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Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 16:46:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: Barbara Peterson <nocturne_cvs@ya*.co*>
Subject: Re: Paul Haydon
To: techdiver@aquanaut.com, cavers@ge*.co*
Where was the dive buddy who should have been saving this man's life?

How much more dangerous than recreational diving is cave/wreck/tech
diving?  And yet people who won't dive without a buddy are what -
strokes?




---Kevin Pickering <kevpix@gl*.co*.uk*> wrote:
>
> I posted the following to UK diver newsgroups last week. As Paul was
an occasional contributer to these lists it was suggested that I copy
the post to Techdiver/Cavers.
> 
> >>I,m sad to inform you that the diver who was lost on Saturday 23
May was Paul
> Haydon from Essex UK.
> 
> He was diving the Afric which is 77m to the seabed, low water. 
> 
> An unsuccessful search of the rear half of the Afric was carried out
on
> Sunday.
> 
> Teresa and I found him yesterday (Monday 25 May) at approx' 1530, in
the fwd half
> of the wreck at 72m. We attached lift bags and sent him to the
surface,
> where he was recovered by a police RIB.
> 
> We could not see any obvious cause of death.
> 
> 
> A fund has been set up to help pay for funeral and legal costs.
>  
> As many of you knew Paul and may wish to make a contribution then
please do so via;
>  
> Peter Beeson
> 82 Osborne Rd,
> Hornchurch,
> Essex, 
> RH11 1HE 
> Tel. 01708 454127 
>  
> Kevin Pickering
> Teresa Telus  <<
>  
> 
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3>I posted the following to UK
diver 
newsgroups last week. As Paul was an occasional contributer to these
lists it 
was suggested that I copy the post to
Techdiver/Cavers.</FONT></FONT><FONT 
size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV>>>I,m sad to inform you that the diver who was lost on Saturday 23 
May was Paul<BR>Haydon from Essex UK.<BR><BR>He was diving the Afric
which is 
77m to the seabed, low water. <BR><BR>An unsuccessful search of the
rear half of 
the Afric was carried out on<BR>Sunday.<BR><BR>Teresa and I found him
yesterday 
(Monday 25 May) at approx' 1530, in the fwd half<BR>of the wreck at
72m. We 
attached lift bags and sent him to the surface,<BR>where he was
recovered by a 
police RIB.<BR><BR>We could not see any obvious cause of
death.<BR><BR>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3>A fund has been set up to help
pay for 
funeral and legal costs.</FONT></FONT><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3></FONT></FONT><FONT 
size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3>As many of you knew Paul and may
wish to 
make a contribution then please do so via;</FONT></FONT><FONT 
size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3></FONT></FONT><FONT 
size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3>Peter
Beeson</FONT></FONT><FONT 
size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3>82 Osborne
Rd,</FONT></FONT><FONT 
size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3></FONT></FONT><FONT 
size=3>Hornchurch,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Essex,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>RH11 1HE</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Tel. 01708 454127 </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Kevin Pickering</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Teresa Telus <<</FONT></DIV>
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