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--part1_d0.2b34bd5d.2a880984_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From the Montreal papers and talking to the outfitter=A0I got the skinny on=20 what happened on the Empress of Ireland this past Sunday (August 4). Serge Cournoyer, 33, of Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel drowned while during a=20 penetration of the Empress. He was said to have 10 years of diving experienc= e=20 and knew the Empress well. Cournoyer got separated from his dive buddy and did not surface at his=20 appointed time.=A0 A quick search was mounted by divers there on the scene=20 without any success.=A0 The Canadian Coast Guard was notified and they calle= d=20 in local diver Danny Cyr.=A0 Cyr is a very experienced Empress diver. He fou= nd=20 him in an aft cargo hold. The hold is hard to enter but opens up once=20 inside.=A0 Siltouts are to be expected inside the wreck.=A0 Cournoyer did no= t run=20 a line.=A0 His tanks were empty.=A0 Divers in Canada like in the NE USA now=20 inspect equipment having long given up hope that authorities will make=20 determinations on cause of death.=A0 Cournoyer was wearing double tanks (no=20 manifold) and when regs were purged=A0no air was in them.=A0 The poor bastar= d=20 sucked them dry. Cournoyer was the fourth diver to drown on the Empress in the last 10 years. --part1_d0.2b34bd5d.2a880984_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3D2>From the Montreal papers=20= and talking to the outfitter=A0I got the skinny on what happened on the Empr= ess of Ireland this past Sunday (August 4).</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" S= IZE=3D3 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"> <BR></FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Ar= ial" LANG=3D"0">Serge Cournoyer, 33, of Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel drowned while d= uring a penetration of the Empress. He was said to have 10 years of diving e= xperience and knew the Empress well. <BR></FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D3 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Ar= ial" LANG=3D"0"> <BR></FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Ar= ial" LANG=3D"0">Cournoyer got separated from his dive buddy and did not surf= ace at his appointed time.=A0 A quick search was mounted by divers there on=20= the scene without any success.=A0 The Canadian Coast Guard was notified and=20= they called in local diver Danny Cyr.=A0 Cyr is a very experienced Empress d= iver. He found him in an aft cargo hold. The hold is hard to enter but opens= up once inside.=A0 Siltouts are to be expected inside the wreck.=A0 Cournoy= er did not run a line.=A0 His tanks were empty.=A0 Divers in Canada like in=20= the NE USA now inspect equipment having long given up hope that authorities=20= will make determinations on cause of death.=A0 Cournoyer was wearing double=20= tanks (no manifold) and when regs were purged=A0no air was in them.=A0 The p= oor bastard sucked them dry. <BR></FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D3 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Ar= ial" LANG=3D"0"> <BR></FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Ar= ial" LANG=3D"0">Cournoyer was the fourth diver to drown on the Empress in th= e last 10 years.</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D3 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF= " FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"> <BR></FONT></HTML> --part1_d0.2b34bd5d.2a880984_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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