It was the wrong day for Stephen Bogaerts to have forgotten his wet suit, but forget it he had. What followed this realization was a manic drive back to the diving center, then a hurried leap into the water. The hour-long delay turned out to be fortuitous. His diving partner, Robbie Schmittner, was swimming downstream from a different starting point, carried by a current that Bogaerts would be fighting on his opposite path. Normally the current rages, but on the day in question, January 23, 2007, turn around and follow the cord to retrace their way back out. Lose the cord, they know, and they might be lost for good.
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