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The Yellow Fin That Saved Him: Alone, Hypothermic, 40 Meters Down

The Yellow Fin That Saved Him: Alone, Hypothermic, 40 Meters Down

Fear tightened with every line: a bright yellow swim fin stood upright in open water for nearly four hours, 60 yards off a dock, marking a missing diver lost three nautical miles away - how did one fin become the single clue that saved a man’s life?

In this episode, we follow the dive and the moments before and after the incident to show what happened that morning and why a single propeller strike on a three-millimeter tether changed everything; what exactly severed the line and how did it leave Dennis breathing through the…

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