Killer Means Awesome

Killer Shipwrecks II - The Accidental Aquanaut

Brainstorm Season 5 Episode 7

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Harrison Okene, a crew member on the Jascon-4 tugboat, was using the bathroom in the middle of the night when the boat -- and his whole life -- turned upside down. A rogue wave flipped the Jascon-4 and sent it to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, 20 miles off the coast of Nigeria. All crew members except the 29-year-old Okene died. How he managed to survive for the next three days is one of the most amazing maritime survival tales of all time.

Listen to the first four seasons of Killer Means Awesome to hear incredible true stories. Season 1 features amazing tales about recently discovered shipwrecks, while Season 2 highlights biographies of people you really should know. Season 3 tells incredible stories of real inventions, and Season 4 offers impossible to believe tales of true crime!