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Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 02:16:03 -0400
To: techdiver@terra.net
From: wwittman@we*.co* (w wittman)
Subject: Re: Andrea Doria (sp)
At 12:30 PM 8/23/95, LOADER wrote:

>     Good morning America...
>
>      Assuming I have spelt the name correctly, can someone please tell me
>   why it is that this wreck has claimed so many lives?
>   Obviously I've never dived it, but my understanding is that it sits at
>   150'ish, is this true?
>      While that is deep, it's not THAT deep given the number of deaths.
>   Viz and water temp would seem to be reasonable (in UK terms!) so what is
>   it that catches people out on such a regular basis?
>      I assume that it's a training ground for deep air and mix diving, do
>   these students account for most of the deaths?
>   Sixty is one hell of a big number, why hasn't some regulator made it
>   illegal?


the AD sits in more like 250 fsw

and it's a very large ship in which to get lost

it's a site some divers train to one day dive; i cannot IMAGINE as a
training site


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