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Divemaster Dies During Rescue After Weekend Dive August 16, 2006

Posted by Andy Carroll in : Accidents, News , trackback

Roy Cowan died on Sunday August 14th, after rescuing a diver who had become seperated from the boat and was in distress. He was a well respected divemaster who spent many years helping divers out of Morehead City, NC. This from DiveNewsWire;

The seas of the ‘Graveyard of the Atlantic’ were running a stiff current and one of the divers was separated from the boat and in distress. Roy who was the head DM for the Diver Down out of Morehead City, NC and had been for over 10 years was in top form noting the diver’s problem immediately. In typical Roy form, he was off the deck swimming to assist the diver who was now floating past the drift ball.

He successfully got the diver back to the boat but as the crew turned to help him aboard, he had slipped out of site and was floating behind the stern of the boat. Upon retrieving him he was administered CPR for over 2 hours but was not able to be revived.

It is suspected that Ron died from a heart attack, as he had not dived at all that day.