By . Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 05:44 EST, 30 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:27 EST, 30 May 2013 . A daredevil who drowned taking close-up pictures of a whirlpool had posted a similar video of the tidal phenomenon online days before he died. Jacob Cockle's clips of the vortexes from around the world have been viewed on YouTube more than two million times. But the thrillseeker died after attempting to get 'just one more photograph' of a whirlpool in Carnsew Pool in the Hayle Estuary, Cornwall. Scroll down to see the video . Whirlpool victim: Jacob Cockle, 28, prepares to jump into the water and swim next to a whirlpool in one of his videos he posted online . Danger: Jacob can be seen swimming yards away from one of the vortexes in this underwater video . Underwater: Thrillseeker Mr Cockle swims near a whirlpool in a video he posted on YouTube . Up close: The whirlpool the photographer was filming. He has recorded clips of the vortexes around the world . Tragic death: Jacob Cockle, 28, drowned while attempting to get close to a whirlpool . The disused man-made waterway was constructed by the Victorians in 1830 and was originally built to flush sand from the harbour. Although onlookers raised the alarm, Jacob, 28, was airlifted to hospital and pronounced dead on Tuesday night. The photographer had posted a close-up film of a whirlpool in Norway online less than a week before he died. And in another video he is seen swimming in one of the vortexes. It is unclear where the clip, posted in January, was filmed. Lee . Harvey, 35, a close friend of him for 20 years, said Jacob, of . Penzance, Cornwall, was taking still photographs while his friend filmed . him when tragedy struck. 'Jacob was one of the friendliest, happiest and loving person you could ever meet. It is very hard to take,' he said. 'Jacob is a body boarder although he . loved surfing and would also do that, he also loved filming whirlpools, . which is what I believe happened. 'He went to the pools with a guy who . he goes out there with - he isn't reckless. Jacob said he was going back . for just one more photo. 'But then the guy lost sight of him and he went towards the centre of the whirlpools. 'The next thing he came out the other side and was unconscious. It is just such a tragedy and so hard to take.' Jacob's mother Carolyn Sheard, 58, . said yesterday: 'All I can say is imagine if it was your child, we are . obviously absolutely devastated. 'He was a friend of everybody, he had . so many friends and he held no grudges against any person at all. He . lived life to the full.' In December 2008 Jacob, of Hayle, cheated death while surfing after becoming trapped between a stone pier and a freak 30ft wave. Tragedy: Jacob was filming a whirlpool here at Carnsew Pool in Hayle Estuary, Cornwall, when he got into difficulties and was killed . He clung to his board and was thrown into the air 'like a rag doll' as it broke over him at Newlyn, near Penzance in Cornwall. The daredevil also caught his fair share of dramatic scrapes from behind the lens. In January 2011 he captured two surfers being swept off a sea wall by 30ft waves - and hurled into the sea 15ft below. Lucky escape: Jacob cheated death while surfing after becoming trapped between a stone pier and a freak 30ft wave here in 2008. He is circled in this dramatic photo taken at Newlyn, Cornwall . The pair were playing around at the . water's edge in Mousehole, Cornwall, during stormy weather as breakers . lashed the coastline, where Jacob was looking for surfers to picture . As a giant wave crashed over the . harbour wall, the pair were unexpectedly knocked off their feet before . being hurled into the frothy raging torrent below. Jacob said at the time: 'I couldn't . believe what I was seeing. It was so dangerous. They disappeared and in a . matter of seconds were swirling around the water below. 'It could have been so much worse had they hit their head on a rock or something.' Tragedy: Mr Cockle, 28, drowned in Carnsew Pool, near Hoyle, Cornwall .
Jacob Cockle's whirlpool videos have been viewed more than 2million times .
He posted a final clip from Norway on YouTube days before he died .
The 28-year-old drowned while trying to get 'just one more photograph' of a whirlpool at the Carnsew Pool, Hayle Estuary, Cornwall .
He was airlifted to hospital but could not be saved .
By . Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 05:44 EST, 30 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:27 EST, 30 May 2013 . A daredevil who drowned taking close-up pictures of a whirlpool had posted a similar video of the tidal phenomenon online days before he died. Jacob Cockle's clips of the vortexes from around the world have been viewed on YouTube more than two million times. But the thrillseeker died after attempting to get 'just one more photograph' of a whirlpool in Carnsew Pool in the Hayle Estuary, Cornwall. Scroll down to see the video . Whirlpool victim: Jacob Cockle, 28, prepares to jump into the water and swim next to a whirlpool in one of his videos he posted online . Danger: Jacob can be seen swimming yards away from one of the vortexes in this underwater video . Underwater: Thrillseeker Mr Cockle swims near a whirlpool in a video he posted on YouTube . Up close: The whirlpool the photographer was filming. He has recorded clips of the vortexes around the world . Tragic death: Jacob Cockle, 28, drowned while attempting to get close to a whirlpool . The disused man-made waterway was constructed by the Victorians in 1830 and was originally built to flush sand from the harbour. Although onlookers raised the alarm, Jacob, 28, was airlifted to hospital and pronounced dead on Tuesday night. The photographer had posted a close-up film of a whirlpool in Norway online less than a week before he died. And in another video he is seen swimming in one of the vortexes. It is unclear where the clip, posted in January, was filmed. Lee . Harvey, 35, a close friend of him for 20 years, said Jacob, of . Penzance, Cornwall, was taking still photographs while his friend filmed . him when tragedy struck. 'Jacob was one of the friendliest, happiest and loving person you could ever meet. It is very hard to take,' he said. 'Jacob is a body boarder although he . loved surfing and would also do that, he also loved filming whirlpools, . which is what I believe happened. 'He went to the pools with a guy who . he goes out there with - he isn't reckless. Jacob said he was going back . for just one more photo. 'But then the guy lost sight of him and he went towards the centre of the whirlpools. 'The next thing he came out the other side and was unconscious. It is just such a tragedy and so hard to take.' Jacob's mother Carolyn Sheard, 58, . said yesterday: 'All I can say is imagine if it was your child, we are . obviously absolutely devastated. 'He was a friend of everybody, he had . so many friends and he held no grudges against any person at all. He . lived life to the full.' In December 2008 Jacob, of Hayle, cheated death while surfing after becoming trapped between a stone pier and a freak 30ft wave. Tragedy: Jacob was filming a whirlpool here at Carnsew Pool in Hayle Estuary, Cornwall, when he got into difficulties and was killed . He clung to his board and was thrown into the air 'like a rag doll' as it broke over him at Newlyn, near Penzance in Cornwall. The daredevil also caught his fair share of dramatic scrapes from behind the lens. In January 2011 he captured two surfers being swept off a sea wall by 30ft waves - and hurled into the sea 15ft below. Lucky escape: Jacob cheated death while surfing after becoming trapped between a stone pier and a freak 30ft wave here in 2008. He is circled in this dramatic photo taken at Newlyn, Cornwall . The pair were playing around at the . water's edge in Mousehole, Cornwall, during stormy weather as breakers . lashed the coastline, where Jacob was looking for surfers to picture . As a giant wave crashed over the . harbour wall, the pair were unexpectedly knocked off their feet before . being hurled into the frothy raging torrent below. Jacob said at the time: 'I couldn't . believe what I was seeing. It was so dangerous. They disappeared and in a . matter of seconds were swirling around the water below. 'It could have been so much worse had they hit their head on a rock or something.' Tragedy: Mr Cockle, 28, drowned in Carnsew Pool, near Hoyle, Cornwall .
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