Photographer Cotton Coulson dies in Norway after diving accident

[Storker]

A US citizen in his 60s is in critical condition after a diving accident outside Træna in Northern Norway. The man was on a cruise with the ship National Geographic Explorer.

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Google translated article #2

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Update Tuesday 26th at 13:10 CEDT (11:10 UTC/GMT, 05:10 am EDT): The man is being treated at Tromsø University Hospital, the same hospital that treated the Finnish cave divers after the cave diving accidents in Plura last year. He's out of the chamber, but still in a critical condition.

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[jboneng]

A man in his 60s is critically injured after a dive in Troms, Norway.
The man had no heartbeat when surfaced after a planed dive on the cruiseship NG Explorer.

Here is a google translated article.

 

[Oldbear]

I am glad he is still alive. I hope he has a full recovery.

No diving details yet.

 

[Storker]

He didn't recover

 

[DandyDon]

Was it American photographer and filmmaker Cotton Coulson, 60, formerly of National Geographic and U.S. News & World Report magazines? https://nppa.org/news/photographer-cotton-coulson-dies-norway-after-diving-accident

 

[Storker]

The name has been released also here, and yes, it was him.


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