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> George,
> Here's an account of the events on the latest doria death from a
> diver
> that was also on the boat at the time..

I was doing my 50 foot stop,
> I
> was getting my john line out when he passed me on the line, he
> let go of
> the
> line to swim past me and had trouble getting back to the line
> after.There
> was maybe a one knot current running, he turned waved, gave me
> the o k and
> disappeared down the line, one of the three man team was with him
> the other
> was 50-60seconds ahead of them. once they all got to the bottom
> Charlie
> indicated he didn't feel well, he waved the other two on , he
> gave them the
> o k and ascended.One of the other two was the mate on the boat
> and was one
> of the most experienced doria divers.No one thought this was odd
> because
> Charlie was a very cautious diver and he had bagged dives before
> at the
> bottom of the anchor if it didn't feel right.  Since I was
> hanging I
> checked
> them all out as they wen't by.Charlie was breathing his primary
> reg from
> his
> doubles, his deco bottles,2 oms 45's were bilaterally mounted on
> his
> harness, the regs were strapped down to the tanks with bungees.He
> had an
> air
> pony mounted between his doubles, he was diving a dui CF 200 and
> he had a
> substantial weight belt, I don't know how much lead.I doubt this
> contributed
> to his death since he had been diving this rig this way for
> years.We didn't
> know there was a problem until the other two finished their deco
> and got
> back on the boat. I hung at 50 for 5 min. or so after they all
> passed me
> and
> I was the deepest  one on the line at that time and I never saw
> Charlie
> come
> back up, of course I couldn't see all the way to the bottom and
> didn't know
> he was coming back up.We called the coast guard and  started a
> surface
> search just in case he was hanging on a bag in the current.Other
> divers
> were
> finishing their deco and getting on the boat but none had seen
> Charlie.Danny
> crowell was the boat capt. we sat down with him and reconstructed
> the
> current,the way the anchor line was, all of it so he would have
> an idea
> where to look, JT was chosen to go with him because he was the
> first one
> out
> of the water that morning and he had the most surface
> interval.After they
> found him they dropped his weight belt and sent his deco bottles
> up on a
> bag, when the body came up alston swam a line out and we pulled
> him
> in.After
> we got him on the boat i analyzed his gas and checked his gear,
> the other
> capt was going to do it but it was decided that it would be
> better if
> nobody
> associated with the boat did it , so it was me.He had a 17/30 mix
> in his
> doubles, air in his pony and 80 in one deco bottle and 36 in the
> other.He
> was diving a Poseidon Odin that was working perfectly,what ever
> happened to
> him it happened between 185 and 50 fsw. The bottom team found him
> down
> current on the wreck, wedged in a crack on the promenade deck,
> his feet
> were
> in the crack and his body was upright.
> --
> 
>

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