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Diver drowns in former asbestos mine - Montreal - CBC News
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I am thinking that the reporter got confused, as it often the case, about "took off his equipment and tried to return to the surface" as I just don't believe that. The real actions in play may have gotten garbled in the retelling.
A 47-year-old man drowned while diving in a former asbestos quarry near Thetford Mines on Saturday.
Police were called in to Flintkote mine around 9 a.m. ET to help a diver in trouble.
The man was declared dead later at the hospital.
The quarry is 76 metres deep and divers are drawn to the place because of the challenges it entails.
This is the fourth death in the quarry since 2007. Another diver died in May.
The former mine is now closed for investigation.
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THETFORD MINES, Que. - An experienced diver is the second person to drown in two months at Flintkote Quarry, which attracts hundreds of scuba divers every year.
Province police retrieved the 47-year-old diver's lifeless body Saturday morning. They attempted to revive him, but the man was pronounced dead at hospital, police said.
The diver, who was with a partner, apparently felt faint when he was 44 feet deep. He took off his equipment and tried to return to the surface, said Guylaine Cloutier, who is responsible for the diving site.
Cloutier said the diver was a regular at the site and in excellent shape.
"He always checked his equipment and things many times. We can't do anything about feeling faint," Cloutier explained, visibly shaken by the death.
Although she says the site is safe, Cloutier is concerned that this is the second drowning in two months and the fourth in five years.
"I've been caring for the site for 15 years but in the last five years, I don't know what's been going on. There is always somebody who feels faintness and stays down there. This is my fourth ... it looks like they are all in the same age bracket," Cloutier said.
Another diver, a 49-year-old man, died at the location in May.
I am thinking that the reporter got confused, as it often the case, about "took off his equipment and tried to return to the surface" as I just don't believe that. The real actions in play may have gotten garbled in the retelling.
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