Midge Ure – SETT training drama

So when I went down there, I did my first one, I loved it once I was in, but something that always lasted with me, and I don’t know if it was through fear or what.

When you get put in, there’s a … you’ve probably seen the Tank, there used to be a wire that went all the way up the middle to the top of the Tank.

So, when they released you, they clipped you onto like a travelator wire, and you had your jacket on and stuff, and you would naturally just go up the send up free, but the one I remember is when I went up through, PADI jacket on, and I was lifted up through, and I was actually holding onto the wire in the middle, but my finger appeared to be caught underneath the shackle, so I had no time to think about my breathing.

All I could think about was finger was caught and I thought … it had become so numb, I thought, ‘I’ve lost my finger’ but I didn’t see any blood, so I thought, ‘Oh, I must be ok’ and that was my first time I ever did it, so obviously I made sure I kept … ‘cos you were told to hold on to this wire I think it was.

I must have held it in the wrong place. Got to the top, did it all.