New York tourist dies in Cozumel

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Reading the original, it appears that the deceased began to feel ill while still underwater. They managed to get him out and onto the boat, where he was still alive, and the boat put it for the nearest dock, which belonged to a resort. Unfortunately, at some point in transport, they lost vital signs, and resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful.

There is no information about the location of the dive or the profile in the short article (which is not very well written in the original Spanish, either).
 
I hope part of the procedure of the autopsy involves checking for C02 poisoning.
 
I hope part of the procedure of the autopsy involves checking for C02 poisoning.

Do you mean carbon monoxide (CO)? CO2 (Carbon Dioxide is not a poisoning, but lack of O2 (oxygen). Carbon Monoxide (CO) binds to the hemoglobin preventing available oxygen from entrering.

Unless it was a large number of people, why suspect carbon monoxide poisoning? If a house has a problem in the heating system, the whole family gets sick, not a single person. If tanks are filled with carbon monoxide, many people would have had problems.
 
Do you mean carbon monoxide (CO)? CO2 (Carbon Dioxide is not a poisoning, but lack of O2 (oxygen). Carbon Monoxide (CO) binds to the hemoglobin preventing available oxygen from entrering.

Unless it was a large number of people, why suspect carbon monoxide poisoning? If a house has a problem in the heating system, the whole family gets sick, not a single person. If tanks are filled with carbon monoxide, many people would have had problems.

There was a death of a cave diver recently in Cozumel from CO poisoning and it was found they have no CO monitor on the island. When I asked at Scuba Club about CO they did not seem to aware this could even be a problem.

Adam
 
Ok here is another report that states it was on Santa Rosa and the diver became distressed while diving.

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Establishing the story for the future, when it may no longer be available.

American tourist was the victim of "neglect" Santa Rosa reef


ARANA Yaneli [author]
COZUMEL, November 12 .- Foreigners Bill Fox Williams was killed when diving, reef near Santa Rosa, opposite the beach club "Mine", his body was transferred to the facilities of the Forensic Medical Service (Semefo ) for necropsy and know the exact cause of death. The incident took place Saturday at 10:30 am, near the beach club "Mine," where a person was dead, having been taken from the sea, at first it was thought that the lack of Oxygen was that death was given.

To the right place, staff moved Attorney General of the State (PGJE), the coordinator of the Public Ministry of Common Law (MPFC) Victor Manuel Sanchez de los Santos, agents of the State Judicial Police (PJE) to control the commander of the place, Victor Peraza Pacheco and experts in the field of criminology of the PGJE, on board the ambulance Forensic Medical Service (Semefo).

In the first research one of the dive, said that the deceased was called Bill Fox Williams, 49 years old, a native of New Jersey United States, who resided on the island, the same who was with his guide Tim Probert of Japanese origin. The guide mentioned that the deceased suddenly he began to make signs, which he called attention to the desperate and scared him, so he proceeded to raise it gradually to avoid decompression sickness, but a fourth part of achieving the surface vanished.

When removed and put afloat in the boat "Hatz-ha" Deep Blue Company, realized that he had no pulse and immediately requested the presence of an ambulance arriving same gave him first aid, but nothing could be done, and who had died minutes earlier.

The experts of the PGJE, proceeded to perform the removal of the body, as well as preliminary data, it is believed he died from asphyxia by drowning, but that is determined to have the results of the autopsy, his body was recognized by Gail Fox, who was his wife.

It is noteworthy that the four people who were working on the vessel which was secured by the PGJE until the end of the death investigations were transferred to the facilities of the MPFC, as presented to render their version of events, while the boat that was headed by Juan Carlos Marín Mac stayed safely in the cove.
 
Wish we could know what were the "signs".

Hope some of you Coz folks will keep us informed.
 
Don't like the word "neglect' in the headline since there is nothing in the story that would point to neglect. Bad translation maybe?
 
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