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Just saw on the news and it didnt look good. Anyone have any information? They showed the Venice PD boat pulling an unresponsive diver into the boat.
Beach dive accident off Sharkeys Pier today (5/19/12)
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Dive4LifeSW
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I was there, one among many (Law enforcement and especially the Aristakat who had volunteer divers helping-- thank you to all). Sadly, it did not end well. While there are more details, I would like to offer this. I wrote this in response to, well, today:
It is with a very heavy heart that I post tonight. Today, while diving, a fellow adventurer, lover of life and father died while fossil hunting. While I was not privileged enough to say I knew him personally, this past month his son and I dived the same waters. We exchanged hellos and brief conversation. All divers/discovers. I saw the excitement in his son's eyes before every dive. The love of discovery and "treasures" he found along the way... diving... a "way" from what I am told, his father taught him. When coming back from dives, I watched his son's family playing on the beach and thought of the joy his family had and how someday he will teach his children to dive. They have so much love of the ocean and life (you can truly see it in him and his family). I thought of my family, my son, and how someday I wish to share the same joy/journey/way with him. But today, I am deeply saddened by their loss. A father, a friend, a relative, a fellow diver has been lost. Again, I did not know him, but I wish him peace. I wish there were more words than "You are in our thoughts and prayers" that I could offer to his family.
It is with a very heavy heart that I post tonight. Today, while diving, a fellow adventurer, lover of life and father died while fossil hunting. While I was not privileged enough to say I knew him personally, this past month his son and I dived the same waters. We exchanged hellos and brief conversation. All divers/discovers. I saw the excitement in his son's eyes before every dive. The love of discovery and "treasures" he found along the way... diving... a "way" from what I am told, his father taught him. When coming back from dives, I watched his son's family playing on the beach and thought of the joy his family had and how someday he will teach his children to dive. They have so much love of the ocean and life (you can truly see it in him and his family). I thought of my family, my son, and how someday I wish to share the same joy/journey/way with him. But today, I am deeply saddened by their loss. A father, a friend, a relative, a fellow diver has been lost. Again, I did not know him, but I wish him peace. I wish there were more words than "You are in our thoughts and prayers" that I could offer to his family.
Yikes, such a horrible thing for his son. How were conditions out there today?
Conditions were beautiful. Don't know about the vis, though. This man was one of my daughter's high school teachers. I was going to be at Venice beach yesterday, but had to call it off. We're on standby; one of our guys is doing a sidescan sweep for a young lady that is missing.
Damn, tough weekend down there, sorry to hear about both.
Aristakat
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rip , I wish outcome could of been better but he is now with god and his family...
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