On January 8th, 2005, Australian diver David Shaw attempted to retrieve the body of Deon Dreyer, who had died in Bushman’s Hole, an 886-foot-deep cave in South Africa in 1994. Shaw ultimately reached the body, but became entangled and died on the cave floor, leaving his friend and support diver, Don Shirely, to fight for survival.

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The Guardian: Deepest Sympathy

Dave Shaw final dive video

Dave Not Coming Back | FULL DOCUMENTARY

VIDEO: To Boldly Go | David Shaw

The Aftermath Of Love: Don Shirley and Dave Shaw

Death in the depths: the divers willing to pay the price of taking sport to extremes

Raising the Dead

On May 8, 2019, 35-year-old physical therapist and yoga teacher, Amanda Eller, set off on what she thought would be a hike along a trail in the Makawao Forest Reserve, Hawaii. Part way through the hike, she realised she had become disoriented and lost. Without a cell phone, water bottle, map, or any supplies, she fought to survive in the wilderness, with only intuition to guide her. She was rescued 17 days later, injured, but alive. However, her spiritual take on her experience left many questioning her actions and intentions.

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https://www.facebook.com/amandaeeller/

Honolulu Star-Advertiser Sun, May 26, 2019

Honolulu Star-Advertiser Wed, May 29, 2019

5 years after dramatic rescue, hiker reflects on being lost in Hawaii forest for 17 days

Yoga teacher Amanda Eller after rescue from Hawaii forest: 'I chose life'

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On September 20, 2004, a Cessna 206 aircraft crashed while flying to a rural Schafer Meadows airstrip in Montana. Of the five people on board, only two would survive. Burned, injured, and presumed dead, forest service workers Jodee Hogg and Matt Ramige, were left to fight for survival, and descend the treacherous terrain in search of help.

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‘Unacceptable’ to quit: woman tells of plane crash’, AP

JG-TC: Journal Gazette and Times-Courier, Sat, Sep 25, 2004

Victoria Advocate, Sun, Sep 26, 2004

Ventura County Star, Fri, Oct 22, 2004

Albany Democrat-Herald, Sun, Sep 26, 2004

The Times, Sun, Sep 26, 2004

The Signal, Sun, Sep 26, 2004

The Daily Sentinel, Sun, Sep 26, 2004

Star-Herald, Thu, Sep 15, 2005

The Spokesman-Review, Thu, Sep 15, 2005

The Daily Inter Lake, Fri, Sep 24, 2004

The Independent-Record, Fri, Sep 24, 2004

The Billings Gazette, Thu, Sep 15, 2005

Burned, battered, but alive — crash survivor recalls ordeal

Plane Crash Survivor Recalls Ordeal

Plane crash victims back from the dead

Plane crash survivor feels he has a new perspective on life

Woman tells of plane crash and survival ordeal

The Tragedy in Tunnel Creek

Inexperience blamed for plane crash

James Long