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Also, photos of the wreckage, which sits in 530ffw, revealed a dead body which grieved the families (not sure if Zee & Tysall shot the video). If the government wants to declare the wreck a memorial, then diving it will be by special permit only. But the argument that any wreck with fatalities should be off limits to divers is absurd. Easily half of the wrecks I dive in the Great Lakes have had fatalities, some with all hands lost. MJB --- gzambeck1 <gzambeck1@me*.ne*> wrote: > M.J.B. > The wreck was made into a memorial at the request of the Families. > The Wreck sits 1/2 mile in Canadian waters. > The dive by Zee & Tysall caused the anger of the families. > They petitioned the Canadian Government to have the wreck closed. > Since the dive broke several laws on both sides of the border, this added to > their cause. > > The affects of the dives inspired several legislators to have all wrecks > closed in the Great Lakes. > The disrespectful actions of the divers, in making the dive was the issue. > Since this would have eliminated all diving on all but a few wrecks in the > Great Lakes. > There were five states that became active in this action. > Thankfully no laws were passed. > > A lesson to be remembered. > > Greg Z. > > > "Michael J. Black" wrote: > > > There was a recent article in the NY Times about diving the Edmund > > Fitzgerald, which sits in Ontario, right at the US/Canada boundary. > > Ontario legislation would make it off limits to divers, and that is > > the families wishes too. Counterpoint: Then other wrecks with > > fatalities should be off limits too. I suspect diving on the Fitz > > will be by government permit only, for some time. MJB > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Calendar - Get organized for the holidays! > > http://calendar.yahoo.com/ > > -- > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.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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