PCG Diver dies during retrieval operations
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kwhkg
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Phil Tech Divers (aka Alex Santos) has taken over retrieval ops in Catalyn B
Ben_ca
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Do you know if they are taking the lead? or doing all the dives? From the last operation it sounded like they had 1 qualified guy with the Coast Guard guys following his lead...
Hopefully they'll have better luck this time. I don't think the general public understands how dangerous this is to the divers... specially the ones without training to this depth.
Ben_ca
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More video out on the local news:
shugar
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at least they've hired PhilTech rather than going at it on their own
it's not necessarily cheap, but there are more than enough qualified tech divers locally to do 220 feet rather than sending OW grunts with inferior equipment to do that dangerous work
Jag
it's not necessarily cheap, but there are more than enough qualified tech divers locally to do 220 feet rather than sending OW grunts with inferior equipment to do that dangerous work
Jag
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kwhkg
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unconfirmed but from what I heard, he was diving on air and only had OW training. whether thats true or not I dont know, but if true its too sad for the guys family
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