On December 4, 1998, Bruno Hansen climbed into a car with a girl he met at a party in Cape Town, South Africa. Just days before, he was a charter captain sailing across Sumatra and Phuket. He often surfed and swam, and always found himself near the sea. Lean, free-spirited, and charming, at 27, his only worry was the decision of where to travel to next.
While driving on the highway in Cape Town, Hansen survived a hijacking that made his car spin and crash. He woke up upside down, with his seatbelt on, and heard shots fired.