Cozumel, Mexico, at a depth of 36ft with strong currents:
Daren (paraplegic) had his 4th and last training dive and glided with his team with me as a diving instructor and 2 assistants in a very strong current through the blue water. He watched the variety of fish in the colorful corals and relaxed. We were busy checking its position and depth.
We did not notice that we were heading for a wreck. Daren was able to recognize it in time in its serenity. He suddenly blinked his eyes nervously. That was different than usual. Something was wrong. I turned forward intuitively and saw a huge freighter approaching us. Dodging to the right or left would have separated us. I signaled my assistants to go up two meters and we pulled Daren up. Shortly afterwards we shot over the bow of the wreck. Daren saved us.
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