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--part1_195.a58e553.2a73238a_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mine Rescue engineers have been in contact with JJ and he would probably pick some guys from the WKPP if he was going to be involved. They have also contacted NEST (northeast sump exploration team). NEST has qualified divers that live very close to the accident site but it sounds to me like it would be a job for the rebreathers. As of this morning, Mine Rescue said the navy was getting involved which means civilian divers will probably not be asked to participate. The miners are said to be trapped 8000 feet from the entrance and the water is about 30 feet deep. Even if a diver could reach their location it would be almost impossible to bring an injured miner back on scuba. The most good that a diver could do would be to locate the miners and relay their exact location to the drilling rigs. Mine Rescue is federally funded and has millions of dollars of pumping and drilling equipment. I believe this is their best chance. Glen --part1_195.a58e553.2a73238a_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Mine Rescue engineers have been in contact with JJ and he would probably pick some guys from the WKPP if he was going to be involved. They have also contacted NEST (northeast sump exploration team). NEST has qualified divers that live very close to the accident site but it sounds to me like it would be a job for the rebreathers. As of this morning, Mine Rescue said the navy was getting involved which means civilian divers will probably not be asked to participate. The miners are said to be trapped 8000 feet from the entrance and the water is about 30 feet deep. Even if a diver could reach their location it would be almost impossible to bring an injured miner back on scuba. The most good that a diver could do would be to locate the miners and relay their exact location to the drilling rigs. Mine Rescue is federally funded and has millions of dollars of pumping and drilling equipment. I believe this is their best chance. Glen</FONT></HTML> --part1_195.a58e553.2a73238a_boundary-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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