Ft. Lauderdale fatality 10/29/11

[OneFastEuro]

I did not know him or talked enough that day to be able to notice a voice change.

 

[Johnoly]

....He managed to switch his gear, was standing by the dive platform and collapsed......

Thank you for setting the details straight. It really helps readers understand the timeline and to help other divers keep an eye on each other, not just after surfacing, but also many minutes afterwards.

Godspeed and prayers to the family, crew and passengers.

 

[SeaCobra]

Please help me understand, with so little information posted, how we have made the leap to AGE? It certainly is a possibility, but so are a number of other things.

 

[Scott L]

That was one ugly day to be out diving...

 

[ScubaSteve]

Ugly because of a lost friend or ugly diving conditions?

 

[OneFastEuro]

Lost diver make it a sad day. Conditions weren't half bad where we were.
Also as far as the AGE it was an initial speculation based on initial talks with officer in charge and behavior of the diver in the timespan between out of water and accident.

That being said a heart attack is also possibly in the picture based on further details received last night.
There is not much more to say right now but send a prayer for the family.

Let's all be aware of our bodies and request help right away even if it end up being a fluke.

 

[Scott L]

Ugly because of a lost friend or ugly diving conditions?

Both, but the conditions were nasty (windy, overcast and sporadic tropical rain). Presumably, the victim was hunting game? Sorry to hear of the incident...

 

[DandyDon]

From http://www.crn.com/news/channel-pro...;jsessionid=q0tW3JaH+5Nizx0CGym4BA**.ecappj03

Scott Mallet, CEO of Network Technology Solutions, a Pompano Beach, Fla.-based VAR, died Saturday after collapsing while on a scuba-diving trip in the Atlantic Ocean.

According to the Sun-Sentinel newspaper, Mallet had complained of chest pains after a dive on Saturday morning. He collapsed on the boat and attempts by the scuba company's crew to revive him using a defibrillator on board were unsuccessful. Mallet was pronounced dead at North Broward Medical Center. He was 36.

Mallet was an experienced diver and was married for eight months, according to the newspaper.

Network Technology Solutions was founded in 2004 as MCSI Consulting, and has almost 20 employees. Mallet was a member of Heartland Tech Groups and had recently led his company to reach several success targets, said Arlin Sorensen, CEO of HTG.

"Scott Mallet was a great man who has created a very successful organization impacting his family, his team, his customers and many of us," Sorensen said in a statement. "The impact of life casts a much bigger net than we often think about. The ripples go far and wide. I had the privilege of being part of a SWOT team back in March 2010 at NTS. It was a blessing to get to know Scott, his then fianc�, Christy, and his team during that period and for the months after as they pursued the goals set forth."

He is survived by his wife, Christy; mother, Thelma Jo Robinson-Mallet; father, Jeffrey Leland Mallet; mother and father-in-law, Richard and Mona Jeffries; and by his aunt, Susan Mallet.

Mallet's funeral is scheduled for Wednesday at Kraeer Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Pompano Beach, Fla. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Labrador Retriever Rescue of Florida.

 

[JonKranhouse]

Medical examiner to rule on diver's death off Pompano Beach

(From Orlando Sentinel)
By Mike Clary, Sun Sentinel6:22 p.m. EDT, November 1, 2011

POMPANO BEACH — The Broward County medical examiner will determine the cause of death for a 36-year-old Coconut Creek man who collapsed while on a scuba-diving trip in the ocean off Pompano Beach.

Scott Mallet, who ran a technology firm, complained of chest pains after coming up from a dive at about 10:20 a.m. Saturday, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office.

The crew of Scubatyme III, the Pompano Beach company that ran the trip, used an onboard defibrillator in an effort to revive Mallet, but they were unsuccessful, according to Mallet's mother-in-law, Mona Jeffries.

Pompano Beach Fire-Rescue met the boat at the Hillsboro Inlet and took Mallet to North Broward Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, according to Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Keyla Concepcion.

Jeffries said Mallet was an experienced diver. He and his wife, Christy, were married just eight months ago, she said. Funeral services are pending.

Telephone messages left at Scubatyme's offices were not returned. On Tuesday evening, no one was at the company's boat docked at the Sands Harbor Resort off Atlantic Boulevard in Pompano Beach.

mwclary@tribune.com

It would be helpful if the ME's report is made public when complete, but such action rarely occurs in most US jurisdictions. By contrast, UK diving coroners routinely publish their findings.

 

[Jax]

Please help me understand, with so little information posted, how we have made the leap to AGE? It certainly is a possibility, but so are a number of other things.

One person had stated that opinion. Others seem to be adopting it without further info.

May we please remember to state speculation and opinion as such???