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Submarine Rescue: The Race to Save Squalus | Into the Deep | 1

Against The Odds

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The Squalus Breaks the Surface

Naikwen hears a noise like a distant wind tunnel. compressed air at 3,000 pounds of pressure per square inch is blowing into the ballast tanks. Blowing water out of these tanks will lighten the squalus and cause her to rise. After a few seconds, Naikwen feels upward pressure on his feet, like a slow but powerful elevator. Steady men, steady, she's climbing. But it only lasts a second. Without warning, the squalus lurchins,. as if her back end was jerked downward with a giant cable. Coffee cups crash down, and crew members tumble backwards.

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