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Scuba student dies in Lake Travis A man trying to earn his scuba diving certification apparently drowned Sunday in more than 140 feet of water in Lake Travis, just west of Windy Point. The man, whose name, age and hometown were not released pending notification of his family, was training with another student and an instructor about 3 p.m. when he disappeared during an underwater lesson, said Curtis Weeks, a spokesman for the Travis County Sheriff' s Office. Rescue divers pinpointed the victim's location on the lake bottom, but postponed the recovery effort Sunday night because of darkness and the depth of the water, Weeks said. The incident marked the first diving fatality this year in the Windy Point area, a popular location for scuba diving. Robert wrote: > Here is another one for the books. Not details as yet > but apparently victim got narc'd and kept going down. > 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. > > I'll post additional if I get it... > > > ===== > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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