Divemaster charged with Homicide?

FishinFL · 07-29-2008, 07:34 PM

I hearda short piece on the 4 o'clock news about a divemaster being charged with the death of a student. The student panicked and surfaced.

Anyone know the details?

thanks, Reese

bmoore · 07-29-2008, 08:46 PM

Could be...

http://www.divemaster.com/diving-new...der_28723.html

Orion45 · 07-29-2008, 09:21 PM

What a crock of sh#t! That's a cardinal rule. I refuse to believe any certified instructor would be so negligent as to neglect to teach studentsthemost important rule in scuba diving - DO NOT HOLD YOUR BREATH WHILE ASCENDING! But again, imbeciles on the jury and a slick lawyer.

sniper · 07-29-2008, 09:37 PM

How deep was this pool of death? This sounds rediculous.

Evensplit · 07-29-2008, 09:50 PM

You can suffer a fatal embolism from as little as 4 feet of water. Extreme, but it is possible.

This is why I cringe every time I hear of someoneletting a friend or child "try" scuba in a swimming pool - "It's just a pool". Please don't do this...PLEASE

reefcreature · 07-30-2008, 12:16 AM

what i read in the news journal was that a 16 year old female student was in 26 feet of water. when she surfaced she was in trouble and cpr was given but was pronounced dead at a local hospital on key largo. her father which is a certified diver was there as well.

i wonder where the instructor was?

reefcreature · 07-30-2008, 12:19 AM

oops!! wrong storey

Evensplit · 07-30-2008, 12:19 AM

2 different cases. The girl was this past weekend. TheAU case was last year.

sniper · 07-30-2008, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Evensplit (7/29/2008)You can suffer a fatal embolism from as little as 4 feet of water. Extreme, but it is possible.

This is why I cringe every time I hear of someoneletting a friend or child "try" scuba in a swimming pool - "It's just a pool". Please don't do this...PLEASE

True and I agree but my point was that she was maybe16.5' deep (the depth of AU's pool)if she was laying down and gasped a lung full of air, and held it and shot to the surface true she could have got an air embolism. But there has to be more to the story in order to charge an instructor with a crime. I think there is something that wasnt released in the story.

Evensplit · 07-30-2008, 04:58 PM

If she was indicted on "negligence" there could have been a violation of standards or something to that effect. Not going to speculate but will be watching this one closely - could set a HUGE precedent.

07-29-2008, 07:34 PM	#1
FishinFL Senior Member Trigger Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 260	Divemaster charged with Homicide? I hearda short piece on the 4 o'clock news about a divemaster being charged with the death of a student. The student panicked and surfaced. Anyone know the details? thanks, Reese

07-29-2008, 08:46 PM	#2
bmoore Senior Member Grouper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Navarre Posts: 607	RE: Divemaster charged with Homicide? Could be... http://www.divemaster.com/diving-new...der_28723.html

07-29-2008, 09:21 PM	#3
Orion45 Senior Member Blue Marlin Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Navarre, FL Posts: 4,193	RE: Divemaster charged with Homicide? What a crock of sh#t! That's a cardinal rule. I refuse to believe any certified instructor would be so negligent as to neglect to teach studentsthemost important rule in scuba diving - DO NOT HOLD YOUR BREATH WHILE ASCENDING! But again, imbeciles on the jury and a slick lawyer.

07-29-2008, 09:37 PM	#4
sniper Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: P-Cola, FL Posts: 2,254	RE: Divemaster charged with Homicide? How deep was this pool of death? This sounds rediculous. __________________

07-29-2008, 09:50 PM	#5
Evensplit Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,446	RE: Divemaster charged with Homicide? You can suffer a fatal embolism from as little as 4 feet of water. Extreme, but it is possible. This is why I cringe every time I hear of someoneletting a friend or child "try" scuba in a swimming pool - "It's just a pool". Please don't do this...PLEASE

07-30-2008, 12:16 AM	#6
reefcreature Senior Member Trigger Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pensacola Posts: 258	RE: Divemaster charged with Homicide? what i read in the news journal was that a 16 year old female student was in 26 feet of water. when she surfaced she was in trouble and cpr was given but was pronounced dead at a local hospital on key largo. her father which is a certified diver was there as well. i wonder where the instructor was? __________________ Dive Command Escambia Search And Rescue

07-30-2008, 12:19 AM	#7
reefcreature Senior Member Trigger Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pensacola Posts: 258	RE: Divemaster charged with Homicide? oops!! wrong storey __________________ Dive Command Escambia Search And Rescue

07-30-2008, 04:58 PM	#10
Evensplit Senior Member Sailfish Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,446	RE: Divemaster charged with Homicide? If she was indicted on "negligence" there could have been a violation of standards or something to that effect. Not going to speculate but will be watching this one closely - could set a HUGE precedent.

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