Hi.. my name is Victoria Ann Bryant-Yarbrough (for those needing names for credibility), and Randy Jordan damn near cost me my life back in 2003. Search it! Everything is well documented. I wonder if this group was also thrown on Nitrox while being uncertified. Or perhaps they were left drifting in the abyss, narced out of their minds while Randy was shooting a cobia, it's a funny thing what water, depth, inexperience and no air will do for a person…(it isn’t pretty folks).
For the record Randy… I was the diver you “took under your wing” and left at the Hole in the Wall. You promised me I would be safe with you after I told you I thought the dive was too advanced for me being a brand new diver. I’m the diver you put on Nitrox , knowing I had NO experience with it what-so-ever. I’m the diver that was left at 138 feet alone, narced, and with less then 500psi while you speared a Cobia (thank God someone picked up your slack and came back for me). I’m also the diver that became an Instructor after all that crap happened in order to help educate other divers so this sort of thing never happens to someone else. I teach new divers how to stand up to people like you who commonly shut them down and try to charm them into believing you really care. Just in case none of this is jogging your memory yet, Im also the diver who worked for your buddy Mike in PB, remember…. I was told to pull my post about the accident I had or speak to your attorney… Im the diver that chose to speak to your attorney (I never did get a call from one). And… Im also the diver (at the time I was DM’ing) who refused to lie to a full boat of trusting, self reliant, trusting,well educated , paying , and trusting divers about having O2 on board your buddy Mike‘s vessel (A-1 Dive Charters ,currently out of business), ya know… I walked off the dock that day with Mike screaming every profane word you can imagine at me for leaving him DM-less, but to this day, I feel good knowing that 15 divers understood there was NO O2 onboard should one of them be injured and need it.
Some may find Randy’s practices…. What was the word…. Oh yeah, entertaining….
Me, I find him a disgrace to the diving community. Some may say I’m being to harsh….. The bottom line is… I ALMOST DIED…….! My opinion counts too!!!!
If anyone can figure out how to retrieve this lost archive, the full story is in there, through the eyes of a scared new diver looking for advice…
http://www.scubaboard.com/t53312-.html