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THE MOSES EFFECTThe Admiral indicated his acceptance and said “Thatwill be an experience.” With that we departed.Outside the Governors Residence there was a CompanyCar, as Donaldson would say, awaiting us. Anotherblack Daimler Stardust Limousine, a 1955 model I think.I thought, I should join the Diplomatic Corp. If this isthe luxury they enjoy.As we headed for the harbour the Admiral enquired,“Haven’t you any luggage?”“No Sir” Donaldson replied.” We were expecting thatanything we needed would be supplied when we reachedPegasus.” 151

JAMES YOUNG CHAPTER ELEVENEntering the bridge of Pegasus, the Radio Officer, said“A signal from the Admiralty Sir” then handed KarlJorgensen, the captain of Pegasus, the printed messagethat he'd just received via an encrypted radiotransmission.'The hens may gather their chicks'. That's a codedmessage??Thank goodness it was encrypted! If not the SpanishSecret Service would have spent at least two secondsworking that one out.“These are the orders we've been waiting for Gentlemen.Now we can at last proceed with our real reason forbeing here!” Jorgensen said with real enthusiasm.“Signal the captains of Aurora, Stella and Cosmos toattend me in my Wardroom immediately if you wouldNumber One” ordered Jorgensen.“Aye, Sir,” replied First Officer Chambers, who wasstanding next to the Commodore.Within the hour all four officers were convened in theWardroom of Pegasus.After the customary greeting and as they sat around thecentral table of the Wardroom, Jorgensen began theconversation. “We have received our orders, or should Imore correctly say, we have NOT officially received ourorders. If you catch my drift?” Those in attendance all 152

THE MOSES EFFECTsilently nodded.“George, Aurora and Pegasus will take up their normalstation for this operation, abreast of each other. Auroraon the port side of Pegasus. Alex, please position Stellaastern of Pegasus and Aurora so that the vision of anycurious visitors, Spanish is obscured.Those in attendance remained silent until Jorgensen hadcompleted his instructions to the attending Captains.Jorgensen continued, “Rafa”, “Yes, sir” Rafa replied.“Cosmos is equipped with SONAR I believe” askedJorgensen. “She is, and ground to air Radar sir,” wasRafa's reply.“In that case, I'd like Cosmos to take up station athousand yards or so away from Pegasus, Stella andAurora and circle us as though you were looking forasylum seekers and refugees. While really what I wantyou to do is, using Sonar and Radar, check for surface orsubmerged vessels that may be getting too curious.”“We're able to detect approaching aircraft also...” Rafastated, wishing to ingratiate himself to the Commodore.“That's excellent” responded Jorgensen. “What is thearea you can cover Rafa?” asked George, Aurora’scaptain. Rafa replied “From our projected position.North African Tunisia, Morocco as far as Libya to thesouth and most of southern Spain to the north and thewestern coast of Portugal.” 153

JAMES YOUNG“That's first-class” responded Jorgensen. “Gentlemen,lets get things started. We've all got the coordinates forthe Sussex. Let's get under way.” A cheer of excitementfilled the room as the captains of Aurora, Cosmos andStella departed with a feeling of well being. 154

THE MOSES EFFECT CHAPTER TWELVEIt was a moonlit night, far away from the city lights, asDonaldson, Karl Jorgensen and I stood on the FlyingBridge of Pegasus and observed the night's clandestineactivities.It may be difficult for any individual that lives in one ofthe great Metropolis’ of this world, to appreciate thebrightness of the moon and stars which the averageperson doesn’t give a second thought too, or even notice.This is due to the Light Pollution caused by streetlighting and the neon billboards obliterating the nightsky.The moon and stars brightness away from such LightPollution has to be experienced to be believed. Theheavens are so bright and seem near enough to reach outand touch them.On nights such as this, with a Hunters Moon, as in thisinstance, the night sky and moonlight is so bright it’salmost as clear as day. Jorgensen had on numerousoccasions witnessed this process and had never lost thesame feeling of excitement and anticipation which wasnow jangling his nerves.He was reminded once again of the escapades in whichthey had relieved the Titanic, Lusitania, Bismarck,Graff Spay and many others of their consignments ofgold and other valuables.As he and the crew standing on the port side of Pegasusbeheld a repeated phenomenon that always produced a 155

JAMES YOUNGjaw dropping reaction, and was again occurring beforetheir very eyes. As on previous occasions, an incrediblephenomenon was developing in the waters between thePegasus and the Aurora… they waited for Vortex beganto appear.What was it that caused this Vortex that they were allwitnessing?Aurora, like Pegasus, had had her internal oil storagetanks, the Bulkhead’s, removed and their hull’sreinforced. Aurora's vast cargo hold now had installedwithin her a complete electrical power station. Itconsisted of three Steam Powered Turbines to producethe required electricity to facilitate the removal of theSussex bounty.In addition to the turbines there were oil powered steamgenerators providing the energy source to turn theturbines to produce electricity.Looking along Aurora's vast hold one could see theturbines, generators, gantries and walkways that are sotypical of a power station.Pegasus also had a colossal hold that had been cleared ofit's oil storage tanks. Only she didn't have generators orturbines in her hold.The hold of Pegasus contained what appeared to be giantdoughnuts, about thirty feet in diameter, with an internaldiameter of about twenty-six feet.The doughnuts were ring shaped, as one would expect of 156

THE MOSES EFFECTa doughnut, and were standing on their ends in anupright position. This immense row stretched almost thefull length of the Pegasus' hold.There were adjustable lengths of electrical cablesattached to each of the Doughnuts. Depending on thenumber required, the cables could be detached,shortened or lengthened as the need arose, depending onthe depth they needed to reach. The doughnuts were infact, giant electromagnets.It was these electromagnets that were creating theVortex that the crews were witnessing. The requirednumber of magnets had been lifted from the belly ofPegasus by means of the Hammerhead designed craneon Pegasus. As they cleared the hold on port side, theywere swung out between Aurora and Pegasus.While this was taking place, on board Aurora largeelectrical cables were being lifted from the hold ofAurora by the Derricks on Auroras' deck. These cableswere the means of supplying all of the electricity neededto operate the giant electromagnets, based on the originaldesign of Nikola Tesla and adapted. These were nowbeing lifted from the hold of Pegasus.A brilliant electrical, mechanical engineer and physicist,Nikola Tesla was born 10th July, 1856 and died 1st Jan,1943. He became forerunner and inspiration behind theTesla Electric Car manufacturer. Nikola was a Croatian-Serb who had emigrated to the United States of Americain 1884. 157

JAMES YOUNGThere he enhanced a previously produced coil that wasin use for generating electricity. Tesla found that byincreasing the number of turns to the copper wire on oneside of the coil, the power to increase electricityproduction by the coil increased exponentially. That coilcame to be called the Tesla Coil.The largest use of the Tesla Coil has been in theconstruction of the of the worlds largest Dam, TheThree Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in China.Not only used to generate an increased amount ofelectrical power, but also enable that electricity to beused a thousand miles away in Shanghai city.The Tesla Coil or derivation thereof, had been used inthe experiments of Masakazu Iwasaka and Shogo Ueno.It had been further developed for use in the exploits ofthe Pegasus and Aurora.It's not surprising that by using a variation of the TeslaCoil, Pegasus was able to complete her mission andremove all the treasure, monies, bullion or whatever youwish to call it, from the Titanic. When the Titanic,Lusitania, Bismarck and Graff Spay were found, theirstrongrooms were empty.Titanic was on the seabed at a depth of nearly threemiles. So to remove the treasure from the Sussex whichis only about half a mile down was, by comparison, quiteeasy.The Derrick that was at the Forecastle end of the deck of 158

THE MOSES EFFECTPegasus, extricated a large oblong steel plate, four inchesthick, one hundred feet long and twenty-five feet widefrom her hold. In addition to being oblong, halfwayalong the left hand side of the steel plate had been cut asemi-circle. When a further identical steel plate, with asemi-circle cut on the right hand side was raised fromthe hold of Pegasus and placed together length waysbetween the two vessels, the two steel plates wouldproduce a flat steel platform, eighty feet by fifty feet,with a thirty-five feet diameter circular opening half waybetween the two vessels.On the port side, on the deck of Pegasus there were twoBox Girders eighty feet long by twelve inches square. Afurther design feature was that the left hand side of oneof the girders was sixteen inches in height not twelve,and the right hand side of the corresponding girder wasalso sixteen inches in height.Additionally, on both the hull of Pegasus and Aurorawere steel receptacles to receive the Girders on whichrested the steel plates.With a nod to health and safety, two steel handrails weresecured to the steel plates, one on the right hand and oneon the left for the full lengths of each plate.Before raising the steel plates and prior to the raising ofboth the coils and electrical supply cables from Pegasusand Aurora. The R.S.J.’s from the decks of both vesselshad been rolled out, one from Pegasus and one fromAurora. 159

JAMES YOUNGThe R.S.J.’s were then fixed to the adjacent location onthe opposite vessel. Forecastle to Forecastle and Stern toStern, stabilizing both vessels together. On these twoBox Girders rested the steel plates.To endeavour to maintain further stability of the vessels,the Bow and stern anchors of Pegasus and Aurora hadbeen lowered. It was the nearest thing under thesecircumstances to a North Sea Oil Rig, a drilling platformwhich also accommodated the workforce manning theRig.The Magnetic Coils that had been hoisted from Pegasuswere now between the two vessels and were beinglowered through the thirty-five feet wide openingbetween the two plates. The coils had been connected tothe electrical cables that emanated from Aurora and thecoils were now slowly lowered into the sea under theguidance of four of the crew members of Aurora. Thesight was astounding!!The display they were once more witnessing was aswirling vortex, a parting of the sea in a downwardspiral. This sensational event transfixed their gaze as theopening appeared. It reminded them of a mine shaft, ahole in the water. This hole or shaft was descendingfrom the sea's surface into the depths of the sea,extending down to HMS Sussex lying on the seabed.Karl Jorgensen was reminded of the experiment ofMasakazu Iwasaka and Shogo Ueno by which theyseparated water in their experiments that they hadperformed in the University of Tokyo's laboratory in 160

THE MOSES EFFECT1994. It was that procedure that had been adapted andwas now being used by Jorgensen and his crews to partthe waves.This phenomenon never failed to raise in KarlJorgensen’s, who was a semi-religious man, a question.Could the crossing of the Red Sea by the Israelites havebeen so difficult? Additionally did the Egyptians reallyloose the trail of the Israelites as some suggest. TheNorth American Indians didn't loose the trail of thebuffalo, so how could the Israelite's trail be so easilylost?Incidentally, the North American Indians were bulliedout of their nomadic lifestyle by the unscrupulous,greedy Europeans.When the Europeans began to colonize the NorthAmericas, they encountered the indigenous Indian tribes.The Indians had an inherent philosophy and belief thatthe land they inhabited could not be taken nor possessedby anyone, hence the nomadic lifestyle of the Indian.Their view was, you couldn’t take it with you when youdied, so how can you own it!As the land didn’t belong to anyone, they could roamfreely over the continent. The Europeans on the otherhand, believed that the land once bought throughnegotiation, purchase, war or other means, meant theland was theirs in perpetuity.The Europeans thought We’ve bought this land and it’s 161

JAMES YOUNGours. We gave you blankets, beads and other valuelessobjects and you accepted them, so the land is ours.The Indians on the other hand thought, if you're daftenough to give us these things for the land which youcannot take with you nor own… bigger fool you! We’llaccept the trinkets you give us in return for what?Nothing.This led to what became the Indian Wars. Custer’s LastStand. The Little Big Horn and all that. The Indian’swere not fighting for the land, but their nomadicheritage.Additionally the pursuing Egyptian army, includingRameses II sons were all down, as indicated in thediscoveries in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt duringthe 1990's. The multi-chambered tomb of what appearedto be the tombs of the sons of Rameses II.The experiments of Masakazu Iwasaka and Shogo Uenowere separating water in a glass tube, causing the waterto part to the opposing ends of the glass cylinder. ThisVortex they were seeing didn’t need to cause the seawater to escape from each end. The water was able toseparate through the opening between the magnetic coilsas the gap between the coils were not encased.The length of the cables between the coils and thenumber of coils that were needed were dependant by thedepth required to reach the target. They appeared ratherlike a concertina, only not having the enclosed bellowtype action of the said musical instrument. 162

THE MOSES EFFECTWhen the physical process created by the vortex wascomplete, myself, Agent F19, Donaldson and AndrewMasterson walked from Pegasus along the steel platformtoward the opening on the steel decking and peereddown.Donaldson and I could hardly comprehend what our eyeswere beholding.This was our first experience of such a phenomenon.Words failed us as we saw what can only be couched inlayman terms… a circular hole, an open shaft in the seacaused by the descending column of Tesla MagneticCoils which stretched from the surface to the sea bed.The coils now having been switched on, the electricalgenerators on board Aurora were producing theelectrical power needed to activate the magnetic fieldproduced by the coils, which in turn, caused the sea toopen the descending shaft, talk about a sharp intake ofbreath.At intermittent stages on the coils that descended werewatertight strip lights, making it possible to see asthough along a well lit tunnel or shaft descending to theseabed. At the very base of the tunnel, remember it wasslightly more than half a mile down from where theywere standing, there was what appeared to be a smallbrighter light at the bottom of the shaft. Actually, itwasn’t that small, this was not one, but two tungstenhalogen lamps attached a little way up from the bottomof the shaft. These lamps were flooding the bottom areawith much needed extra light. 163

JAMES YOUNGSunlight barely penetrates the sea below six hundredfeet, this of course is irrelevant information as it is nighttime.As I peered down, a strange thought that seems to affectpeople as they look over a cliff and down to the groundbelow, I could just jump… Weee... and fly down. Not tobe tried. Where such thoughts come from I don’t know,but it does nevertheless enter some peoples mind, justwishing to be like the birds I suppose.Man has had a long held dream of true manned flightjust like Icarus, who mythology said flew too near thesun and the wax, which attached a pair of wings that hehad made, to his body, melted and the wings fell offplunging him to the earth. It shows that mythologydidn’t know it got colder the higher you were in theearth’s atmosphere. With a shake of the head, I removedthat thought, perhaps Icarus should have done the same.Donaldson observed the young Naval Oceanographerand saw him smiling from ear to ear. “Have you seenthis before?” Donaldson asked. Modestly, he replied “Afew Times.” He didn’t reveal at least six times.We three were wearing coveralls and safety boots. Theboots had copper toe protectors. We also wore a hard hatand a carpenter type leather belt fastened with aneoprene buckle. Hanging from the belt hung a few toolsmade of copper, which is one of the hardest metals thatis anti-magnetic. The reason for using copper was so thatthe tools and the boots weren’t influenced by themagnetic effect of the Tesla Coils. 164

THE MOSES EFFECTThe three of us had removed any metal items, watches,knives or anything that could be affected by magnetism.It would be a shame if they became rigidly attached tothe coils. If unable to be detached then the only thing todo would be to switch off the electrical supply. The seawould flood in and the result for any individual withinwould be catastrophic to say the least. Althoughtechnically the coils could be raised while still switchedon. Thankfully, neither options had been tried toascertain which would be the best option, I stronglyfavour the latter.I caught the eye of Donaldson and as we looked at eachother he raised his eyebrows and slightly tilting his headto the left while tightening his lips, no doubt had thesame thought as I. Who’d have thought that the daysevents after he’d picked me up in the Silver Grey JaguarXJ would have led us here. I was relieved he was here.This was it. From the deck of Aurora there was swungout to where we were standing on the platform adjoiningAurora and Pegasus a cradle similar to the cradles use byCleaning Companies to clean the outside of multi-storybuildings like skyscrapers.The cradle was suspended at each corner by coppercouplings to which were attached copper eye-bolts.From the eye-bolts were attached ten feet long stropsmade of Kevlar Webbing, a plastic stronger than steelthat is not affected by magnetism, according to themanufacturer Du-Pont.The four strops were then attached to a large eye-bolt 165

JAMES YOUNGwhich was suspended from a large hook. The hook andcable, also made of Kevlar, to which the wholearrangement was attached was suspended by a Derrickon Aurora’s deck. It was by this means men, materialsand equipment were both lowed and raised into the openman-made chasm descending into the seabed.The cradle came to rest on the platform in front of whereDonaldson, Masterson and myself were standing.Although narrow, about three feet, it was wide enoughfor the three of us to be able to turn quite comfortablyback and forth and pass each other if required.The length of the cradle was fourteen feet long and asafety rail that encompassed the cradle to the height offour feet. The gate to the cradle was at the front, facingus.If you could call it a gate. It was part of the top rail ofthe safety rail, about halfway along and was a hingedsection about a three feet long. Hinged from the left sideat the front and was raised to enter or leave and whenclosed it had a quick release latch to open or close thegate.The flooring was made of two inch thick copper. Copperwas also the metal used in the construction of the rest ofthe cradle.Donaldson opened the entrance onto the cradle with hisleft hand, bowed and swung his lowered right hand tothe left gesturing in mock humility for Masterson andmyself to step in first, following us he closed the 166

THE MOSES EFFECTentrance gate after him.As though in unison we looked toward Pegasus andobserved Pat, Christopher Chambers and Karl Jorgensenstanding on the port side Flying Bridge of Pegasusobserving procedures. Masterson saluted Jorgenson andJorgenson and Chambers returned the salute. Donaldsonand myself gave the thumbs up and all three of usglanced toward Aurora.Jorgensen now gave the young First Officer ChristopherChambers instructions. “Complements to Aurora’scaptain and have him secure the camouflage nettingabove the adjoining platform between Pegasus andAurora. Also request that the Sikorsky S-92 take off anddispatch seven or eight search and rescue, offshoredinghy’s and make it look as though we’re doing whatallegedly we’re here for.”“There’s two or three small boats that have been pickedup by Aurora when we did rescue some Asylum Seekers.Could we use one of those boats with some of Aurora’screw and pretend they were being rescued?” askedChambers.“Good idea. Signal Aurora to that effect if you’d be sogood.”“Aye, Sir.” The young officer saluted and leaving theFlying Bridge entered the Bridge to gain access to radioroom.“That should keep any Spanish Nosy Parker’s off thescent.” Pat confirmed as he joined the Commodore on 167

JAMES YOUNGthe Flying Bridge and was privy to the orders issued.Now standing next to the Commodore and First Officer.The First Officer had returned after following his seniorofficers instructions Pat asked “Will our people inGibraltar come a peeping sir?” asked Pat. “No Pat.They’ve been instructed to keep way!” was Jorgensen’sreply.They both continued observing the ongoing activitybelow them. They saw Donaldson, Masterson andmyself walking along the platform between the twovessels. Donaldson and I had left Commodore Jorgensenon the Bridge and had been joined by Masterson to beginour eventful adventure.Aurora’s captain stood on Aurora’s starboard FlyingBridge. Masterson again saluted, which was reciprocatedby George. All three of us gave the thumbs up andentered the cradle. George, Aurora’s captain lookingtoward Aurora’s forecastle leaned over the FlyingBridge and instructed the crew manning the Derrick,controlling the hoist for the cradle, to commenceproceedings. The cradle began to rise.On this clear moonlit night there was no need foradditional artificial light as we could see clearly oursurroundings. There were additional lighting on theplatform if required.The lack of artificial light along with the camouflagenetting and the additional painted canvas raised on theport side of Aurora, would contribute to a 168

THE MOSES EFFECTmisinterpretation of our clandestine operations. Makingthe casual observance of any would be investigationseem superfluous.As demonstrated with the subsequent Spanish Helicopterinvestigation.After the Magnetic Coils had been lowered the four crewmembers that had overseen that operation, now returnedtheir attention to the cradle. From each corner hung arope for controlling the cradle until it entered the shaft.Each of the operatives controlled one of the four ropes.While the cradle was being hoisted from the platformwhere it had stood, the three of us, Donaldson,Masterson and myself, were busy checking our radiotransmitters by which we communicated to the RadioOfficer, and Commodore Karl Jorgensen on boardPegasus and also the crew on Aurora who werecontrolling the Derrick that lowed or raised the cradle.Satisfied, we gave the thumbs up once again as the wecontinued to rise.Our attention was diverted to the large camouflagenetting which was now passing above our heads, theedges of which hung over each side of the platform andwas being manhandled by two crews of six men. Onecrew on the left of the platform and one on the right.When the netting was in place they returned to Aurora.“Hopefully that’ll keep prying eyes away,\" saidDonaldson as he looked around.“We’d better check our air supply” interjected 169

JAMES YOUNGMasterson. All three of us carried a small copperaqualung with about thirty minutes air. He added “Don’tforget your training. The first action should things gowrong… grab your mouth piece and begin breathing.The air will begin to flow automatically.” We bothnodded agreement.I looked at Donaldson and said a little nervously as thecradle began to rise and a little sideways rocking motionwas felt, “It’s a lot of trust we’re showing here.”“What do you mean?” was his reply. “Well…” Icontinued, “We’ve got to trust the equipment, the crews,the crane’s, various hoists, cables, the electricalgenerators, who knows what else and what aboutsaboteurs? Look there! There are Medic’s stood overthere.”Donaldson shook his head and looked at me in apparentincredulity. “Saboteurs! I wouldn’t worry about them!Would you rather the medics not be there?”I stood back, blinked and bent slightly backwards as ifI’d been punched and asked “What do you mean? Whynot?”“Well, for one thing. They wouldn’t sabotage ourmission while we were going down to investigate.They’d wait.”“What do you mean… Wait? I asked.He continued “If there were any saboteurs they’d wait tosee what our exploration revealed and additionally they 170

THE MOSES EFFECTwould wait until we’d recovered whatever is down thereand then strike after we’d done all the strenuous workextricating what had been discovered.”Not willing to give in I continued “I see that. But what ifthe worst come to the worst and the coils failed?Wouldn’t the water pressure make it impossible for us tosurvive?”“Do you have a death wish?” Masterson, who had beenpatiently listening not believing the implausibleconversation and could not contain himself any longerinterposed.“No.” I said. “But we have to be realistic.”Donaldson exasperated interjected, “Just follow the drilland hope for the best” excellent idea I thought, I’m nowreally full of confidence! I don’t think!We began our decent.Above the shaft and looking down into what seemed tome an unnatural foreboding, a Chasm. I could feel mystomach knotting and tightening. I looked at AndrewMasterson, who smiled at me and said “The first time isalways terrifying”, that did nothing to cheer me up, didhe say terrifying?Donaldson was looking over the handrail of the cradleinto the depths of the shaft below. He looked at me withwide, eyes raised his eyebrows, cocked his head andnodded downward with a smile, are both of mycompanions Barking Mad? Uncle George you’ve got a 171

JAMES YOUNGlot to answer for!I took courage and looked over the handrail myself.What a strange sight. It was like looking along a tunnelone may see through a mountain in the French Alps.Those tunnels had lighting throughout their length. Sohad this tunnel. However, those road tunnels werestraight ahead, this tunnel was straight down!Eventually my nerves settled and I did begin to enjoy thefifteen minutes decent, even if the decent did seem totake an interminable time to reach the seabed. It wasmost peculiar. Perhaps the nearest way to describe thephenomenon was for you to imagine being in Disney’sSea World where one walks through a perspex ortoughened glass tunnel watching the fish and other seacreatures swimming around you.These creatures of the deep were lit by the diffusedreflection of the internal lights within the coils shiningoutward into the sea. The difference was there was noglass or perspex between the inside of the shaft and thesea, only the effect of the magnetic field created by theTesler Coils.It was quite strange to see the fish swim toward theshaft, their head almost poke through into the shaft andthen pull away quickly.One fish did get a little too adventurous and fell onto thecradle. Feeling quite magnanimous I picked up thethrashing creature and leaned over and placed it backbetween the coils into the sea. A quick flick of it’s tail 172

THE MOSES EFFECTand it was gone and I received a drenching as the tailflicked sea water into my face for my trouble. Thatcaused amusement to my companions. “We could havehad that fish for supper” they said in unison. “Sorry”was my sapless reply as I brushed the remaining water ofmy clothing.As indicated, it did seem to take forever to reach thebottom, no doubt due to my initial nerves as wedescended. At first, in the moonlight and the clearMediterranean Sea we could see the various seacreatures clearly. However, as we descended deeper, themoonlight faded and it became darker and only thelighting on the sides of the coils lit the shaft on ourdecent.In addition to the Floodlights near the bottom of theshaft, on the outside of the lower coils, were LEDlighting to enlarge our external field of vision.As we neared the bottom the Floodlights and the LEDlighting lit up the interior of the Sussex. It was amazingto think that we were the first humans for hundreds ofyears to be able to see inside an amazing structure thathad stood virtually intact on the seabed for all thesecenturies.We were not foolish enough to think our radiotransmissions were not being monitored by the SpanishAuthorities, the Coastguard and Spanish MilitaryIntelligence, the DNIEM, Directorate of StrategicMilitary Intelligence, etc. Because of this, we had todevise wording in our transmissions that would be 173

JAMES YOUNGconsistent with the reason for our presence in the area.The Spanish Authorities had been informed that thereason for our being in this location was to assist in therescue of refugees and asylum seekers endeavouring toescape the terrible conditions and persecution in theirown country and enter Europe.’Andrew began his transmission to Aurora as we nearedentry into the Sussex:“Search one to Aurora, Over.”“Aurora. Go ahead search one, Over.”“We have reached our search area and we are slowingdown, Over.”The crew manning the controls on the Derrick on boardAurora understood this message to mean that the cradlehad almost reached the Sussex and they needed to slowtheir decent. Which they dutifully did.“Search one to Aurora, Over.”“Aurora to search one. Go ahead, Over.”“Search one to Aurora. It is our intention to stop andcontinue our visual survey of the area, Over.”“Understood Search one, Aurora out.”The cradle’s decent was now halted.We had descended through the two gun decks of theSussex and had now entered her hold. We had seen from 174

THE MOSES EFFECTthe images that the ROV had transmitted to Pegasus thatthe covers for the hold, being probably of canvas, hadrotted away and we could descend straight into her hold.Looking around like the rest of us, Donaldson spoke“Well, gentlemen we have arrived at this historicmoment. What was it that Neil Armstrong said when hestepped on the moon’s surface ‘One small step forMan... One giant leap for mankind.’ I think it’s onesmall step for us… and giant rewards for us!”Donaldson opened the gate of the cradle and all three ofus stepped onto the Sussex. The first living humans toenter her for nearly four hundred years. It was an aweinspiring sensation.The lighting on the outside of the shaft lit up the interiorof the hold. We could see that some of her canon hadfallen through the gun-decks. Over the centuries thedecks, although in place, had not been able to maintaintheir strength as some of the canon were over a ton inweight and the effect of the sea water had weakened thedeck supports until they couldn’t continue to support thecanon’s weight.Thankfully the deck on which we were standing wasstrong enough to take our combined weight.Donaldson spoke into his radio transmitter:“Search one to Aurora, Over.”“Aurora to search one, go ahead, Over.” 175

JAMES YOUNG“Search one to Aurora. We would like to retrace oursearch area just a little, Over.”“Understood, Aurora Out.”The cradle began to rise slowly. When it was about sixfeet from the deck. Donaldson again transmitted.“Search one to Aurora, Over.”“Go ahead search one, Over.”“Search one to Aurora. We have reached ourdestination, Over.”“Understood, Aurora Out.”With the cradle now stopped and suspended above theirheads, they were able to move freely within the confinesof the coils. They all looked down. Their eyes wide openand their jaws dropping at the sight they beheld.Beneath their feet were wooden crates that had burstopen, no doubt due to the storm the Sussex hadexperienced that fatal night all those years ago and ofcourse the impact of her hitting the sea bed. We werestanding on Pieces of Eight, Doubloons, gold and silveringots.As we stood inside the Sussex we stirred the detritus thathad descended upon the deck floor and upon the Sussexwith our movement.When the first video footage was seen of the Bow of theTitanic it appeared as though the Bow was in a haze, this 176

THE MOSES EFFECTwas because of the descending Detritus. Detritus is amixture of dead plankton and fish scales that havebecome detached.Plankton are tiny plants and aquatic creatures. Beingplants they produce oxygen. Plankton is so numerousthat they produce more oxygen into the atmosphere thanall the oxygen produced by all the Rain Forests on earth.Krill is eaten in vast quantities by such creatures aswhales. The Blue Whale is one of the more prolificeaters of plankton and Krill.The life span of Plankton is around six months. The deadPlankton falls to the seabed. That falling Detritus wasthe Fog through which the sunken Titanic was first seen.The descending Detritus is eaten by crabs, shrimp andother bottom feeders.Before we could stoop to pick up any of this vasttreasure, the lights went out! The sea began to delugeand inundate us. Involuntary screams issued from ourmouths as the pressure of the cascading and crushingwater at that depth impacted us like a huge buildingfalling upon us. If you’ve swam in a Bathing pool andtook a deep breath before dived to the bottom. You’llhave felt an increase in pressure on your ears. That isusually at the depth of six or seven feet, imagine thepressure at two thousand five hundred feet. Weinstinctively grabbed our mouth piece and attempted tobreath. Was this the end??I came round in the sick bay of the Stella, the flotilla’s 177

JAMES YOUNGtemporary hospital, I looked around the room to seeDonaldson and Masterson were both either asleep orunconscious or maybe even dead.Surly not dead. They wouldn’t keep them in this wardwith me if they were dead. That thought reassured methat they were still alive. I became aware that there wereother individuals in the room. Right next to me stoodCommodore Jorgensen. Under his weather beaten facehe looked drawn, there was relief in his eyes as he saw Ihad awakened.I looked across the ward and saw that my twocompanions were connected to heart monitors and themonitors were beeping away with that sound that one istransfixed too. Almost waiting for it to stop, but prayingit wouldn’t. They also had oxygen masks to aid theirbreathing.The additional personnel on the ward were the ChiefMedical Officer and two nurses observing the medicalchart records for Donaldson and Masterson. I took adeep breath and gave out a subconscious audible sigh ofrelief as I saw Donaldson and Masterson were still alivealthough unconscious.The sigh must have been quite loud as the Chief MedicalOfficer, Surgeon Lieutenant James Welwyn turnedtoward me, smiled and walked toward me. “Pleasedyou're back with us. You all gave us quite a turn whenwe first got you all in here” was his amiable firstcomment, quite a turn for him, what did he think it didfor us? 178

THE MOSES EFFECTNursing services within the British Royal Navy wasconsidered in 1883 and established in 1884 as theNursing Naval Services. Queen Alexandra, consort toKing Edward VII had shown a keen interest in theNursing Naval Services. In honour of QueenAlexandra’s interest in nursing, in 1902 the NursingNaval Services was renamed Queen Alexandra’s RoyalNaval Nursing Services (QARNNS) and has remainedsuch.Seeing that I had gained consciousness Jorgensenaddressed Welwyn “Please keep me informed ofdevelopments. If you be so kind?“Yes, sir. I will” Welwyn replied.Looking at me he said “I’m pleased you all survived. I’llspeak to you all later, when you're fully recovered. I’llleave you in the capable hand of Chief Medical OfficerWelwyn and his staff.” With that he departed.“Thank you, sir” I called as he left. He raised his hand insilent acknowledgement and disappeared out of theward.After thinking about the events that had happened, I thenrecalled we were unconscious when we were brought tothe ward and didn’t know anything. Part of my life wasmissing.I was pleased to be alive. It had been quite a turn, to useWelwyn’s phrase, for us in fact terrifying.What had happened? What had caused the cataclysmic 179

JAMES YOUNGevents? How did we get here? And a million and morequestions were racing around in my head.My attention was taken by the sight of a man, I think itwas a man, walking, no shuffling along the corridoradjacent to the open door that lead to the ward we werein. The man was bent double and appeared to be in somepain. I looked at the Chief Medical Officer and asked,pointing to the unfortunate and asked “What’s wrongwith him?”“He sadly contributed to the accident or mishap resultingin your being here” came the reply. “What do youmean?” I asked. Welwyn explained the situation and theinjuries Albert Cox had sustained Second Degree Burns.I watched as he passed the open door leading to ourward and disappeared from view along the corridor.“Second Degree Burns you say. Must be painful?”“Yes indeed” Welwyn confirmed.”First Degree Burns is when the skin is burned or scaldedand becomes red and painful.Second Degree Burns is dangerous because the skinbecomes blistered.Third Degree Burns is the worst, when the skin hasactually been burned off.Second and Third Degree Burns can result in death,depending on how much of the body is burned andinfected. 180

THE MOSES EFFECTAdditionally Welwyn continued “Despite hisappearance, he’s on the mend and is on his way to hisown cabin. He has pain killers to ease his pain and he’llbe fine. That of course is until the Commodore gets hishands on him.”“The Commodore is a fair man I believe” I interrupted.“Yes your right, but he was apoplectic at the time and Iwouldn’t like to be in Cox’s shoes when he appearsbefore him,” lamented Welwyn.“Cox was that the name you said.” I questioned.“Yes Albert Cox to give him his full title,” Welwynreplied.The questions still remained, what had happened thatresulted in myself, Donaldson and Masterson finishingup here. 181

JAMES YOUNG CHAPTER THIRTEEN“Coffee Bert?” asked Charles Appleby as he tappedAlbert Cox on his shoulder. Cox removed his earphonesthat in addition to hearing communications from thebridge, they were also protecting his hearing from thenoise made by the turbines and said “Pardon.”“Coffee?” Appleby repeated. Albert Cox shouted abovethe noise produced by the turbines, “Great, thanksCharlie. I’m ready for one.” Charlie nodded anddeparted.Although Cox had a Throat Microphone to mitigate thebackground noise, the microphone was mainly forcommunication back and forth to the bridge. Themicrophone was operated by a push-button mechanismattached to the left side of his belt. When he wanted tospeak, he pressed the button and spoke. If the bridgewanted to speak to him, they pressed their transmissionbutton and Cox would hear.He had to remove the earphones and shout when havinga normal conversation, if you can call it a normalconversation.Cox sat at the Control Panel deep within Aurora’scavernous hold. There was a deafeningly loud hum fromthe turbine as it generated the electricity needed for theTesler Coils.Spread out in front of the desk at which Cox sits andoccupying his full attention was a semi-circularinstrument panel with a separate set of gauges indicating 182

THE MOSES EFFECTthe output of electricity, temperature, pressure,revolutions and vibration of each of the turbines.On the desk in front of him were also the various controlbuttons operating the turbines. Switching them On orOff individually as the need may be. The need toincrease or decrease the electricity requirementdepended on the depth to which the coils had to descend.The greater the depth, the greater the electricity required.In this particular operation only one of the turbines wasin use as the Sussex was only two thousand five hundredfeet beneath the surface of the sea. When they’d gonedown to the Titanic, which was nearly three miles down,all three turbines had to be engaged.Additional to each individual On/Off push-button, therewas also a Master On/Off button that controlled theelectrical supply to the coil itself.The emergency Off button was situated on the desk tothe right of the operators chair with the On button to hisleft. These buttons controlled the flow of electricity fromthe Turbines to the ‘Coil’ in the way a light-switchcontrols whether or not the light would be on or off.The domestic electricity to a house is always there andwould remain an available supply from the NationsElectrical Grid as long as the Grid is producingelectricity. The electricity would be readily available tooperate the various appliances in the house when therelevant switches were switched on or off.It would take deliberate and intentional action on the 183

JAMES YOUNGoperatives part to cause such an irrevocable catastropheby switching off all the turbines and halt the electricalsupply to the coils while there were personnel workingwithin the coil.It would obviously be the correct procedure to switchthem off from the one push-button when operations hadbeen completed and the coils were being lifted back intoAurora’s hold.Charlie Appleton returned with a steaming mug ofcoffee. “Here you are Burt. Be careful the coffee isscolding hot.”“WHAT DID YOU SAY?” Cox asked as he removedonce again his earphones.“”IT’S VERY HOT.” Charlie shouted.Charlie offered the mug so that Burt would be able tograsp the mug’s handle. “Quick about it Burt. Thisdamned things very hot!” Burt took the mugs handle andwhen Charlie felt Burt had taken the weight of the coffeemug he let go and immediately began to shake hisfigures to relieve the discomfort from holding the hotmug.In his haste to relieve himself of the mug and shake hisfigures he misjudged the distance and court the side ofthe mug which broke the mug from the it’s handle andthe mug dropped onto the Off button controlling theturbines. The combined weight of the coffee and themug completely switched off the electricity supply to thecoils. 184

THE MOSES EFFECTBoth the faces of Cox and Appleton went ashen. Cox inpain from the scalding coffee that poured from the deskwhere it had fallen on to his hand and groin. Shouting inpain and falling to the floor he shouted “PRESS THEON BUTTON!… FOR GOD’S SAKE CHARLIE!!…PRESS THE ON BUTTON!!“WHERE IS IT!… WHERE IS IT!… I DON’T KNOWWHERE IT IS!” panicked Appleton.In desperation Cox raised himself from the floor wherehe had fallen and fell upon the desk and flung his leftarm out and hit the button. He then pressed his transmitbutton and screamed through his throat microphone...“THE COILS BEEN SHUT DOWN!… THE COILSBEEN SHUT DOWN!”“Bridge here. Please repeat.”Still in shock and pain. Cox inadvertently released hisgrip on the transmitter and still shouted “THE COILSBEEN SHUT DOWN.”“Albert you haven’t pressed the transmitter. Press thetransmitter button and repeat your message.”“Get the Captain, the coils have been shut down!” Albertwas finally able to transmit and collapsed in a quiveringheap onto the floor. The electrical supply to the Coilswas reinstated.Aurora’s Radio Officer ran out to the Flying Bridge andreported to Captain Phillips. Captain Phillips, Sir.” 185

JAMES YOUNGThe Captain looked at the trembling officer and said“What’s wrong?”“The coils been disengaged sir.”“WHAT?”“The coils were disengaged.” came the nervous reply.Phillips looked over the edge of the Flying Bridge to seehis men running to the centre of the adjoining platformand saw his men peering down the shaft.“Order the cradle’s emergency rewind NOW! And getthose medics, who are standing around looking likestuffed dummies, down to our men or someone willswing for this!” Demanded Phillips.“Wouldn’t a Bosons Chair be better, sir? Asked theRadio Officer.“No, it would take too long to rig-up. Get the cradle up”the captain repeated “And don’t question my ordersagain!”“Order the Sikorsky to get over here now to assist. Andget me Commodore Jorgensen NOW!”“Aye, Sir.” the Radio Operator answered sheepishly. 186

THE MOSES EFFECT CHAPTER FOURTEENThe first indication to Jorgensen that something waswrong was when he saw frantic arms waving andAurora’s crew seemingly scattering in all directions. Helooked at Aurora’s Flying Bridge where her captain hadbeen standing just a few moments earlier… he was gone.At what seemed like the same moment the Radio Officercame rushing from the Radio Room ashen faced and saidCaptain Phillips of Aurora is on the radio urgentlyneeding to speak with you about the rescue in progress.“Rescue!! What Rescue??” Jorgensen bellowed as herushed to the Radio Room and picked up the transmitter.“George, in the name of all that is holy… What’s goingon!!” almost screaming into the transmitter. “Erm…the… err… coil momentarily disengaged,” cameCaptain Phillips nervous rely.“WHAT!!!“The coils disengaged sir. Rescuers are now descendingto facilitate any needed assistance” Phillips assuredJorgensen.“ANY NEEDED ASSISTANCE!!! Where’s your brainGeorge?? Of course, there’s assistance needed, andquickly.” Jorgensen had regained his composure andcontinued “If anything has happened to those men I’llkeelhaul the person responsible.” Frustration causing hisoutburst.Keelhauling was almost a capital punishment in the 187

JAMES YOUNGBritish Navy for any criminal act, insubordinate action,or mutiny by a crew member. Anything which the ship'scaptain, who had godlike authority on a British Warship,deemed appropriate.The process was to loop two of the ships Springs, ropesused to secure the ship to the harbour key, under theprow of the ship bring it amid-ship and fasten theoffender's hands to one rope. Then take the other ropeand fasten it to his feet.Members of the crew would provide two groups. One tolower the unfortunate into the water and the other groupto pull the rope as fast as they could, hauling theirshipmate to the other side of the ship under the vesseltrying to avoid his drowning. The speed of which theypulled depended on how popular he was, and in effect,whether he lived or died.Even if he survived, he could be critically injured due tobeing pulled along the keel of the ship. The keel wasinvariably covered in barnacles and would severallylacerate his back. Keelhauling was abolished by law in1852.Due to Jorgensen’s outburst it was clear he wasdesperate. “I’m coming over to Aurora! Meet me on theplatform NOW!” and slammed the transmitter down onthe bench and rushed out of the Radio Room. When hearrived on the deck of Pegasus he began to cross theplatform toward Aurora.He hadn’t been able to see what was happening from the 188

THE MOSES EFFECTPegasus’ Flying Bridge due to the Camouflage Nettingcovering the platform, at least it was effective in hidingeverything from curious eyes.As he was traversing the platform, Jorgensen could nothelp but notice all the activity around the central openingand the cacophony of sounds as orders and directionswere being disseminated from naval officers to theirrespective crew members, medical staff, naval ratingsand auxiliaries.He rushed to the handrail that was erected around thecentral opening and peered down. All looked normal.There was the shaft clear of water and the lights shiningwithin the coils as if nothing had happened.Captain Phillips joined Jorgensen.“What’s all the ‘hullabaloo’ George?” asked anincredulous Jorgenson as they peered into the depths andsaw what would be an apparently normal looking void.One that he’d seen many times before.“It appears alright now. But it’s not! The power wasinterrupted for about ten to fifteen seconds, maybetwenty at most before being reinstated” Captain Phillipsreplied. “We’ve tried to raise them on the Radio but noreply. We’ve been able to get the medics down therewith their equipment and now we are awaiting theircommunication.”“Is that it George?” Jorgensen’s face now only onlyinches away from the face of Captain Phillips as his eyesstaring directly into Captain Phillips eyes. 189

JAMES YOUNGGeorge backed away fractionally and replied, “We’vecontacted the Flight Officer, Longfellow and requestedthat he get the Sikorsky helicopter over hereimmediately.”“You’d better inform Stella of developments and theneed to have the Sikorsky ready to airlift any personnelto the Medical Bay, just in case” Jorgensen directed.“Additionally, Captain Mendoza is already making hisfeelings felt about our, sorry… my intervention Sir.”“Don’t worry about Rafa… George. I’ll sort him out.However the most important thing is to make contactwith the medics. Find out the situation and havewhatever is needed in place for any eventuality… Get toit! And find out what caused that power failure!”“Aye, Sir” was Captain Phillips reply and quicklyreturned to Aurora and thought Get what in place…coffins… or what? Please not coffins.Commodore Jorgensen returned to the Pegasus andentered the Bridge. The short walk back to had eased hisdemeanour somewhat. He was met by First OfficerChristopher Chambers.“Is everything well, sir? There seems to be a lot ofactivity between vessels” observed Chambers.“No, it isn’t Christopher. Be so good as to have ourRadio Operator raise the Captain of Cosmosimmediately if you would.” 190

THE MOSES EFFECTSoon came the transmission from Cosmos.“Captain Duval to Commodore Jorgensen, Over.“Alex, you’ll need to get the Medical Ward ready tocope with anything from heart failure to the need forDecompression. There’s been an accident within theTesla Coils’ and the there is no information as yet ofcasualties or injuries. But it’s serious, Over.”“How many casualties, Over.”“It’s not clear at the moment. At least three. And GodWilling no-one is dead. We’ll get the Sikorsky to ferrythem over to you, Over.”“We’ll be ready Karl, Over and out.” Alex Duval placedthe transmitter microphone on the Radio Operator's desk.Stood for a moment collecting his thoughts, then quicklydeparted from the Radio Room.Jorgensen replaced the transmitter he was using,“Chambers,”“Yes, sir” the young First Officer answered.Jorgensen continued. Endeavouring to keep himselfunder control. “Contact Aurora, Stella and Cosmos.Inform them that as soon as this rescue has beencompleted they are to disperse. Aurora to Italy. Cosmosto Greece. Stella to Libya. They're to take up theirstation as Search and Rescue. Have you got that?”“Yes Sir.” Chambers responded. 191

JAMES YOUNG“One more thing. Inform Captain Phillips to get thatCamouflage Netting cleared away so that the helicoptercan have access to the platform.“I’ll do it straight away Sir.” Cambers stated.“You’d better Mr. Chambers!” barked Jorgensen, finallynot being able to contain himself.As he rushed to obey his senior officer Chambersthought, I was only trying to convey my compliance,there was no need for that.With a feeling of regret over his outburst Jorgensencalled to the young First Officer, “Christopher,”Christopher Chambers faced the Commodore andJorgensen continued “I’m sure you’ll do your best lad, asyou always do.”Feeling relieved Chambers replied “I will Sir” anddeparted to obey his orders. 192

THE MOSES EFFECT CHAPTER FIFTEENStanding at the centre of the platform waiting for thecradle to be returned to the surface was SurgeonLieutenant, James Welwyn and Medical Assistants,Nathan (Nat) Oliver and Jeffrey (Jeff) Cunningham. All the equipment they may need was neatly stacked...Defibrillator, medical box containing the usualbandages, slings, syringes and all the otherappurtenances ready for loading onto the Cradle.“Your descent will take the wind out of you gentlemenand you may enjoy your last meal again” came the voiceof Stella’s Chief Petty Officer Stuart (Stu) Brook as heapproached. He was of average height and frame,balding with a slight paunch.He continued “If you’ll be good enough Sir” addressingthe Surgeon Lieutenant, “to inform me when the cradleis fully loaded. I’ll signal the Winchman and we’ll getyou down to the Sussex Post haste. In addition Sir,please remember our transmissions may be overheard byothers.”“I’ll remember. How quickly can you get us downthere?” asked Nat Oliver.“Just a few seconds” was the reply.“What! How can that be? It’s nearly half a mile down”was the incredulous reply of Nat.“You’ll be Free Falling” was the Petty Officers matter of 193

JAMES YOUNGfact reply.“What do you mean Free Falling!! Is it what I think?”Nat spoke with a panic in his voice.“Yes Free Falling does mean what you think” respondedBrook.“What’ll stop us crashing onto the injured. It’ll finishthem off, and us.”“Don’t worry. Give us some credit. The cable drum hasa brake” Brook said, trying to reassure.“How will he know when to apply the brake?”interrupted Jeffrey Cunningham.Brook continued “There’s also an indicator counting theamount of cable so we will stop the decent at twothousand four hundred and fifty feet. Then you’ll belowered the remaining few feet on your radioinstructions.”“Let's get things loaded onto the Cradle and get on withthe situation in hand. We’ve wasted enough time”directed James Welwyn.Within just a few minutes all the equipment and themedical team were ensconced on the cradle which wasthen raised and suspended over the void. Welwynnodded to Chief Petty Officer Brook, who internsignalled the Winchman and shouted to them as theydescended “Keep tight hold and bend your knees whenyou feel the cradle stopping.” 194

THE MOSES EFFECTThe descent began, or should I say the fall began. Inwhat seemed a moment, the cradle disappeared fromview. Welwyn, Oliver and Cunningham felt theirstomachs react just as Brook had said. It took some deepswallowing to keep their last meal down.As they fell the internal lighting passed as a blur. Theyseemed to be falling at an ever greater speed. Thensuddenly after just a few seconds there was the sensationof their bodies weight increasing, as the inertia of thefalling cradle slowed down and came to a halt. Theydidn’t need to bend their knees, the halt caused all threeto crumple in an undignified heap.“Everyone alright!” asked the Surgeon Lieutenant as heslowly raised himself from the floor. “Yes, sir” was onereply and “OK” was the other. “Fine. Let's get to work”Welwyn instructed.Welwyn looked over the edge and peered down toobserve the scene about ninety feet below. He saw theprone bodies of myself, Donaldson and Masterson, lyingprostrate at the bottom of the shaft, lit up by theFloodlights.“Rescue One to Aurora, Over” Welwyn was resumingcoded transmissions as he had been instructed beforeembarking on this rescue mission.“Aurora receiving, Over”“We would like to approach out rescue area cautiouslyplease, Over” Welwyn requested. 195

JAMES YOUNG“Understood. You may proceed.” the Winchmanresponded and the cradle began to descend slowly.At five feet above our comatose bodies Welwyntransmitted, “Aurora. We’ve arrived, Over.”“Affirmative, Over and out.”The cradle came to a stop about four feet from us.Opening the entry gate Welwyn gestured to the twomedics and said “Nat, Jeffrey. Get down there to thosemen and do what needs to be done. I’ll lower down toyou any instrumentation you require.”The two men responded quickly and alighted to the seabed. Nat checked for a pulse, first Donaldson thenMasterson then finally me. Jeffrey was following,patient to patient checking for broken bones and otherinjuries.After completing their preliminary examinations, theygave the Thumbs Up and Nat shouted to Welwyn “Theyappear stable but unconscious.” Welwyn nodded. “I’lllower one of the stretchers down to you and we’ll bringthem up one at a time.”He began to lower the first of three stretchers theybrought in anticipation of this very situation. As helowered the first stretcher, he said, “you should haveenough room to lift one of the injured onto the stretcher.When you’re ready, we’ll bring them onto the cradle oneat at time.”“Yes Sir!” Jeffrey replied. 196

THE MOSES EFFECTThe two medics attached oxygen masks to all three ofthe injured’ replacing the air supply that they were stillusing.Ned called “Sir! We’ve made a preliminary examination,there’s no rashes or any evident signs of The Benz orany other apparent injuries.”The Benz or Decompression Sickness occurs when adiver has been submerged at depth and attempts to returnto the surface too quickly.The diver needs to return to the surface slowly andpausing at interim stages to allow his body to adjust tothe water pressure.Should the diver return to the surface to quickly theblood in the diver's body reacts like the releasing ofpressure as when a bottle of Coke is opened to quickly.Under those circumstances the blood in the divers bodyfroths and could cause death.The only treatment as a result of the diver surfacing tooquickly and causing the Benz is to get the diver into adecompression chamber as quickly as possible.“Get them onto the stretchers as quickly as possible andwe’ll get them to Sick Bay on the Stella and do athorough check-up.” Welwyn instructed.Jeffrey and Nat carefully lifted first of all AndrewMasterson onto the stretcher. After securing him, theywere then able to raise it level with the cradle. Nat at thefeet of Masterson and Jeffrey at the head. 197

JAMES YOUNGWhen they’d raised the stretcher level with the cradle,Welwyn took the weight of the stretcher from Nat Oliverand with Nat and Jeffrey controlling the stretcher frombelow eased the prone Masterson on feet first.Securing the stretcher on the floor of the cradle he thentransmitted, “Rescue one to Aurora, Over.”“Aurora to Rescue One. Go ahead Rescue One, Over.”“We have been able to reconnoitre the area and we needpermission to return immediately to Aurora, Over”The Winchman, who was now given the responsibility tomaintain contact with Welwyn and his team, transmittedto Welwyn, “Understood. Please return, Over and out.”Instantly he began to rewind the cradle to the platformbetween Pegasus and Aurora. The mechanism on thewinch was able to rewind the cable as quickly as if inFree Fall.Welwyn was completely taken by surprise, like most ofus, he didn’t realise that such a capability existed.Welwyn arrived at the platform in what seemed like amoment and he wished he’s been laid on the cradle flooras was Masterson instead of clinging to the handrail astightly as he could.When they emerged above the platform the fouroperatives that had initially controlled the cradle, tookhold once more of the four ropes to control it back ontothe platform. 198

THE MOSES EFFECTThe Sikorsky helicopter hovered above the platform asthe Camouflage Netting was removed followingCommodore Karl Jorgensen’s instructions.As the helicopter hovered above, the Winchman,Brendan Turner by name, operating from within thebody of the helicopter, peered out through the entrancehatch down to the platform below. He saw a MedicalTeam that had arrived and were busying themselves withMasterson to make ready for his aerial transportation toStella.Turner took hold of a cable that held a hook suspendedfrom a small Jib, a small projecting crane arm. Internallyfrom within the helicopter he transmitted to Longfellowthe pilot “Hold her steady there Alex. We’re right overthe target.”“Will Co” came Alex’s reply.In addition to Turner there was Stephen (Ste) Overmanpart of the helicopter Cabin Crew. Overman was trainedin Air Sea Rescue. Overman attached himself to a hookthat was linked to the cable that would be lowered toretrieve the injured.Turner, was leaning out of the helicopter and holding onwith his left-hand. He again transmitted, “Please lowerthe cable and hook to retrieve the injured.” The cablebegan it’s descent. Turner while letting the cable runthrough his right-hand guided the hook to whichOverman was attached and watched as it descended tothe waiting medics. 199

JAMES YOUNGOverman’s role was to supervise the correct attachmentof the stretcher to the hook and be raised with thestretcher back to the Sikorsky.The Medical Team, two nurses that arrived from theMedical Bay on Stella, Jessica Willis and CarolineSingleton, made their way onto the platform. There thenurses made a further preliminary examination ofMasterson and confirmed that he was stable enough tobe transported by helicopter to the Stella’s sick bay.While the Sikorski was beginning it’s retrieval ofMasterson, Welwyn had returned to the cradle and wasdescending, well Free Falling to the Sussex.The Overman secured himself and the stretcher to thehook and gave the customary Thumbs Up to thewatching Brendan Turner. The unconscious Mastersonalong with Overman began their assent to the Sikorski.When they reached the helicopter Overman was able toput his right foot on the deck of the helicopter and withTurner’s help was able to manoeuvre Masterson and thestretcher into the helicopter.“This one's on, all safe and sound Bren” chirpedOverman.“I hope it goes as well for the others” replied Brendan.“All secure on board” Alex conveyed to the pilot.“Excellent. We’ll get him over to the Stella and quicklycome back for the others” replied Alexander 200