JAN. 31, 2018 PHOTO-- ONE OF A 28 PICTURE PACKAGE THAT FIRST PUBLISHED ON DEC. 25, 2018, AND IS BEING REPUBLISHED WITH ITS ACCOMPANYING TEXT STORY ON JAN. 11, 2019
In this Jan 31, 2018 photo, paralyzed by decompression sickness in 2017, lobster diver Charles "Charly" Melendez, 28, stares at the ceiling lying on the floorboards of a rented room surrounded by his children, in Puerto Lempira, Honduras. Even now, after nine sessions of a high-pressure, oxygen-rich hyperbaric chamber, he hasn't recovered. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd), APTOPIX