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Old 07-31-2009, 09:28 AM   #73
mepps1
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Re: How deep on air?

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Originally Posted by searaydiver View Post
Well, this thread went south real fast. There was some good advice somewhere back up there, though.
You all might remember when Divers Supply lost two instructors and one student on a deep dive out of palm Beach, about 10-12 yrs. back. The bodies were never found. The surviving diver said that they were in over 200 fsw., four tanks on each diver. The bladder blew out in one divers BCD and the two instructors tried to save him. The last they were seen, they going down together. The instructors never left his side. One of the instructors was ex-navy seal. Tragic loss but it predicated the importance of training, equipment AND buddies.

If your two well trained buddies die with you, was that really the lesson?
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