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Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 18:21:31 -0400
From: Mark Hanes <sumamax@er*.co*>
To: gmirvine@sa*.ne*
CC: Greg Zambeck <gzambeck@us*.ne*>, cavers@ge*.co*, techdiver@aquanaut.com,
     freeattic@co*.ci*.uf*.ed*
Subject: Re: It's All About To Be Over For TDI
George M. Irvine III wrote:
> 
> Listen, you dumb asshole - I do not want hear about your accident
> history - I am not talking about you , I am talking about something
> else, and everytime I yell "hey stupid" I will ask that you dive
> instructors quit all responding at once. If you are this stupid, and you
> are, then I am sure your accident is just as bad. You guys are a
> disgrace to diving, and hopefully will get sued right out of business,
> which is the only aspect of your accident that the Sheriff mentioned.
> 
> Greg Zambeck wrote:
> >
> > Let's get the story straight George.
> >
> > The first training accident in this lake was by a 58 year old Master
> > instructor and a 32 year old full cave diver.
> >
> > The two student's were 250 ft away from the class, that on three (3)
> > consecutive dives only traveled 220 to 250 ft. from the shore.
> >
> > When the 58 year old survivor was asked who had planned the dive he
> > remarked
> >
> > "that the other diver came to him Sunday morning, the two of them talked
> > about it and they just decided to go for it".
> >
> > Being the instructor I was not informed of the dive plan nor did I approve
> > of it.
> >
> > The student who died had a history of running off on his dive partners,
> > which the family knows about.
> >
> > He was also told that he could not dive below 180 ft. in this class, the
> > night before he died.
> >
> > He was found in 213 ft of water and had traveled 496 ft. to get there.
> >
> > The diver that died left his dive partner at 194 ft because couldn't keep
> > up.
> > The dive partner was the one that planned the dive and lead it most of the
> > way.
> > He now has three stories that he has told as to what happned.
> >
> > I would question how you can call this a training accident when the
> > "STUDENTS" can exceed the class by a factor of 2?
> >
> > ----------
> > > From: George M. Irvine III <gmirvine@sa*.ne*>
> > > To: cavers@ge*.co*; techdiver@aquanaut.com
> > > Cc: freeattic@co*.ci*.uf*.ed*
> > > Subject: It's All About To Be Over For TDI
> > > Date: Tuesday, October 07, 1997 1:21 PM
> > >
> > > I just spoke to the Jackson County Sheriff and went over the report of
> > > the DEEP AIR TRAINING DEATH by a TDI instructor at Lake Wazee ,
> > > Wisconsin. Here are the facts:
> > >
> > >  This was a training dive. The Sheriff has the TDI training forms filled
> > > out. There was one instructor for three students. NO MIXED gas was used
> > > - they were diving AIR. The divers' computers showed 191 feet of depth.
> > > The victim had a problem at depth, and the instructor inflated his bc
> > > and shot him to the surface BY HIMSELF - how stupid are these guys? They
> > > then DECOMCPRESSED instead of helping the victim - what is going on out
> > > there? How stupid is TDI? How unqualified and stupid can an instructor
> > > possibly be ? How negligent can these guys possibly get?
> > >
> > >   The victim then sank back down unconscious and drowned, while these
> > > real tough guy heroes of deepair diving decompressed their weenie little
> > > incompetent asses.
> > >
> > >  Where is the safety plan here?
> > >
> > >  ANOTHER onlooker had to put on a tank and go after the victim, and then
> > > these guys went after the body again, and again failed to surface it so
> > > they could deco from a nothing dive that requires no deco - they are
> > > incompetent idiots.
> > >
> > >  Dead is worse than bent, but obviously not to these guys. They clearly
> > > have ZERO understanding of decompression, and how an instructor can be
> > > taking three students on a deep air dive to 191 while himself on air and
> > > expect anything different that what happened is beyond my understanding.
> > >
> > >  You know what the Sheriff asked me? He wanted to know what he should do
> > > about the County wanting to shut the lake to diving. Look what wonderful
> > > things Brett Gilliam is doing for our sport. I am so sick of listening
> > > to strokes like Odem, Gilliam and Skaggs run their ignorant mouths about
> > > deep air while reaking havoc on our sport. These guys need to go, and
> > > the sooner you all quit covering up for them, the sooner we can get them
> > > out of our sport.
> > >
> > >  The sooner we put together one of these victims with the right law firm
> > > (which we have) and the right expert witnesses ( which we have) , the
> > > sooner it will be over. We need everyone's help in ridding this sport of
> > > this problem.
> Listen, you dumb asshole - I do not want hear about your accident
> > history - I am not talking about you , I am talking about something
> > else, and everytime I yell "hey stupid" I will ask that you dive
> > instructors quit all responding at once
Sounds like guilt to me...anybody (any bodies) agree?
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