Circumstances related to the sinking of the ferry Estonia were discussed in the Riigikogu. If according to the official version, the water escaped from the completely open bow ramp of the ship, triathlete Ain-Alar Juhanson, who escaped the disaster with his life, claims that he saw the opposite with his own eyes. Juhanson, who escaped the destruction of Estonia at the age of 17, recalled in front of the Riigikogu how he got out of the ship on the fateful night and what he saw in the process. Juhanson got on the ferry with his training partners, who were on their way to a sports competition in Germany. Four of the young athletes took a two-seater cabin under the car deck to save money. Juhanson remembers that the group of friends woke up in the night to a loud bang. "I opened the door of the cabin and saw water running between the walls of the corridor," the man said and added that this is an important nuance that needs a very clear explanation, as in his opinion the water should not have reached the car deck. Realizing that something was wrong, the group of four decided to go up to the reception desk. "I think that this moment and these experiences in the big hall of the reception were what no person should see. A 17-year-old young man sees young people dying and perishing before his eyes - this is something that will probably remain in his memory for the rest of his life," said Juhanson. Only two of the athletes, Juhanson and Anti Arak, reached the outer deck of the ship. The others went to look for life jackets and were later found dead. Juhanson recalled that at one point the ship heeled so much that people could walk on its side. "Anti and I decided that we would head towards one end of the ship. We didn't know then that it was a ship's bow," said the man. The bow visor was already gone by this point. There they saw something that did not match the official version. "We reached the bow of the ship and saw a wall with a metal grid, which was the ship's ramp, which was closed. This is a fact that is not reflected in the final report. I have told this to three investigators, I don't know why, but he is not reflected there," said Juhanson. Juhanson and Arak climbed down the metal grating of the ramp to get closer to the surface and then jump into the stormy sea. "From there we found a life raft. We were in the life raft for six hours and were rescued by helicopter in the early hours of the morning. There were a total of six people in the raft, and everyone who was in the raft survived that night," said the triathlete. Juhanson expressed the hope that in cooperation between the three countries, it would be possible to carry out a thorough investigation that would give peace to the survivors and the relatives of those killed. "Even if it confirms existing knowledge, it would give peace to many, many people. And this is what I think has yet to be done," he said. Ain-Alar Juhanson has become the Estonian champion in the half-distance triathlon (1998), twice in the Olympic distance (2000, 2003) and twice in the duathlon (2002, 2003). In 2018, he received the annual prize of the Estonian Cultural Foundation's physical culture and sports endowment for popularizing triathlon, organizing competitions and initiating exemplary projects. (Session of the Riigikogu, November 26, 2020)