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What is the diver's name? What was his dive experience level?=20 On Sun, 23 Jul 1995, MARK WELZEL wrote: > On Saturday the 22nd a diver died off Long Island on the > Old Cunard Liner Oregon in 130 fsw. It was his second > dive of the day. He split up from his partner once they > hit the bottom. He was diving independant 80's. It appears=20 > he had breathed one down to 1500 psi then switched to the other, > on draining that tank it looks like he couldn't find his other=20 > regulator or perhaps the sudden out of air situation panic'd him. > He tried to tie an ascent line to the wreck and was > found at about 90 fsw, entangled. Someone found him > and cut his ascent line at which point he made it to > the surface. The crew attempted to resusitate him > until the Coast Guard got him and delivered him to > a local hospital where he was pronounced doa. >=20 > Maybe some of the less experienced divers on the list > will pay closer attention to thier diving habits and > the environments they find themselves in and not rush > blindly to their deaths as well. >=20 > Mark > /\/\/ >=20 > MRWConsult@ex*.co* /\/\/ > --- > =FE DeLuxe=FD 1.25 #11829 =FE Silly Humans . . . > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. >=20
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