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Paul, I dont have any info yet, we were offshore saturday and the dive boat channel was relatively quiet. Dave was a good guy to be around and will b missed. Marv Paul Lewitsch wrote: > Anyone know the actual situation of what happened? > George,you can disregard this email and hit delete. We > know your views on NE diving and believe it or not we > are working on a stroke free zone. It may take awhile > but you have to start somewhere. > > It "may" be safe to assume he was "solo" since there > is no mention of a buddy report. > -------------------------------------- > Routine Outing Fatal For Diver > Mourning an unexplained death > by J. Jioni Palmer > Staff Writer > > David Scholl developed a passion for Long Island's > waterways as a child growing up in Lawrence, near > Jamaica Bay. As a youth, he'd spend countless hours > fishing and boating, but what he loved most of all was > diving deep below the ocean waves. > > That love carried through to adulthood as Scholl, 42, > did a four-year stint in the Navy and worked part time > at a diving-gear shop in Mineola. He seized every > opportunity to go out onto the water, even > volunteering on weekends as an instructor on board the > dive boat the Seahawk, helping less experienced > aquanauts hone their skills, relatives said. > > But Saturday, while on a routine jaunt from Freeport > to a ship wreckage about 18 miles south of Fire Island > an unexplained tragedy befell Scholl that took his > life. > > "He was a diving fanatic," says his older brother Fred > of Wading River, who dives for the New York City Fire > Department. "His house was like a shrine; it was full > of artifacts he picked up diving." Saturday's accident > bewildered Scholl's friends and relatives, who said he > was an experienced diver. "If anybody got hurt, Dave > would be the first person to go help," said > stepdaughter Sarah Silverman, 27. "It's kind of > shocking that he'd be the one needing to get rescued." > Scholl had explored the wreckage of the G&D,a coastal > steamer that sank in 1918,more than a dozen times. He > had anchored the dive-boat Seahawk to the wreckage > about 110 feet below the surface on the sandy ocean > bottom and given the "all-clear sign" indicating that > it was safe for others to dive, his sister said. > > Not long after that, a fellow crewmember discovered > his lifeless body near the wreckage. > > He was brought to the surface, where the boat's crew > administered CPR and radioed the Coast Guard, which > took him by helicopter to Nassau University Medical > Center in East Meadow, where he was pronounced dead, > said Suffolk County Homicide Det. Sgt. Arthur Ahl. > > "There is no indication at this point of a crime," he > said, adding police were waiting for results of an > autopsy by the Nassau County medical examiner. > > Divers from Suffolk's Marine Bureau are expected to > examine the wreckage today in hopes of learning what > went wrong, he said. > > Scholl's relatives said they hope police recover the > underwater video camera he was carrying to shed light > on the incident. > > Grieving friends and relatives yesterday remembered > Scholl, who worked for the Village of Valley Stream > driving a recycling truck, as an affable man with a > generous heart who could light up a room with > entertaining humor. > > "He was the class clown and the family comedian," said > his sister Susan McBride, 48, of Rockaway Beach. "He > was the happy-go-lucky guy that everybody loved." > Scholl is survived by his companion of 10 years, Sue > Silverman of Long Beach; his mother, Carole, and > another sister, Debra; two children and four > stepchildren. > > A wake will be today from 7-9 p.m. and tomorrow from > 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. > > at the Meserole Funeral Home in Inwood. Funeral > services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Lutheran > Church of the Incarnation in Cedarhurst, with > cremation following. > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: quest-unsubscribe@gu*.co* > For additional commands, e-mail: quest-help@gu*.co* > > > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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