video showing diver's death - should be broadcasted?

[mania]

The last minutes of Dave Shaw in the Boesmansgat cave
Here is the full story:
http://capeargus.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=2372385

I would like to know your opinion whether such video should or should not be broadcasted - at least within the divers community?

I personally think it shouldn't.
Mania

 

[jonnythan]

I don't see why not. You take a motorcycle safety course, you often see videos of motorcyclists doing something stupid and dying. I think it helps scare people into not doing something stupid themselves. It's a valuable training tool.

I also think the family of the deceased should be the ones to make the decision in each particular case, though. It should be up to them whether their relative's mistake should be a training tool or not.

[edit: I don't mean to imply that the deceased did anything stupid, merely that the video may help prevent people from taking their own stupid risks because of the potential costs.]

 

[pilot fish]

The last minutes of Dave Shaw in the Boesmansgat cave
Here is the full story:
http://capeargus.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=2372385

I would like to know your opinion whether such video should or should not be broadcasted - at least within the divers community?

I personally think it shouldn't.
Mania

It seems to me, at this distance, that a simple line with a hook on it and put the hook on the dead divers tank and exit the cave and pull body to the surface? 20m = 60 ft?

 

[pipedope]

The 20m depth was after the bodies had floated up.
The depth of the accident was more like 270m.

At 270m there is very little room for error.

He could have easily been working too hard causing a CO2 buildup. O2 tox is far more likely the more CO2 you have built up.

I would be interested in seeing the video to try to learn something and I think that divers who go deep might also want to see it but I don't know if showing it publicly is a good idea or not.
Perhaps the family could gain comfort in knowing that his final video was continuing to save lives.

No easy answers in these cases.

 

[simbrooks]

Assuming the family agrees to it - Training tool through the appropriate channels yes, open to public scrutiny and finger pointing online - well you guess

 

[The Kraken]

270 meters ??????
Jesus-God !!! That's over 810" !!!!

I don't care what it is, I'm not going that deep out side of a deep diving submarine!

 

[pilot fish]

270 meters ??????
Jesus-God !!! That's over 810" !!!!

I don't care what it is, I'm not going that deep out side of a deep diving submarine!

Isn't that way beyond any dive depth? Never heard of that kind of depth for divers. Is that a misprint? :06:

 

[pilot fish]

Assuming the family agrees to it - Training tool through the appropriate channels yes, open to public scrutiny and finger pointing online - well you guess

Totally agree. As a dive tool, yes, for the public, no.

 

[The Kraken]

Don't know. Pipedope must've read something about the dive somewhere else.

 

[padiscubapro]

270 meters ??????
Jesus-God !!! That's over 810" !!!!

I don't care what it is, I'm not going that deep out side of a deep diving submarine!

actually closer to 880 feet.

No its not a misprint, he did the same dive back in october..

The open circuit record is 1030 feet but that was just a bounce dive.. both daves dives were working dives..