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Helen >It was just announced on British radio (Radio 4) that an American tourist, Robert Wolov, aged 49, has died whilst diving on a 30m wreck in Scotland. He was >diving on the wreck the Breda (on which other 2 other divers have died last year). He was on holiday with his wife and children. He was diving solo. We seem to be suffering in the UK at the moment, 2 missing presumed dead on the Moldavia on Monday last week and now this... From: http://news.bbc.co.uk:80/hi/english/uk/newsid_157000/157154.stm <http://news.bbc.co.uk:80/hi/english/uk/newsid_157000/157154.stm> A man has died while diving to a wreck near Oban in Scotland. US tourist Robert Wolov, 49, failed to surface after the solo dive and his body was recovered by friends. He was the eighth person involved in four separate incidents over the weekend. Five were treated for the 'bends' in two separate incidents at Portland, Dorset, and a seventh diver is also being treated for decompression sickness at Oban. Mr Wolov was on holiday with his wife and daughter in Scotland when he joined friends from Glasgow's Eastwood Divers to make the trip. He successfully reached the wreck of the Breda in Ardmucknish Bay with his companions in the morning, then made a solo dive. They became concerned when he failed to resurface at about 1130 BST (1030 GMT) on Sunday and found him on the seabed. He was brought to the surface and an attempt was made to rescuscitate him, but he was pronounced dead by a doctor who was on board a lifeboat sent out to the emergency. Popular diving destination Dave Scullion, watch manager at Oban Coastguard, said: "We do not know how this fatality occurred. "It is a popular diving destination and we understand he was an experienced diver. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends." David Shimell Project Manager, Sequent Computer Systems Ltd., Weybridge, Surrey, UK. Email: shimell@se*.co* <mailto:shimell@se*.co*> -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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