:23:45,687
Hello!
962
01:23:46,187 --> 01:23:47,480
Say hello, guys.
963
01:23:47,564 --> 01:23:48,732
Hey.
964
01:23:50,900 --> 01:23:52,527
It was an amazing summer.
965
01:23:55,530 --> 01:23:57,532
They had a very special connection.
966
01:23:59,743 --> 01:24:01,870
It was just a really good match.
967
01:24:01,953 --> 01:24:05,832
Simon! Belated happy birthday, bud.
Hope you had a great one.
968
01:24:06,332 --> 01:24:08,501
Sorry it's only me to say happy birthday.
969
01:24:08,585 --> 01:24:10,962
Or actually, no,
there's somebody else. Wait.
970
01:24:11,046 --> 01:24:12,297
Happy birthday!
971
01:24:18,428 --> 01:24:20,764
He adored being in the desert.
972
01:24:23,808 --> 01:24:26,770
The happiness we shared was amazing.
973
01:24:32,942 --> 01:24:36,529
We thought, "Okay,
this could be something pretty special."
974
01:24:43,870 --> 01:24:46,664
We are gonna win the world championships.
975
01:24:48,166 --> 01:24:50,085
We are gonna make world records.
976
01:24:51,628 --> 01:24:53,713
And this amazing lady
977
01:24:54,923 --> 01:24:57,300
is going to win the world championships.
978
01:24:58,885 --> 01:24:59,719
True that.
979
01:25:06,434 --> 01:25:10,271
We were all together
that evening. It was our last night.
980
01:25:10,355 --> 01:25:14,442
And I remember
he turned to Alessia and said,
981
01:25:14,526 --> 01:25:18,988
"You'll be the first woman
to do the Arch after Natalia Molchanova."
982
01:25:20,448 --> 01:25:22,492
We told Stephen,
983
01:25:22,575 --> 01:25:24,285
"Look after Alessia."
984
01:25:26,204 --> 01:25:29,082
And obviously, as a safety, he told me...
985
01:25:34,170 --> 01:25:35,463
"Leave it with me."
986
01:25:41,886 --> 01:25:43,888
{\an8}
987
01:25:48,476 --> 01:25:54,149
We're discussing the dive
before getting in the water.
988
01:25:54,232 --> 01:25:58,027
This is my coach, Steve,
and these are some other athletes.
989
01:25:58,111 --> 01:26:00,113
We'll get in the water soon.
990
01:26:01,239 --> 01:26:02,949
I'm preparing all the gear.
991
01:26:03,950 --> 01:26:05,869
We're ready to get in the water.
992
01:26:07,453 --> 01:26:09,998
Steve asked me
to take photos of this dive.
993
01:26:10,582 --> 01:26:14,169
I took pictures
doing briefing for all safety divers.
994
01:26:15,461 --> 01:26:17,422
Steve really went through each detail.
995
01:26:17,505 --> 01:26:19,799
Everybody knew
exactly what they were supposed to do.
996
01:26:23,344 --> 01:26:28,308
The plan was Alessia would dive
52 meters, pulling herself on the rope,
997
01:26:28,391 --> 01:26:33,271
and then, entering the Arch,
swim horizontally for 30 meters.
998
01:26:34,522 --> 01:26:37,275
As she arrived
on the other side of the Arch,
999
01:26:37,358 --> 01:26:40,028
the safety line should be there
in the middle.
1000
01:26:40,111 --> 01:26:43,156
Steve would be there
at the end of the line waiting for her.
1001
01:26:47,827 --> 01:26:50,288
Natalia crossed the Arch with a monofin.
1002
01:26:51,289 --> 01:26:54,834
What Alessia prepared for
was a dive without the monofin,
1003
01:26:54,918 --> 01:26:57,003
which is the hardest way you can do it.
1004
01:26:57,921 --> 01:27:00,006
Maybe she wanted to do it that way
1005
01:27:00,089 --> 01:27:02,467
to be better
than the best free diver ever.
1006
01:27:05,637 --> 01:27:06,930
Everything was timed.
1007
01:27:07,555 --> 01:27:09,182
They had made practice runs
1008
01:27:09,265 --> 01:27:13,728
to know how long exactly it takes
her to go down to 52 meters,
1009
01:27:14,437 --> 01:27:17,607
how long it takes for her
to swim horizontally for 30 meters.
1010
01:27:20,235 --> 01:27:22,028
And we had a countdown,
1011
01:27:22,612 --> 01:27:26,282
so we would make sure that Steve
would be already there before she arrived.
1012
01:27:29,786 --> 01:27:32,538
I go down
with the other two technical divers
1013
01:27:32,622 --> 01:27:34,707
with a camera to do the filming.
1014
01:27:48,263 --> 01:27:51,224
After she goes down,
my job was to hold the rope,
1015
01:27:51,975 --> 01:27:54,310
wait until we felt her hit the bottom,
1016
01:27:54,852 --> 01:27:56,479
go down a few meters, look.
1017
01:27:56,562 --> 01:27:58,856
If she wasn't coming back up,
come up and we're done.
1018
01:28:00,775 --> 01:28:02,277
After she swam through the Arch,
1019
01:28:02,360 --> 01:28:07,282
she was relying on finding the rope
on the other side to pull herself back up.
1020
01:28:11,077 --> 01:28:16,165
Five, four, three, two, one, zero.
1021
01:28:32,682 --> 01:28:34,559
We watched Alessia go down.
1022
01:28:37,895 --> 01:28:41,274
I'm feeling the rope,
so I can tell when she reaches the bottom.
1023
01:29:38,873 --> 01:29:42,668
After we felt her let go
of the rope, we'd give an okay sign
1024
01:29:42,752 --> 01:29:46,297
to tell the other safety divers
that she entered the Arch.
1025
01:29:47,256 --> 01:29:50,009
That should've triggered Steve to go down.
1026
01:29:52,387 --> 01:29:53,429
Ten seconds.
1027
01:29:56,182 --> 01:29:58,601
I started to give
the countdown to Steve.
1028
01:29:58,684 --> 01:30:01,687
Five, four, three.
1029
01:30:02,438 --> 01:30:04,690
He asked me for ten more seconds.
1030
01:30:06,442 --> 01:30:09,821
I just didn't really understand why,
because, um...
1031
01:30:09,904 --> 01:30:12,156
so far, everything had been going
according to plan.
1032
01:30:12,240 --> 01:30:15,868
So maybe the heart was going
a bit too fast for his liking,
1033
01:30:15,952 --> 01:30:20,248
so he wanted to take a few more seconds
to be really ready.
1034
01:30:20,331 --> 01:30:23,000
I really don't know,
because you can't discuss with him,
1035
01:30:23,084 --> 01:30:25,753
because he's preparing for his dive,
so he's not gonna talk.
1036
01:30:27,463 --> 01:30:30,341
It took him a little bit extra
to give me the signal.
1037
01:31:23,603 --> 01:31:28,399
Alessia is coming out
of the Arch, but Steve is not there.
1038
01:31:29,400 --> 01:31:30,943
She doesn't see the rope.
1039
01:31:32,153 --> 01:31:34,113
She is swimming the wrong direction.
1040
01:31:36,949 --> 01:31:40,119
She didn't realize
that she was already out.
1041
01:32:03,726 --> 01:32:05,728
I have, uh, one hand on the rope.
1042
01:32:05,811 --> 01:32:10,483
I'm waiting for the feel of the pull
to say that they're starting to come up.
1043
01:32:11,859 --> 01:32:13,361
The pull is not coming.
1044
01:32:14,779 --> 01:32:15,780
I start to worry.
1045
01:32:18,824 --> 01:32:21,327
Maybe she was swimming
a little bit slower.
1046
01:32:21,410 --> 01:32:23,037
Let's wait a little bit longer.
1047
01:32:27,667 --> 01:32:29,752
They should've been coming up
1048
01:32:29,835 --> 01:32:32,547
by the time
we swam across to the other side.
1049
01:32:32,630 --> 01:32:34,549
I knew at that point something was wrong.
1050
01:32:37,343 --> 01:32:38,719
Now it's too long.
1051
01:32:39,845 --> 01:32:41,305
Something is not right.
1052
01:32:51,566 --> 01:32:53,985
Alessia needs
to go up immediately.
1053
01:32:55,403 --> 01:32:58,823
She didn't know
that she's in completely the wrong place.
1054
01:33:09,709 --> 01:33:13,087
In one moment,
Steve left the rope super quickly.
1055
01:33:29,270 --> 01:33:31,439
As a scuba diver, I cannot do shit.
1056
01:33:32,231 --> 01:33:33,482
I was very far.
1057
01:33:35,151 --> 01:33:36,527
I was just screaming.
1058
01:33:38,404 --> 01:33:41,324
I could see
all the way to the end of the line.
1059
01:33:42,158 --> 01:33:43,284
There was no one.
1060
01:33:48,289 --> 01:33:49,874
We just can't see them.
1061
01:33:53,461 --> 01:33:56,672
Think fast.
Maybe the water current took them.
1062
01:33:57,882 --> 01:34:00,426
We would need to search
a much bigger area.
1063
01:34:03,929 --> 01:34:07,933
Thirty meters away, there was loads
and loads of tourists snorkeling.
1064
01:34:17,401 --> 01:34:22,281
We're looking for someone amongst a mess
of people that can't properly swim.
1065
01:34:31,707 --> 01:34:33,709
Everywhere I look,
they're not there.
1066
01:34:35,294 --> 01:34:38,339
I decided to come up and see
if I could see them on the surface.
1067
01:34:52,353 --> 01:34:54,230
There was no explanation.
1068
01:34:59,151 --> 01:35:01,779
I was swimming
as fast as I could.
1069
01:35:05,241 --> 01:35:08,744
I need to see if they are alive.
1070
01:35:44,947 --> 01:35:49,994
The first meters,
everything seemed normal.
1071
01:35:54,331 --> 01:35:55,833
Until I reached the Arch.
1072
01:35:57,460 --> 01:36:01,589
I remember while I was swimming,
I felt it was a bit strenuous.
1073
01:36:18,397 --> 01:36:19,815
There was a problem.
1074
01:36:22,818 --> 01:36:25,112
Steve wasn't there,
but neither was the rope.
1075
01:36:32,745 --> 01:36:35,664
I just tried to follow the reef,
1076
01:36:35,748 --> 01:36:39,668
trying to see where the rope was.
1077
01:36:40,377 --> 01:36:43,547
But I realized I couldn't find it.
1078
01:36:45,758 --> 01:36:47,218
I'd made a mistake.
1079
01:37:04,193 --> 01:37:06,320
I suddenly saw Steve in front of me.
1080
01:37:07,029 --> 01:37:08,781
I remember he took my hands.
1081
01:37:10,449 --> 01:37:13,118
And he swam, bringing me to the surface.
1082
01:37:27,508 --> 01:37:30,469
I don't remember
the first seconds when I surfaced.
1083
01:37:30,553 --> 01:37:32,388
I only remember, after a while,
1084
01:37:32,471 --> 01:37:34,849
looking around
and not understanding a thing.
1085
01:37:41,647 --> 01:37:44,316
Steve's face was in the water.
1086
01:37:44,817 --> 01:37:48,779
And I started screaming on her,
like, "Turn him face up!"
1087
01:37:49,989 --> 01:37:53,075
But I didn't realize
that she had blacked out.
1088
01:37:54,785 --> 01:37:58,497
And when I started screaming,
because I really screamed a lot,
1089
01:37:58,581 --> 01:38:01,709
she basically woke up,
and she started acting immediately.
1090
01:38:02,543 --> 01:38:03,586
Um...
1091
01:38:04,420 --> 01:38:06,839
Maybe I could have done more.
1092
01:38:07,882 --> 01:38:11,093
If I had been more conscious,
I don't know.
1093
01:38:17,766 --> 01:38:20,686
If you are
on your own, and you start blacking out,
1094
01:38:20,769 --> 01:38:22,396
you have to be on your back.
1095
01:38:22,479 --> 01:38:24,148
If you're not on your back, you're done.
1096
01:38:25,274 --> 01:38:29,320
Steve probably took
his last seconds of consciousness
1097
01:38:29,403 --> 01:38:32,364
to make sure she was in a position
that she'd survive in
1098
01:38:32,448 --> 01:38:34,700
at the expense of ending up face down.
1099
01:38:40,414 --> 01:38:43,542
The worst thing is
we couldn't do anything.
1100
01:38:43,626 --> 01:38:46,128
We couldn't save him.
1101
01:38:46,211 --> 01:38:49,381
He rescued me, but I couldn't rescue him.
1102
01:39:03,687 --> 01:39:06,565
He was a hero,
and he showed it till the end.
1103
01:39:13,572 --> 01:39:16,075
You can see in the last photo,
1104
01:39:16,158 --> 01:39:18,369
he lost his life to save hers.
1105
01:39:28,003 --> 01:39:29,672
I was diving the lighthouse.
1106
01:39:30,172 --> 01:39:31,840
Like, actually, over there.
1107
01:39:32,341 --> 01:39:35,010
I finish my dive, I...
1108
01:39:36,053 --> 01:39:37,471
I look at my phone,
1109
01:39:37,554 --> 01:39:41,016
even, like, with my suit on, like, I...
1110
01:39:41,100 --> 01:39:43,185
My phone, I look at my phone,
like, "What?"
1111
01:39:43,268 --> 01:39:45,187
Like, there are 50 missed calls.
1112
01:39:45,270 --> 01:39:46,939
And I received a phone call.
1113
01:39:48,357 --> 01:39:50,025
Something happened to Steve.
1114
01:39:51,235 --> 01:39:52,069
And...
1115
01:39:54,530 --> 01:39:56,615
It... They couldn't bring him back.
1116
01:39:57,741 --> 01:40:00,536
My first reaction was,
"Shit. I wasn't there."
1117
01:40:01,245 --> 01:40:03,831
"I could've saved him
if I would have been there."
1118
01:40:16,844 --> 01:40:19,763
He was choosing her
over himself.
1119
01:40:20,472 --> 01:40:24,518
I'm very clear that he knew
that someone was gonna die that day,
1120
01:40:24,601 --> 01:40:27,438
and he wasn't gonna let it be her.
1121
01:40:34,653 --> 01:40:36,363
I would give my life.
1122
01:40:42,786 --> 01:40:44,246
Mine instead of his.
1123
01:40:56,008 --> 01:40:59,219
He wouldn't...
he wouldn't have forgiven himself
1124
01:40:59,303 --> 01:41:01,597
if he wouldn't have saved her, you know?
1125
01:41:27,956 --> 01:41:32,169
Everybody,
we'll just dive until we feel
1126
01:41:33,045 --> 01:41:34,880
we want to release our flowers
1127
01:41:34,963 --> 01:41:38,383
and give thanks
for such a wonderful human in our lives,
1128
01:41:39,384 --> 01:41:41,261
sending all the good energy
1129
01:41:41,887 --> 01:41:44,056
that Stephen gave to all of us.
1130
01:41:49,061 --> 01:41:54,691
Everybody who loved Stephen
did a big underwater vigil.
1131
01:42:03,075 --> 01:42:09,123
They all held their breath for 39 seconds
to represent each year of his life.
1132
01:42:26,473 --> 01:42:28,475
There was never ever a death
1133
01:42:28,559 --> 01:42:32,479
which moved the place
the way that this... this one did.
1134
01:42:32,563 --> 01:42:35,774
It was hundreds of people.
I mean, everybody.
1135
01:42:36,984 --> 01:42:41,238
How? How can one person touch so many?
1136
01:42:42,573 --> 01:42:45,325
He must've been
a pretty special person, right?
1137
01:42:51,665 --> 01:42:53,625
Part of grief is kind of selfish.
1138
01:42:53,709 --> 01:42:57,963
And the selfish part of grief...
makes me miss him. I miss him.
1139
01:42:59,006 --> 01:43:03,010
I miss him not coming home.
I miss him in my life.
1140
01:43:05,679 --> 01:43:08,599
But I am much consoled by how he lived.
1141
01:43:09,725 --> 01:43:11,476
He was pretty courageous.
1142
01:43:12,936 --> 01:43:15,397
The Masai plains.
1143
01:43:16,565 --> 01:43:18,108
We're completely alone.
1144
01:43:19,193 --> 01:43:20,485
Jebel Toubkal.
1145
01:43:20,569 --> 01:43:22,196
Nice mountain in North Africa.
1146
01:43:27,618 --> 01:43:30,704
Stephen was searching
for something all of his life.
1147
01:43:34,499 --> 01:43:36,627
I did it!
1148
01:43:36,710 --> 01:43:39,630
He had found something he loved
1149
01:43:40,297 --> 01:43:43,050
and somebody who shared his dream.
1150
01:43:46,094 --> 01:43:49,723
Alessia and the sea.
They were all he needed.
1151
01:43:54,811 --> 01:43:57,272
He will always be with me.
1152
01:43:59,733 --> 01:44:01,360
I remember his eyes...
1153
01:44:03,445 --> 01:44:06,073
and try to remember
all the things he'd tell me.
1154
01:44:10,494 --> 01:44:12,788
To live, to be happy.
1155
01:44:16,625 --> 01:44:18,001
To believe in myself.
1156
01:44:21,797 --> 01:44:23,507
Enjoy yourself to the max!
1157
01:44:24,591 --> 01:44:25,592
Okay? Kiss.
1158
01:44:29,012 --> 01:44:31,515
I try and remember his hugs.
1159
01:44:33,517 --> 01:44:38,689
He's the person who made me realize
what it really means to hug someone.
1160
01:44:41,900 --> 01:44:45,320
From the hug, you'd understand
how deeply he cared about you
1161
01:44:45,404 --> 01:44:48,240
and all the feelings
you could share together.
1162
01:44:53,537 --> 01:44:54,913
He gave his life
1163
01:44:56,290 --> 01:44:57,332
for Alessia.
1164
01:45:00,085 --> 01:45:02,587
A pain like this stays with you.
1165
01:45:05,007 --> 01:45:06,883
You go on.
1166
01:45:08,385 --> 01:45:12,097
But that wound is there,
and it won't heal.
1167
01:45:19,146 --> 01:45:21,064
He will always be in my heart.
1168
01:45:25,402 --> 01:45:27,029
He's going to be with me forever,
1169
01:45:27,112 --> 01:45:30,991
because I want him to stay with me
for the rest of my life.