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To: Production <termstr@le*.co*>
Subject: Re: Bill Mayne
From: Jason Turner <jturner@un*.ub*.ca*>
Cc: techdiver@opal.com
Date: Thu, 26 May 1994 21:59:37 -0700 (PDT)

On Mon, 23 May 1994, Term Structure Production wrote:
[big snip.  John Crea wrote this part]
> > 
> > Divers found Bill's body approximately at the halfway point between ClearCut
> > and the next sink, lying on the guideline.  His tanks (steel 104's) were
> > empty, and an empty aluminum 80 (stage bottle) was found about 50 -100ft
[another snip]

> > John Crea - Chairman, NSS-CDS and NACD Accident files
> > Submariner Research, Ltd.
> > (johncrea@de*.co*)  
> 
> 
> John,
> 
> Your scenario is plausible but it doesn't readily 
> explain why Bill's tanks were empty.  Is there some type 
> of "catastrophic medical disaster" that would have prevented
> Bill from exiting the cave but leaving him able to breath his
> tanks dry?  
> 
> Philip Weissman

I have no idea if such a thing is possible or not.  A non-medical 
explination might fit the facts, though.  I don't know what reg setup 
Bill used, but is it possible (and plausible) that he lost conciousness, 
and bumped the purge on some protuding rock?  How rough are these cave 
walls and floors?  Just a thought.
Jason
jturner@un*.ub*.ca*
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