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Ben's Vortex is now available at Amazon Video on Demand. You can rent or purchase the stream here: Link
Ben's Vortex is now available at Amazon Video on Demand. You can rent or purchase the stream here: Link
The cave diving community is tight and likes to talk, many feel he is still in there past the fifth restriction in an area of the system that is just too dangerous to fully search. I hear that more than the other theories, but that is just what they are - theories.
Thanks, Doug. This is a very well thought out review - and accurate. And yes, Kevin Carlisle and Pete NetDoc were valuable resources in the production of this story. The only update lately is that there are two divers who are making a serious effort to re-map Vortex Spring. Sorry, I don't know their names, but they recently spoke to Jill Heinerth at a dive site and reported that they have found zero evidence of Ben. This mystery continues to confound almost everyone involved.I just watched the video on Amazon. Great underwater video. It gave my wife a feeling for what cave diving is like much better than I can describe to her. The video left me feeling more than ever that Ben is not in the cave. We know now that the shovel did not belong to Ben, as well as the fact that there was a HUGE cover-up with the cause of death of Paul, but the family went on to form a foundation based on a lie. Although I certainly sympathize with the loss the family went through in losing their son to a drug overdose (not a stroke), it does display a propensity towards a very dense form of denial. The video shows this denial and subterfuge had permeated into the way Ben led his life. He had more than his fair share of skeletons in the closet, and played the Con well. I would not be surprised to hear that he has been found living in some condo in another country, once again trying to find himself. After the video, my wife immediately asked if the parents own a condo in Brazil. I recommend this video to anyone who dives, or anyone who likes mysteries. It was also neat to see Kevin and Pete in the video!