Joe Dituri, a former US Navy diver and biomedical engineer, studies the effects of hyperbaric pressure on the human body. He hopes to use his time spent below the surface to investigate the effects of living in this high-pressure environment on his health
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where their relatives might be. the crew s missing submarine was scheduled to arrive at its home port on sunday. instead relatives now have left messages, some of which read come on marines, we are waiting for you. it s unclear if signals detected recently came from the crew. their sub disappeared wednesday off argentina s southern atlantic coast. translator: i want you to know that we have tripled the search effort both on the surface and underwater with ten airplanes. we have 11 ships from the argentine navy, from municipalities, and from countries that have collaborated with research ships such as uruguay, chile, brazil, peru, the united states and england. these ships are following the submarine s planned route and are sweeping the whole area. and we also have navy ships sweeping from the north to south and from the south to north. now, it s still unclear exactly why the submarine lost communication. we asked a former u.s. navy diver, william craig reed, about
will be underwater about 87 minutes at a time and then they get into a decompression chamber. it will be dark inside. a lot of things for a diver to get snacked on for his umbilical to get caught up on. to get disoriented. it will not look like a textbook situation. reporter: then there s the emotional component. you know there s bodying down there. there s nothing worse than bumping into a bloated dead body in the water. reporter: he s still haunted by the victims he helped recover especially the children. emotions divers in the java sea will have to come to terms with. the way you get past it you are helping the families and helping somebody and putting it to rest. reporter: it could take weeks or months for the divers to finish the job in the sea. so bobby, let me bring you back in here with our panel. as a retired u.s. navy diver, how difficult is this mission going to be because they are determined to bring every one of