A freediver looking to make history with the deepest dive ever recorded, intsead had to be rescued after passing out in Roatan, Honduras.
Miguel Lozano of Barcelona, Spain, lost consciousness while trying to break the world record.
He blacked out due to low oxygen pressure, according to FOX.
Lozano, 43, had attemped the dive twice before, once in the Bahamas and another time in Bali.
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The target depth was 125 metres — and in the past, Lozano had made it to 122 and 123 metres, according to FOX.
The freediving team on site was able to act immediately — pulling Lozano to the surface and bringing him back by giving him oxygen.
“Once I woke up on the platform with an oxygen mask on my face and all the rescue team on top of me, I first felt dejected, as I knew I didn’t make the record — but also (I had) a feeling of sheer relief that I had escaped with my life,” he said.
Lozano said his wife was pregnant at the time.
He said he’s blacked out four times while diving.
