My condolences to all involved.
Maybe a heart attack, but maybe she would be alive if she was on the boat safely.
This is another reason to dive with a reliable buddy.
Woman loses her life in diving practice
COZUMEL, February 19 .- In tragedy ended what would be the walk of an American family during the morning of this Sunday when they performed the practice of diving in the reefs of Palancar, Gardens, at which time Tammy R. Schmitz suffered from a Infarct, losing their lives in the sea, so that authorities of the Attorney General's Office went to the lifting of the body for the corresponding procedures and to be able to carry out the transfer of the body to its place of origin.
According to information, a report was received at 9-1-1, during the morning of this Sunday, explaining first the loss of a diver; So the indication was issued to the official authorities, although minutes later it was reported that it was a female person who was lifeless on the south coast of the city.
In information, it was revealed that the boat named Gaviota I, of the company Scuba Mau, was doing a diving service with Ricardo Rafael Loeza, 19 years old, who was presumably the guide of the divers, together with Gonzalez Malvaes Liras, captain of the boat, who accompanied the instructor Paulín Fuentes, when the tragedy occurred.
According to information obtained, it transpired that during the dive exercise, Tammy R. Schmitz, 43 years old and originally from Denver, Colorado separated from the group to say she felt bad, so the guide accompanied her five feet before The surface to return by the other members of the tour, being 10 minutes later when the others left the water and noticed that there was no female.
Immediately they entered the sea, finding it lifeless, apparently not presenting vital signs, so they boarded the boat Gaviota I, and approached the nearest pier, a few meters from Palancar beach, where they were asked for access to enter the Paramedics of the International Hospital, in order to be able to attend the companions to corroborate the situation of the female who did not react and confirmed the death.
That is why the State Attorney General's Office, as well as the ministerial police and the Forensic Medical Service, were informed of the incident and then disembarked at the Nachi-Cocom pier, where the unit was waiting for him To make the transfer to the Semefo where the autopsy of law would be carried out to him later to make the delivery of the body to the relatives.
