My guess...because if it was "off the Bahamas" it would mean the USCG would not respond to it?
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My guess...because if it was "off the Bahamas" it would mean the USCG would not respond to it?
My guess...because if it was "off the Bahamas" it would mean the USCG would not respond to it?
That is incorrect, The USCG will perform rescues in Bahamian waters.
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True, they will respond if the victim is an american citizen. I have actually been on a vessel in the Bahamas where someone was airlifted off via USCG helo.
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This was a planned shark trip which is a very popular trip for Abernathy's. I find it strange that they keep saying east of Ft. Lauderdale. As Deepstops said earlier this would put them at about Great Isaacs which is an old light house.
This is strange as Great Isaacs is about 42 miles south of West End on Grand Bahama island. The usual itinerary for Abernathy's is to go into West End to clear customs, and then run north. Almost all of their dives are done north of Memory Rock which would put them east of Stuart not Ft. Lauderdale.
This is strange as Great Isaacs is about 42 miles south of West End on Grand Bahama island. The usual itinerary for Abernathy's is to go into West End to clear customs, and then run north. Almost all of their dives are done north of Memory Rock which would put them east of Stuart not Ft. Lauderdale.
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The Coast Guard has an agreement with the Bahamas that it will respond to emergencies in their waters.
The Palm Beach Post also reported that a diver died off Fort Lauderdale. You had to look closely to find out it was 50 miles off Fort Lauderdale, on the other side of the Gulfstream, in the Bahamas. Jim A. was always an advocate of not banning shark feeding in Florida. They definitely marketed shark dives on Sheerwater. I wonder if the facts of the accident will emerge.
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They have released more info... including the divers name. Be sure and read Neal Watsons comment at the bottom of the article.
Man dead in shark attack is Austrian - 02/25/2008 - MiamiHerald.com
Man dead in shark attack is Austrian - 02/25/2008 - MiamiHerald.com
Interesting that they've also provided an undated letter (in the link to the right of the page) from the Bahamas Diving Association (Neal Watson) that issued a cease and desist order from conducting non-caged dives with certain species of sharks.
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Someone stopped me today and said, they were glad to see me ok because they heard about this story and know I dive LBTS.
If it said the Bahamas it wouldn't create as much business for the Herald/Sentinel.
Debbie you can't cross the stream w/o the coast guard knowing it
They are always there even when we can't see them. And they will bail you out when in trouble too.Wys
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This is pretty sad but I'm not really surprised that it was an abernathy op that it happened to.
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