Fisheyeview just gave me a call, he's fishing up off Stuart and says that he's hearing radio traffic regarding a diver in distress near Jupiter, and that a helicopter is being sent out. Hopefully everything works out alright.
01/11/09 Jupiter diving accident?
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I hope the reports are wrong.
Some divers were diving St Lucie River on Friday with dive flags and following all normal protocols and a boat veered off course and ran over a diver causing him to lose both his legs :depressed:
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Okay, here's the update... they are bringing the diver in Boynton Inlet to the Sheriff's station, so apparently they weren't in Jupiter. The diver is not breathing. They were diving off of a private boat, a 25' Mako. That's all from Fish. Say a prayer and I'll do what I can to relay for Fish to keep this updated.
you are talking about 2 differet accidents. The spearfishermen off st. lucie lost his legs in a hit-and-run inncident.
My only point was that it would be (and is) the second serious dive accident on Florida's east coast this weekend. I never inferred Kevin was talking about Friday's accident.
Furthermore, Friday's accident was NOT a hit and run.
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One of my good friends dives off a 25' Mako when he doesn't dive off of my boat, and I can't get ahold of him. I'm starting to get nervous.
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Prayers sent your way.
Please keep us updated.
Please keep us updated.
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Prayers to both divers
This happened this afternoon. Tough day on the water.
Boat hits two scuba divers near Boca inlet -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Boat hits two scuba divers near Boca inlet -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
This is why I like Scubaboard...you hear a story and then get a link that guides you closer to the story. Boat hits diver, takes off...diver loses both legs...truth... boat hull hits divers both expected to make a full recovery. More accurate information is that there is more than one story happening this post.
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