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The article posted on that webpage =
(http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/AQUAcorps/contents.htm) is not about =
the incident from last weekend (you can check the html source and see =
the date it was created was 5/28/98). I haven't seen any detailed =
printed information about the recent incident yet, but I think it has =
been in a couple small newspaper articles. =20
=20
The trimix instructor (the survivor) was from Atlanta and the =
student <instructor also> was from Tennessee. The instructor was =
familiar with the site, and knew specifically that he was not to go =
deeper than 200' under any circumstances. =20
The pair went down a line to 220' ish which ends at a Oldsmobile, =
followed that line over to a VW van and from there left the lines and =
went exploring the bottom of the Grotto (with a compass I guess, or =
perhaps a reel or maybe nothing at all). They drifted down the slope to =
230' and that is where the instructor said that his student shot off =
swimming away from him. =20
=20
He went to chase the student and then he got entangled in whatever =
he got entangled in. The instructor stated that he got entangled in a =
line <but at 230' in the Grotto there are not very many lines, just one =
straight one which is kept taught> so he must have been severely =
impaired at that time, perhaps gotten entangled in his reel (if he was =
running one - which I don't know either way). By the time he got out of =
it he realized he was in the red zone and ascended immediately. =20
A diver on the 30 ft. platform shared air with the OOA instructor =
and led him over to the o2 and alerted surface divers to the missing =
diver. Someone jumped in and immediately began searching for him, but =
he was not located and after about 30 minutes it was determined that he =
must be dead. His fins were found, however, at 230'. That means that =
the deceased diver took off his fins in 230' of water, makes sense.
The instructor who survived had missed his deco stops (which I guess =
were all planned for air since he had no stages... looks like they were =
bluffing about those being trimix training dives). After breathing off =
the o2 for a while he was sent to the hospital as a precautionary =
measure, but apparently no symptoms were evident.
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The article=20
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www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/AQUAcorps/contents.htm</A>)=20
is not about the incident from last weekend (you can check the =
html source=20
and see the date it was created was 5/28/98). I haven't seen any =
detailed=20
printed information about the recent incident yet, but I think it has =
been in a=20
couple small newspaper articles. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face=3DArial> =
The trimix=20
instructor (the survivor) was from Atlanta and the student =
<instructor=20
also> was from Tennessee. The instructor was familiar =
with=20
the site, and knew specifically that he was not to go deeper than =
200'=20
under any circumstances. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style=3D"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face=3DArial> =
The pair=20
went down a line to 220' ish which ends at a Oldsmobile, followed =
that line=20
over to a VW van and from there left the lines and went exploring the =
bottom of=20
the Grotto (with a compass I guess, or perhaps a reel or maybe nothing =
at=20
all). They drifted down the slope to 230' and that is where the =
instructor=20
said that his student shot off swimming away from him. =
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<DIV style=3D"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face=3DArial> =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style=3D"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face=3DArial> =
He went to=20
chase the student and then he got entangled in whatever he got entangled =
in. The instructor stated that he got entangled in a line <but =
at 230'=20
in the Grotto there are not very many lines, just one straight one which =
is kept=20
taught> so he must have been severely impaired at that time, =
perhaps=20
gotten entangled in his reel (if he was running one - which I don't know =
either=20
way). By the time he got out of it he realized he was in the red =
zone and=20
ascended immediately. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style=3D"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT
face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> A diver on the 30 ft. =
platform shared=20
air with the OOA instructor and led him over to the o2 and alerted =
surface=20
divers to the missing diver. Someone jumped in and immediately =
began=20
searching for him, but he was not located and after about 30 minutes it =
was=20
determined that he must be dead. His fins were found, however, at=20
230'. That means that the deceased diver took off his fins in 230' =
of=20
water, makes sense.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style=3D"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face=3DArial> =
The=20
instructor who survived had missed his deco stops (which I guess were =
all=20
planned for air since he had no stages... looks like they were bluffing =
about=20
those being trimix training dives). After breathing off the o2 for =
a while=20
he was sent to the hospital as a precautionary measure, but apparently =
no=20
symptoms were
evident.</FONT></DIV><PRE> </PRE></BODY></HTML>
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