The midnight miracle: How 15 men survived a Brisbane shipwreck

When the Danish dredge Captain Nielsen flipped upside down in the dead of night, nine crew members were lost instantly, but the race to save those trapped in the air pockets became the greatest rescue in maritime history.

Hear the harrowing details of a six-kilometre swim for help and the divers who pulled survivors from the suffocating darkness.

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