Videos of the moment Dylan Gartenmayer was saved off the Florida Keys have now gone viral with millions of views on TikTok. He became separated from his friends after, at 35ft deep, the current pushed him down to 150ft, forcing him to remain underwater for almost two minutes.
Below the surface, Mr Gartenmayer was freediving at a depth of about 35ft, when the current pushed him down to 150ft."So that's how I ended up getting separated," he said."They were mainly looking down, thinking I blacked out from a lack of oxygen."The alarm was raised and his family then went out on his grandfather's boat looking for him - described as"the scariest ride of our life" - and were assisted in their search by the coastguard.
Mr Gartenmayer had cut and bound together mooring balls to make a makeshift raft. He said he"ended up cutting three of those from reef, tying up a little hammock"."I could hear a boat humming up behind me," said the 22-year-old. The vessel he heard heading towards him was packed with his family members.
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