haʊˈɛvɚ, ˈoʊnli hiː sɚvˈaɪvd ðə dʒˈɜːni tə ðə sˈɜːfɪs ænd ðə fˈaɪvmˈaɪl ˈeɪt kˌeɪˈɛm swˈɪm tə ðɪ ˈaɪlənd ʌv sˌɛfɐlˈoʊniə, wˌɛɹ hiː wʌz hˈɪdən baɪ ˈaɪləndɚz fɔːɹ ˈeɪtiːn mˈʌnθs bᵻfˌoːɹ bˌiːɪŋ smˈʌɡəld ɪn ɐ kˈæiːk tə smˈaɪənə ɪn tˈɜːki.
However, only he survived the journey to the surface and the five-mile (8 km) swim to the island of Cephalonia, where he was hidden by islanders for 18 months before being smuggled in a caïque to Smyrna in Turkey.