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Kevin,

We now know the victim's first name was Paul.  You missed one deletion.

Patrick


Kevin Rottner wrote:
> 
> Dear list:
> 
> Okay, I've now indicted all the technical instoketers that have killed
> students while on training dives as murderers in my Call to Arms postings. I
> have also theorized that a lot of technical deaths might have been heavily
> contributed to be these technical instroketers and sub-standard training.
> 
> Just because the death occured after the course and after the issuance of a
> c-card does not mean that ptitifully poor training did not play a rule.
> Nothing I can prove, but thats okay.
> 
> Pissed a few people off. That's life. Also, I got everybody talking and
> thinking about this problem, which I consider a major problem. Good.
> 
> On to the next topic.
> 
> Manufacturors.
> 
> You all love to argue about bondage wings and other equipment that MAY
> contribute to incidents or accidents, or if you should breath off the short
> hose or the long hose, etc. etc.. Well, what the hell are we all going to do
> about death gear. Shit that you now is killing people. DEATH GEAR, ya thats
> what it is. That's what I called the Fieno Grand Bleu 'breather that I saw
> at DEMA a few years back. Right to the manufacturor's face. DEATH GEAR.
> 
> Keep on getting those e-mails from the survivors of SCUBA fatalities. Here's
> another one, this time seems a certain rebreather manufacturor has their own
> growing body count. What are we gonna do ??
> 
> I did some editing to protect the person I am corresponding with, but you
> will get the general idea.
> 
> _______________________________________________________
> 
> Hi,
>         ****** ******* died in ( Month ) of this year, the first of the (
'breather
> manufacturor ) fatalities, trusting his ( brand name ) rebreather and the
> training he had received for using it. I am ****** *******, ****** *******'s
> ( close relative ). ****** ******* died beleiving what he was taught,
> believing what he did was safe, so why should I  need to counter the lies
> spread about him by the equipment manufacturers. ****** ******* had not been
> diving for a great length of time, but within that time he dived as
> freequrently as the (foreign country ) weather permitted, and did his utmost
> to become as educated  and familiar as possible with his practices. ******
> ******* purchased his rebreather with the intention of making his trimix
> diving safer (less chance of running out of air if entanglemint should
> occur, etc), not to extend bottom times by a huge amount or take any risks,
> but to improve the safety of his beloved hobby. ****** ******* was a good
> man, probably the truest person I will ever know, he would help anyone, and
> his helping with the progression of the inspiration gave him great pride,
> with the thought that his efforts would be helping others. Now he is not
> here to defend himself, certain people are accusing him of being some sort
> of idiot. He did nothing without first consulting the manufacturers of (type
> of 'breather ) or an instuctor. He was a very intelligent man. I am only an
> open water diver, but it is amazing how much you can learn about rebreathers
> in a very short time.
> 
>         What a political world we live in. He was told everything he was
doing was
> fine, now they decide you need 150 hours of rebreather experience before
> taking a mix dive. How they have changed their tune to what Paul and the
> other early ones were told. ****** ******* was the only fatality using
> trimix, the others were at shallow depths and using air, and unfortunately
> for us who want to improve safety, their units were not recovered. In one
> case the diver has not yet been recovered either. Therefore the
> manufacturers are saying that ****** ******* died because he was using
> trimix, and probably hope that the other units will not be recovered.******
> ******* did not cause his own death. He died because he believed what he was
> doing was safe in the same way as others have lost their lives because of
> what they have been lead to believe.
> 
> Wish me luck in my pursuit of the truth, and the reneing of ****** *******'s
> good name.
> 
> ( name deleted ).
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