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It's strange that pros don't have some sort of emergency procedure to 
handle this. I guess when you have a nice, warm decom chamber to return 
to you can get a bit sloppy.

>     A ex-commercial diver in the Historical Diving Society tells
>about the time he dove under the Golden Gate Bridge off San
>Francisco at just under 200 feet. He was on the bottom hanging on
>to ship wreckage in a strong current. When the tide changed, he
>was swept away. Since he was in a commercial helmet and dress
>attached to a moored boat by a line and hose, he swung towards
>the surface like a pendulum in the strong current. This rapid
>ascent did not injure him, but it was certainly a close call.

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