Once while lobster fishing on "setting day" (that's the day the boats are full of traps and the boat captain can't see) I had 4 of 7 traps pushed into the water when the rope wrapped around my foot. I was pulled overboard and about 20 feet underwater while the guy helping got the rope caught in the hydraulic ripe hauler and I was able to cut the traps below with my knife. And get pulled to the surface
This all happened in a matter of 1 -2 minutes but they were the longest of my life. I always wore 2 knives for setting day but after that I wore 4
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