The Deepest Breath

472 00:39:29,992 --> 00:39:32,912 <i>[Kristof] He didn't want anyone else going through that.</i> 473 00:39:33,412 --> 00:39:36,665 <i>So he started to be interested in being a safety diver.</i> 474 00:39:38,167 --> 00:39:40,586 <i>Steve had the best background for the job</i> 475 00:39:40,669 --> 00:39:44,840 <i>because the only other person that can do a safety for a free diver</i> 476 00:39:44,924 --> 00:39:46,175 <i>is a free diver.</i> 477 00:39:46,258 --> 00:39:48,761 <i>As a scuba diver, you can't be a safety for a free diver</i> 478 00:39:48,844 --> 00:39:51,597 <i>because they go up slowly to decompress.</i> 479 00:39:52,348 --> 00:39:55,726 <i>So if something happens, you have to react fast.</i> 480 00:39:56,602 --> 00:40:01,107 <i>[Stephen] 99% of all free diving incidents happen within the last ten meters.</i> 481 00:40:01,690 --> 00:40:05,361 <i>If there is an issue, we close the airways so they can't swallow water,</i> 482 00:40:05,444 --> 00:40:06,946 <i>and we take them to the surface.</i> 483 00:40:07,029 --> 00:40:09,073 <i>[woman] Please get out of the way for the safety.</i> 484 00:40:09,156 --> 00:40:11,492 <i>[Kristof] He worked very hard to make a name for himself.</i> 485 00:40:11,575 --> 00:40:13,786 <i>No. I'm doing it myself. So, uh...</i> 486 00:40:14,870 --> 00:40:16,705 <i>[Kristof] After a while, Steve got the chance</i> 487 00:40:16,789 --> 00:40:19,375 <i>to be on the safety team in Kalamata,</i> 488 00:40:19,458 --> 00:40:22,211 <i>which was his first international big competition.</i> 489 00:40:24,630 --> 00:40:26,382 {\an8}<i>[man] That's all good. Put it down.</i> 490 00:40:30,386 --> 00:40:32,596 <i>[Adam] Natalia's son, Alexey Molchanov,</i> 491 00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:35,349 <i>was the men's world record holder at the time.</i> 492 00:40:35,850 --> 00:40:38,018 <i>He was going for the deepest dive ever.</i> 493 00:40:39,478 --> 00:40:41,355 <i>And his mom is watching.</i> 494 00:40:41,439 --> 00:40:43,732 <i>[tense music playing]</i> 495 00:40:59,999 --> 00:41:01,333 <i>Safety, keep your distances.</i> 496 00:41:01,417 --> 00:41:02,293 <i>Eighty.</i> 497 00:41:05,546 --> 00:41:07,465 <i>[Kristof] Steve was the first safety.</i> 498 00:41:10,092 --> 00:41:12,136 <i>That means he has to dive the deepest.</i> 499 00:41:16,599 --> 00:41:18,601 <i>[tense music continues]</i> 500 00:41:28,611 --> 00:41:31,363 <i>[Adam] Stephen kicked down to 30 meters.</i> 501 00:41:36,368 --> 00:41:37,786 <i>[beeping]</i> 502 00:41:39,205 --> 00:41:40,956 <i>[Kristof] You have to know, as a safety diver,</i> 503 00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:43,709 <i>you take in a mouthful of air, you go down,</i> 504 00:41:44,460 --> 00:41:47,046 <i>and if everything goes right, you just swim up together.</i> 505 00:41:47,546 --> 00:41:50,299 <i>You're never there for longer than a minute.</i> 506 00:41:53,928 --> 00:41:57,598 <i>But Steve was already waiting at 30 meters for quite some time,</i> 507 00:41:58,140 --> 00:42:00,059 <i>- so he's running out of air. - [beeping]</i> 508 00:42:02,436 --> 00:42:03,812 <i>Come on, Alexey.</i> 509 00:42:05,564 --> 00:42:07,233 <i>3'30, it's a very long dive time.</i> 510 00:42:09,318 --> 00:42:11,278 <i>Andrea, you go down as well.</i> 511 00:42:12,196 --> 00:42:14,198 <i>[tense music continues]</i> 512 00:42:18,619 --> 00:42:19,828 <i>- Trouble. - Yeah.</i> 513 00:42:19,912 --> 00:42:20,829 <i>[woman] Trouble?</i> 514 00:42:22,957 --> 00:42:25,167 <i>[Kristof] Steve started to have contractions.</i> 515 00:42:26,001 --> 00:42:28,045 <i>He's seconds away from the blackout.</i> 516 00:42:30,464 --> 00:42:31,882 <i>[beeping]</i> 517 00:42:32,466 --> 00:42:36,095 <i>But then he saw Alexey get into trouble around 40 meters.</i> 518 00:42:36,679 --> 00:42:37,930 <i>Split-second decisions.</i> 519 00:42:38,514 --> 00:42:40,975 <i>Save Alexey or save himself.</i> 520 00:42:53,946 --> 00:42:55,531 <i>[man speaking Russian]</i> 521 00:42:56,615 --> 00:42:58,617 <i>[Alexey groaning]</i> 522 00:42:59,577 --> 00:43:01,912 <i>[Stephen, in English] Breathe, Alexey. Breathe.</i> 523 00:43:02,705 --> 00:43:04,540 <i>- [man] Breathe, Alex. - [Stephen] Breathe for me.</i> 524 00:43:04,623 --> 00:43:06,292 <i>[Alexey coughs]</i> 525 00:43:06,375 --> 00:43:09,086 <i>- [Stephen] Breathe. - Breathe, mate. You're good.</i> 526 00:43:09,169 --> 00:43:11,171 <i>[oxygen hissing]</i> 527 00:43:15,801 --> 00:43:18,053 <i>[Alexey, in English] I had severe lung damage.</i> 528 00:43:20,931 --> 00:43:22,891 <i>My mama told me that Steve saved me.</i> 529 00:43:26,228 --> 00:43:30,274 <i>I am very grateful for his... this selfless act.</i> 530 00:43:30,357 --> 00:43:35,154 <i>[laughing] And that was, like, my first meet with Stephen, this accident.</i> 531 00:43:35,237 --> 00:43:37,239 <i>[somber mus