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On Sun, 4 Aug 1996, gmiiii@in*.co* wrote: > One of our divers went in thinking he had gas in his tanks, > and the pressure guage was stuck. As he dropped past the 120 > bottles to drop his load of air bottles, he ran out of gas. > Being sure he had gas, he tried to make his rig > breath, rather than go for his buddy , or the full bottles he > was carrying. I hope he learned something out of that! That out of air situation should not have been a problem. There were many ways to get out of that easilly without proving the lifesaver skills of the other team mates. > JJ saw the hands fumbling with the regs and moved in pasing off his own >reg, but the diver breathed water, blacked out , and drowned. How the hell that happened? Unless JJ passed him a Poseidon that should not have happened... (I'm sure that JJ did not pass the regulator upside down). > JJ grabbed him in the position not to emoblize, and went > for the door, while Scott Landon and Tony Matitinez moved > in to assist getting the diver up. JJ got him right to the > surface, stripped the gear that was in the way, and revived > him right on the surface with the help of the other two, > then quickly got him to the beach, where the rest of us got to him. ... Some divers have fantastic skills and can remain clear headed under very demanding conditions. This is certainly the case for JJ and other divers. I'm glad that the diver is still alive and diving. Michel Therrien PS: What is the 'position not to embolize'? How was that researched and proved?
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