Andrea Doria claims another scuba diver’s life July 11, 2006
Posted by Andy Carroll in : Accidents, News , 1 comment so farThe Andrea Doria has claimed another life to add to the 11 scuba divers who have died exploring the Italian wreck since she sank off Nantucket 50 years ago.
David Bright, 49 years old, who has written and lectured about the shipwreck for many years, collapsed shortly after completing a dive to the Andrea Doria, which lies in 240 ft of water (73 mtrs). From a report at NewsDay.com;
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Man dies in Monterey scuba diving accident July 11, 2006
Posted by Andy Carroll in : Accidents, News , add a commentIn yet another sad report a man died during a scuba dive in Monterey over the weekend. James Michael Holbrook, who was 54, was pulled to shore by his 19 year old son, after becoming tangled in seaweed diving off Lovers Point, states Monterey Herald.com
Police officers, ocean-rescue workers, and fire and ambulance paramedics responded to the scene. Holbrook was taken to Community Hospital of the Peninsula, where he was pronounced dead at 12:31 p.m.
Vacationing scuba diver dies underwater off The Breakers July 11, 2006
Posted by Andy Carroll in : Accidents, News , add a commentA report in the Palm Beach Post states that a 59 year old man who was vacationing in Palm Beach County with his wife and two daughters, died during a dive near what is called ‘the Breakers’. Hyo H Copinga was in a group of 10 divers, including his two daughters, and was on the second dive of the day. At the end of the dive, the dive master did a headcount and Mr Copinga was missing.
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Man dies in UK scuba diving centre July 11, 2006
Posted by Andy Carroll in : Accidents, News , add a commentIt looks like it has been a terrible weekend for scuba diving, and there are a number of fatalities to report from various places around the world. This particular one is close to home, here in the UK. A deep diving course was taking place at Stoney Cove, the most popular diving training centre within the UK, which has depths to 36 mts (120 feet). The group consisted of 3 trainees, a dive master and the instructor, and they had dived to the ‘hydrobox’, situated in 36 mtrs, Stoney’s maximum depth.
One of the divers started having problems, and the other divers ascended with the distressed diver, where they were assisted by the Stoney Cove emergency staff.
CPR was applied to the diver and a RAF helicopter was called to transport him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The other four divers were transported to a recompression chamber in Liverpool for treatment, due to the rapid ascent.
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Good Samaritan saves life of Scuba Diver June 28, 2006
Posted by Andy Carroll in : Accidents , 2commentsA short news item at kfmb highlights the perils of diving alone, and the willingness of passersby to step up to the mark when the brown stuff hits the fan. A female scuba diver was seen to be struggling alone by two Kayakers who dragged her into shore. A former lifeguard, Christian Tuskes, then stepped in and effectively saved her life. Where was her buddy? What buddy.
“When we brought her in, she wasn’t breathing at all,” said good samaritan Christian Tuskes. “Her face was blue, hands were blue, tried to do CPR on her.”
Victoria Einhorn saw it all from her hotel balcony.
“Today when people are so afraid to step in, this guy didn’t even know her, and he was such a hero,” Einhorn said.
“I was checking for a pulse, and it seemed like the compressions were working,” Tuskes said. “There was more and more water coming out of her mouth.”
Boy saves his older brother by performing CPR after freediving accident June 16, 2006
Posted by Andy Carroll in : Accidents, CaveDiving, Freediving, News , add a commentTaylor Smith was lucky to have been freediving with his brother on a freediving trip to Blue Spring Cave. The cave is 120ft deep and freedivers sometimes find air pockets which accumulate due to expelled air from scuba divers exiting the cave. It seems Taylor found one of these pockets and fell unconscious. He was then dragged out of the cave by his brother, Wesley Smith and another buddy, Brian Cummings, and the help of other divers.
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