Monterey 2 divers dead, separate incidents

[Ben_ca]

To summerize

First incident: Pt Lobos 23 Nov 06: 50 yr old with 17 yrs old son

Second Inident Breakwater 24 Nov 06: 36 year old with 15 year old son

News story from Monterey County Herald

Be careful out there guys

 

[spectrum]

Sympathy to all.

Strength to the 2 youths who gave it their all.

Pete

 

[Ben_ca]

Not too long ago there was another Father /Son dive team that had a fatality


Man dies in scuba diving accident


A Roseville man apparently died in a scuba diving accident off of Lovers Point on Friday, Pacific Grove police reported. ######, 54, was pulled to shore shortly before noon by his 19-year-old son and other divers, police said. Police officers, ocean-rescue workers, and fire and ambulance paramedics responded to the scene.##### was taken to Community Hospital of the Peninsula, where he was pronounced dead at 12:31 p.m. Investigators said he apparently became entangled

Published on July 9, 2006, Page B2, Monterey County Herald, The (CA)

 

[Mr.X]

Deepest condolences to the families. Very, very sad. My heart goes out to the two boys.



X

 

[RoyN]

Wow! I was just diving at Coral Street yesterday and completely aborted the 2nd dive. I'll keep them in my prayers.

 

[dlndavid]

Very sad indeed, my deepest condolences to the families.

 

[Ben_ca]

Wow! I was just diving at Coral Street yesterday and completely aborted the 2nd dive. I'll keep them in my prayers.

Sometimes the best lessons in diving are the ones we take in from the beach....

 

[n8Delta]

What's going on in Monterey?! I just ran across this looking for travel safety information:

http://www.**********/news/safety/s061109a.html

"SAN MATEO, California (9 Nov 2006) -- Robert Crawford's diving buddy had his back turned for no more than 20 seconds, but in that time, Crawford vanished from the ocean surface. It was the last time he was seen alive."

 

[n8Delta]

What's going on in Monterey?! I just ran across this looking for travel safety information:

http://www.**********/news/safety/s061109a.html

not sure why that link turned out that way:
http://www.**********/news/safety/s061109a.html

 

[n8Delta]

what the.....

ok, i have no idea why it replaces **** with the cdnn site, but here's another link i found on news.google.com:

http://www.insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/localnews/ci_4610195