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Andy, he got his "ticket punched" alright, and now TDI needs to get its
ticket punched by a good lawyer. Every time I think about the Annelid
and the Slob, I think about their legacy of horror.


Andrew Cohen wrote:
> 
> I met Doug through techdiver, and we dove off Ft. Lauderdale in April 97.
> We didn't talk too much (the boat was loud), but I recall that Doug told
> me that he wanted to take a trimix class, but first had to take Deep Air
> as a prerequisite. He thought that was an unnecessary extra step, but I
> guess he succumbed to his desire to get his trimix ticket punched.
> Andy Cohen
>  ______________________________ Reply Separator
> Andy, 191 feet, sorry. This was during a TDI deep air course in Lake
> Wazee. The insructor killed this guy - blew him to the surface. See Bill
> Mee's post. We talked to the sheriff. I am recommending manslaughter
> charges be brought, and we have the best lawyer in the business standing
> by to handle the obvious. Time to play hardball with these idiots before
> anyone else gets killed. TDI has racked up and impressive record of
> everything from trying to interfere with the WKPP to deep air fests, to
> two of their big time instructors being killed themselves recently , to
> training death - a real fine bunch of guys, just like I said they were.
> 
>  This idiot Gilliam even called my sponsors complaining about me, and
> they all laughed in his fat slob face, including the company he works
> for! Now it appears that our fat boy has a small problem of credibility
> on his hands, along with more shit than he is going to be able to
> handle, explain away , or fabricate a bullshit story about. This guy did
> not have a "heart attack" he was not diving "the right mix", and his
> sintructor was an incompetent moron who killed him during a DEEP AIR
> CLASS.
> 
>   Now I hope everyone can start to see who the liar is in this business.
> 
> w Cohen wrote:
> >
> > I've been unsubcribed for a couple of weeks while traveling.  When did this
> > occur?  Doug and I dove together in Florida last winter.  Seemed like a nice
> > guy.
> >
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