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13-Hour Red Sea Ordeal: Diver Survives Sweeping Current
16 Sep
Summary
- Alexandra Alves Gaspar survived a 13-hour ordeal after a strong current swept her group away.
- The group, lost at sea for 13 hours, was eventually rescued by a fishing boat.
- Alexandra returned to the Red Sea 20 years later and swam with dolphins.
In August 2004, Alexandra Alves Gaspar, a lawyer from Portugal, experienced a terrifying 13-hour survival ordeal while deep-sea diving in the Red Sea. A sudden, powerful current swept her and her group of 11 divers miles away from their boat, leaving them stranded in open water.
The group, initially hopeful for a swift rescue, struggled against dehydration and fatigue as hours passed. Their situation grew dire when darkness fell, but a distant SOS signal from their flashlights alerted a fishing boat.
The fishermen, guided by an intuition and reportedly by dolphins, found the stranded divers. This rescue, described as a miracle, brought immense relief after their terrifying ordeal.
Twenty years later, in 2024, Alexandra returned to the Red Sea. She was met by a pod of dolphins, an encounter that brought tears and a sense of closure to her remarkable survival story.
