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>> To set the record on yesterday's fatality at Little River.   Rose
>Meadows
>> arrived at Little River with students just as a diver was exiting the
>water
>> stating that is buddy was still in the water.  The survivor was Phil
>> Iantosca from Wis.   The victim was Mike Hickey, w/m 27 years of age.
>  Both
>> were scootering at Little River.  They had flown down the day before
>and
>> this was their first dive since Sept.  They had dove Little River
>March of
>> last year.
>>
>> I received the call at Ginnie Springs and a call was made to Lamar
>HIres.
>> Lamar and Del Motes made two dives and recovered the body on the
>second
>> dive.   Attempts were made to notify both Larry Green and Henry.  
>Dustin
>> was not at the scene and did not recover the body. Lamar and Del
>recovered
>> the body.
>>
>> It was determined that the victim and survivor were both Intro
>certified and
>> should not have been using doubles and should not have been using
>scooters.
>> The survivor stated that he and Mike the victim had approximately 70
>cave
>> dives and 200 total dives.   He stated they were intro trained.   The
>> survivor stated they were to the Florida Room at Little River and
>that they
>> had silted it out and had turned the dive and were headed out when he
>lost
>> sight of his buddy.   Lamar and Del made their first dive and did not
>locate
>> the body.   Lamar then spoke to the survivor again and it was
>determined
>> that they had gone approximately 800 feet farther and had gone past
>the well
>> casing.    On the second dive the body was recovered and was brought
>to the
>> surface at 1645.   The well casing is approximately 2250 ft from the
>> entrance of Little River.    The victims double 95's had 825 psi
>pressure
>> and were checked and had 21.2% air.    The victim's Aladin Pro
>computer had
>> 104' as max depth.  The victim was found face down on the bottom, 
>his mask
>> was off and his regulator was out of his mouth.  His scooter was still
>> attached to him.
>>
>> Mark Meadows and Harry Averill made a dive later that evening to
>retreive
>> the victims scooter as well as another scooter that was used for the
>> recovery and had to be left in the cave when the body was recovered.
>
>
>

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