Chris Lemons became trapped 300 feet below the ocean's surface when his vessel's Dynamic Positioning System malfunctioned, causing the ship and the diving bell to drift from the work site.

That’s the fate that real-life diver Chris Lemons nearly faced in 2012. And now, his harrowing story is a major Hollywood movie, aka Last Breath , which opened in theaters last week.

Chris Lemons’ tether and oxygen supply snapped during a malfunction with a ship on the ocean’s surface. A mix of luck, good training and science helped him live to tell the tale.

Chris Lemons is a former saturation diver from Scotland. Saturation divers work deep in the ocean and, with precaution and practice, become accustomed to extreme depths.

Chris Lemons, 45, is having his story told on the biggest of screens following the release of The Last Breath, a survival thriller film which follows one of the world's truly astonishing stories.

Finn Cole’s Netflix algorithm had him well prepared for the role of Chris Lemons. Back in 2019, the documentary “Last Breath” landed on Netflix and it popped up as a suggested watch for Cole.

Is Chris Lemons still alive and diving? Yes, he's still alive, but he no longer dives. According to the director, the real-life Lemons "loves" the movie about his near-death experience.

Last Breath is based on the real-life story of Chris Lemons, a deep sea diver who somehow lived through nearly 40 minutes of oxygen deprivation. Skip to main content Open Mega Menu ...

That's where deep-sea divers Chris Lemons, Duncan Allcock and Dave Yuasa ran into trouble in September 2012 while conducting what should have been a routine repair job on the sea bed off the coast ...

Lemons worked in the North Sea off the coast of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, as part of a rotating three-man crew. ... We meet Chris (Cole) and his fiancé, Morag (Bobby Rainsbury), ...

Edinburgh-born Chris Lemons lay on the bottom of the North Sea with no oxygen for more than 30 minutes after a routine job went ­disastrously wrong in 2012. 4.