Finally, after 28 hours of delay, the mission is on. Just four hours later, too soon for a record, Matt and Brian reappear on camera at the mouth of the cave. The field team makes dinner plans and confirms departing flights. Meanwhile, videographer Wes Skiles has offered his crew's assistance to a Korean videographer who wants to film the spring. It's a leisurely dive without scooters, rebreathers, or diving bells, just routine scuba, a float in a pond.
Several divers accompany the videographer, while a few position lights for an evening shoot.
Two nearby divers kick after him and see that he's not breathing. They race him to the surface to save his life. The unlucky diver is dragged to the surface, unconscious. The diver awakens, bleeding from his nose and mouth, and lies convulsed in pain and writhing on the shore. Cameras roll as a medical helicopter arrives to rush him to a Tallahassee hospital.