>>> AN AMERICAN NAVY BOAT WAS
FLOWING IN HAWAII PEARL HARBOR.
AS THE WILD 44 MOVED AROUND THE
HARBOR TO AVOID A MASSIVE
EXPLOSION FROM THE BOMBS AND
TORPEDOS, IT ESCAPED DAMAGE THAT
DAY.
BELIEVE SURFING IN
THE WATER OR BENEATH THE WATER
TO BE PRECISE.
KERRY SANDERS IS BACK WITH YOUR
SUNDAY'S CLOSER.
>> Reporter: THE BRITISH VIRGIN
ISL
ISLANDS, A JEWELRY OF
TRANQUILITY.
OUR DESTINATION.
>> Reporter: THE STORY HERE
BEGINS 6,000 MILES AWAY, 77
YEARS AGO.
>> THE JAPANESE HAVE ATTACKED
PEARL HARBOR.
>> Reporter: THE SURPRISE
JAPANESE ATTACK IN PEARL HARBOR.
2400 AMERICANS LOST THEIR LIVES
THAT DAY.
THE WILD 44.
ONE OF FIVE U.S. SHIPS TO DODGE
THE JAPANESE TO RPEDOS.
DECOMMISSION BECAME A FISHING
TRAWLER, WORKING WITH THE WATER
IN ALASKA WITH A NEW NAME THE
KODIAK QUEEN.
EVENTUALLY MAKING HER WAY TO THE
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS AND LEFT
TO RUST.
>> Reporter: WITH A HELP OF
BRITISH BILLIONAIRE, RICHARD
BRANSON, THE MAVERICKS GROUP
DECIDED AFTER SURVIVING THAT
DAY, THE WILD 44 HAD MORE TO
GIVE.
>> AND YOU THOUGHT TO YOURSELF
WOW THAT RUSTY BUCKET IS SITTING
RIGHT HERE?
>> AT THAT POINT IT BECAME
OBVIOUS THAT WE COULD DO
SOMETHING WITH IT AND IT WOULD
BE BIGGER THAN NORMAL AND CHANGE
THINGS.
>> Reporter: CHANGE THINGS THEY
DID.
R
ROB FILMED AND ARTISTS
COLLABORATED.
TOGETHER AND TOLD AND SLOWLY
BURIED BENEATH THE WATERS.
A DIVE SITE FROM THE VIOLENCE OF
PEARL HARBOR TO A PEACEFUL GRAVE
OF 65 FEET DOWN.
>> IT IS NOT JUST A WI-FI.
IT IS SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
>> Reporter: ON THE SEABED, THE
WILD 44 STILL SERVES AS A
REMINDER OF A TAX ON OUR NATION.
BOTH DECADES AGO AND MORE
RECENTLY.
>> IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING.
>> WALTER MASTERS ENTERS FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
>> I WAS AT THE WORLD TRADE
SEPTEMBER
CENTER AT SEPTEMBER 11th.
>> IT IS STUNNING AND MAKES ME
THINK OF MY DAD WHO WAS A PILOT
IN WORLD WAR II.
ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST VIOLENT
EVENTS NOW IN TOMBED.
THE WILD 44 FINALLY TAKEN DOWN
TO THE SEABED ON HER OWN TERMS.
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