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On Wed, 3 Nov 1999 18:51:16 -0800 (PST), you wrote: >Here is another one for the books. Not details as yet >but apparently victim got narc'd and kept going down.=20 >Gotta remember it hits everyone differently and varies >day to day and so on.... > >The body of an open water diver lost at Windy Point in >Lake Travis has been found and recovered. This >occurred in Travis County. Preliminary reports state >that an instructor and two students were doing a "deep >100' certification" and the deceased student diver was >last seen at 140'. All were diving on air. I am not >sure, but I believe this is in Texas. Apparently this >happened within the last couple days. The training accident occurred Sunday Oct 31. Here are snippets that I = picked up from rec.scuba; Subject: Re: Training death in Lake Travis, TX This was not a deep air training dive, just AOW. All I know is what has = been posted. ********* All that being said, if for whatever reason, a diver lost consciousness = at 40 =46FW in mid-water, they could be only 100 feet from shore and be in = 140FFW when they were found (141 according to the news report.) ********* A little more info.. The victim did have fishing line securely entangling his foot, and no dive knife. This occurred in an old pecan orchard where lots of fishing line gets caught in the branches. The depth 140 ft. Victim's tank was OOA. ********* Check the Travis County Search & Recovery Team web page for further = progress reports. Larry Hunter updates it very quickly when something's going on. It's http://www.io.com/~lhunter/tcdt/currnews.html ********* I was finishing my Open Water paperwork when the instructor and student came up and yelled for 911. My instructor and his divemaster were two of four searchers who first entered the water. Both eventually ended up in good sized deco dives (30 minute stops) to find the victim. Even though I was there and spoke briefly with both the instructor and the student, I didn't spend any time grilling them and still do not have a clear picture of what happened. With that caveat, I will tell you what I know. These statements were made to me by both the instructor and the student (I didn't establish which was which during my brief interactions): 1. The victim was separate from the other two during the fatal=20 event. 2. The instructor had his hands on the victim after the fatal event, but was not able to raise him to the surface and had to abort due to LOA/OOA (more on this one later). I overheard my divemaster make these statements: 1. He found the victim in 130' of water. 2. The victim still had his weight belt on, there was pressure in his tank, and his bc was functional. Florida Cave, Cavern, and Sinkhole Diving: http://home.tampabay.rr.com/mblitch/cave/caving.htm "Four boxes keep us free: soap, jury, ballot, cartridge." -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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