Body of missing Florida free diver found in cave

[moab]

Missing diver's body recovered

CITRUS COUNTY (Bay News 9) -- The Citrus County Sheriff's Office dive team recovered the body of a missing college student in a cave overnight.

Sheriff's officials say 21-year-old Joseph Kelly disappeared in the water while free diving with friends Saturday night around 9 p.m.

A few hours later, the dive team found Kelly's body in about eight feet of water near the Chassahowitzka River Campground.

Kelly, a University of Central Florida student, was originally from Vero Beach.

According to authorities, his body will be taken to the medical examiner's office in Leesburg for an autopsy.

Source: http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2010/3/7/591928.html

 

[scubadam67]

I wish the news people didn't list this as a cave diving accident. These were no doubt not cave divers. Sorry for the families.

 

[DA Aquamaster]

+1. I am sorry for the families loss, and don;t mean to sound insensitive, but freediving is not how cave diving is done, and freedving into a cave is not a smart thing to do, but those are not distinctions that the general public will make. This type of news coverage just creates more pressure to close caves to protect people from themselves.

 

[jridg]

+1 to the above - this is a freediving accident/death.

 

[StreetDoctor]

great thread title RIP for the family.

 

[H2O 70]

+1 to the above - this is a freediving accident/death.

I think freedivers would take insult to this as well.

 

[Scared Silly]

Here is the original story. Which should have be linked to in the original post.

Missing diver's body recovered in Citrus County - Bay News 9

I have also sent a note to the mods requesting the thread title be changed to

"Free diver dies inside a cave"

 

[robint]

Missing diver's body recovered

CITRUS COUNTY (Bay News 9) -- The Citrus County Sheriff's Office dive team recovered the body of a missing college student in a cave overnight.

Sheriff's officials say 21-year-old Joseph Kelly disappeared in the water while free diving with friends Saturday night around 9 p.m.

A few hours later, the dive team found Kelly's body in about eight feet of water near the Chassahowitzka River Campground.

Kelly, a University of Central Florida student, was originally from Vero Beach.

According to authorities, his body will be taken to the medical examiner's office in Leesburg for an autopsy.

Source: www dot baynews9 dot com

how is this "cave diving"????

 

[Cave Diver]

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A ScubaBoard Staff Message...

Thread title changed to more accurately reflect incident

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[robint]

thank you for changing title!!!