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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001F_01BFD222.B29CBA40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This was covered on the rec.scuba Newsgroup. The following is a portion = of a post from MHK that sounds like he has the most immediate knowledge = of what happened. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Michael J. Blitch wrote in message > BTW, I read a message somewhere just now that the tank contents my > have been something other than what was labled on the take. Rumor has > it that the EAN was something like 78%. If this is true, this is might > be necessary to start bring out the stroke mix check off list. Mike, The story is true. It happened to a friend of mine. His name is John = Cain and I spoke with him yesterday in the hospital. The 80% issue aside for a minute ( I'll get to that later ), he sounded = in good spirits but he was pretty banged up. He has 1st, 2nd and 3rd = degree burns on varying parts of his body. He underwent surgery yesterday and = is expected to be hospitalized for about a week. I'll call him tomorrow = and get an update. But as to the facts, He was working with a bunch of open water students = and was planning on doing 5 very shallow dives with different students = during the day. He wasn't even taking the gas in the water, he just wanted to breathe it as an extra measure of protection during SIT's. He cranked = on the bottle while leaning on the back of his truck. His arm was leaning = on the 1st stage and when he opened the valve it ignited. He was using the Atomic T1/T2 and swears that it was 02 cleaned. The tank ( AL 40 ) was = in current hydro. His wetsuit caught on fire and by the time he was able to get the flames extinguished he has suffered some bad burns. The REALLY sad part of this is several fold. John is really a great guy = and there were several other diver's in the area ( from a competing shop ) = and when John was getting into the ambulance they were heard to say that he deserved it for diving with elevated 02 mixes. Moreover, they even went = on the local news channels that evening and continued this tirade saying = that by not diving within recreational mixes that it was his own fault. Nor = did they help when he was on fire.. As soon as I know more details about the diver's and shop I'll provide = them. It's one thing not to agree with someone's diving philosophy, but it's a completely different matter when someone is on fire to stand around and = play Monday morning quarterback. Hell, I'd even help BLACK if he get's in trouble this weekend ;-) As to the 80%, John and I talked about this 3 weeks ago and John ( along with Perry Armour ) is very involved in setting up my DIR demo in San = Diego slated for July 16th. In fact when John was in L.A. a month ago his = comment to me was help de-strokify me. While it was said TIC at the time, my = sense is whether he has 80% or 100% this may still have happened. But I did = tell him that if he were on any of my trips that I would make him blend last = that evening if he insisted on 80% ;-) Also, he did say that all O-rings were viton. As soon as I know more = I'll update. Regards ------=_NextPart_000_001F_01BFD222.B29CBA40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dwindows-1252" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2722.2800" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3D"News Gothic MT" size=3D2>This was covered on the = rec.scuba=20 Newsgroup. The following is a portion of a post from MHK that = sounds=20 like he has the most immediate knowledge of what happened.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"News Gothic MT">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"News Gothic MT">Michael J. Blitch wrote in=20 message<BR><BR>> BTW, I read a message somewhere just now that the = tank=20 contents my<BR>> have been something other than what was labled on = the take.=20 Rumor has<BR>> it that the EAN was something like 78%. If this is = true, this=20 is might<BR>> be necessary to start bring out the stroke mix check = off=20 list.<BR><BR>Mike,<BR><BR>The story is true. It happened to a = friend of=20 mine. His name is John Cain<BR>and I spoke with him yesterday in = the=20 hospital.<BR><BR>The 80% issue aside for a minute ( I'll get to that = later ), he=20 sounded in<BR>good spirits but he was pretty banged up. He has = 1st, 2nd=20 and 3rd degree<BR>burns on varying parts of his body. He underwent = surgery=20 yesterday and is<BR>expected to be hospitalized for about a week. = I'll=20 call him tomorrow and<BR>get an update.<BR><BR>But as to the = facts, He was=20 working with a bunch of open water students and<BR>was planning on doing = 5 very=20 shallow dives with different students during<BR>the day. He wasn't = even=20 taking the gas in the water, he just wanted to<BR>breathe it as an extra = measure=20 of protection during SIT's. He cranked on<BR>the bottle while = leaning on=20 the back of his truck. His arm was leaning on<BR>the 1st stage and = when he=20 opened the valve it ignited. He was using the<BR>Atomic T1/T2 and = swears=20 that it was 02 cleaned. The tank ( AL 40 ) was in<BR>current=20 hydro.<BR><BR>His wetsuit caught on fire and by the time he was able to = get the=20 flames<BR>extinguished he has suffered some bad burns.<BR><BR>The REALLY = sad=20 part of this is several fold. John is really a great guy = and<BR>there were=20 several other diver's in the area ( from a competing shop ) and<BR>when = John was=20 getting into the ambulance they were heard to say that he<BR>deserved it = for=20 diving with elevated 02 mixes. Moreover, they even went on<BR>the = local=20 news channels that evening and continued this tirade saying that<BR>by = not=20 diving within recreational mixes that it was his own fault. Nor=20 did<BR>they help when he was on fire..<BR><BR>As soon as I know more = details=20 about the diver's and shop I'll provide them.<BR>It's one thing not to = agree=20 with someone's diving philosophy, but it's a<BR>completely different = matter when=20 someone is on fire to stand around and play<BR>Monday morning = quarterback. =20 Hell, I'd even help BLACK if he get's in<BR>trouble this weekend = ;-)<BR><BR>As=20 to the 80%, John and I talked about this 3 weeks ago and John ( = along<BR>with=20 Perry Armour ) is very involved in setting up my DIR demo in San = Diego<BR>slated=20 for July 16th. In fact when John was in L.A. a month ago his = comment<BR>to=20 me was help de-strokify me. While it was said TIC at the time, my=20 sense<BR>is whether he has 80% or 100% this may still have = happened. But I=20 did tell<BR>him that if he were on any of my trips that I would make him = blend=20 last that<BR>evening if he insisted on 80% ;-)<BR><BR>Also, he did = say=20 that all O-rings were viton. As soon as I know more=20 I'll<BR>update.<BR><BR>Regards<BR><BR></FONT></DIV></BOD Y></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_001F_01BFD222.B29CBA40-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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