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July 10th, 2006, 08:39 PM
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http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-lidive0711,0,7551762.story?coll=ny-linews-headlines
'Andrea Doria' boat claims another diver's life
BY BILL BLEYER
Newsday Staff Writer
July 10, 2006, 6:45 PM EDT
The wreck of the ocean liner Andrea Doria, which has claimed the lives of at least 13 divers since it sank off Nantucket 50 years ago this month, has added another to its tally.
David Bright, 40, of Flemington, N.J., who has written and lectured about the shipwreck extensively and appeared in numerous documentaries, collapsed about 7 p.m. Saturday after a completing a dive on the Doria. The wreck remains a magnet for Long Island divers who use charters leaving from Montauk and ports along the South Shore.
Bright was to be involved in a reunion of Andrea Doria survivors to be held on Long Island on July 23 -- at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point.
According to Coast Guard Petty Officer Luke Pinneo in Boston, "he was diving and had resurfaced. Shortly after returning onboard he went into cardiac arrest and CPR was administered by the crew" of the vessel, which is named Sirena.
The Coast Guard headquarters in Woods Hole on Cape Cod received a call at 7:05 p.m. saying Bright was suffering from decompression sickness. The Coast Guard launched a helicopter from Cape Cod at 7:20 p.m. that was on scene at 7:57 p.m. and hoisted Bright aboard. The air crew continued CPR and at 8:30 p.m. transferred the diver to an ambulance at Hyannis Airport. He was taken to Cape Cod Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Dive experts said it sounded like Bright had suffered from an embolism, heart attack or stroke rather than decompression sickness because he reported no symptoms, which would be expected with decompression sickness, which is caused by a buildup of nitrogen in body tissues.
Bright founded the Nautical Research Group in 2003 and served as its president. He was the founder and a member of the Andrea Doria Survivor Reunions Committee, whose function is to provide survivors and their family members with annual events to commemorate this sea disaster. He has established the Andrea Doria Museum Project -- the main site is at the Nantucket Lifesaving Museum -- which loans artifacts and historic treasures from the Andrea Doria to museums for display.
Kevin McMurray, author of "Deep Descent," a book about diving the Doria, said Bright was a friend and former dive buddy. "David was good for the dive community. He was well-known and well-liked and respected."
The deteriorating Italian liner, which lies in 240 feet of water after colliding in the fog with the Swedish liner Stockholm, is considered the Mt. Everest for advanced shipwreck divers who breathe a mixture of gases to cope with the depth. Many of the diveboats heading to the site leave from or are based on Long Island.
Copyright 2006 Newsday Inc.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-lidive0711,0,7551762.story?coll=ny-linews-headlines
'Andrea Doria' boat claims another diver's life
BY BILL BLEYER
Newsday Staff Writer
July 10, 2006, 6:45 PM EDT
The wreck of the ocean liner Andrea Doria, which has claimed the lives of at least 13 divers since it sank off Nantucket 50 years ago this month, has added another to its tally.
David Bright, 40, of Flemington, N.J., who has written and lectured about the shipwreck extensively and appeared in numerous documentaries, collapsed about 7 p.m. Saturday after a completing a dive on the Doria. The wreck remains a magnet for Long Island divers who use charters leaving from Montauk and ports along the South Shore.
Bright was to be involved in a reunion of Andrea Doria survivors to be held on Long Island on July 23 -- at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point.
According to Coast Guard Petty Officer Luke Pinneo in Boston, "he was diving and had resurfaced. Shortly after returning onboard he went into cardiac arrest and CPR was administered by the crew" of the vessel, which is named Sirena.
The Coast Guard headquarters in Woods Hole on Cape Cod received a call at 7:05 p.m. saying Bright was suffering from decompression sickness. The Coast Guard launched a helicopter from Cape Cod at 7:20 p.m. that was on scene at 7:57 p.m. and hoisted Bright aboard. The air crew continued CPR and at 8:30 p.m. transferred the diver to an ambulance at Hyannis Airport. He was taken to Cape Cod Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Dive experts said it sounded like Bright had suffered from an embolism, heart attack or stroke rather than decompression sickness because he reported no symptoms, which would be expected with decompression sickness, which is caused by a buildup of nitrogen in body tissues.
Bright founded the Nautical Research Group in 2003 and served as its president. He was the founder and a member of the Andrea Doria Survivor Reunions Committee, whose function is to provide survivors and their family members with annual events to commemorate this sea disaster. He has established the Andrea Doria Museum Project -- the main site is at the Nantucket Lifesaving Museum -- which loans artifacts and historic treasures from the Andrea Doria to museums for display.
Kevin McMurray, author of "Deep Descent," a book about diving the Doria, said Bright was a friend and former dive buddy. "David was good for the dive community. He was well-known and well-liked and respected."
The deteriorating Italian liner, which lies in 240 feet of water after colliding in the fog with the Swedish liner Stockholm, is considered the Mt. Everest for advanced shipwreck divers who breathe a mixture of gases to cope with the depth. Many of the diveboats heading to the site leave from or are based on Long Island.
Copyright 2006 Newsday Inc.