Brockville man dead after diving incident

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Hard to know at this point, Stoo. We have several people working on this case at the moment, details have been scarce so far. Hopefully our sleuths in the area will let us know shortly.

I've always turned the roaming off my cell phone in the Brockville area because otherwise I was getting U.S. roaming charges. Perhaps Elan's suggestion will be a good recommendation when diving so close to the border.
 
The original post said that the incident occurred after the dive was completed. Assuming that this is accurate, it sounds like it's perhaps not a "diving accident" but more some medical situation perhaps unrelated to the dive itself?

I would tend to agree with you, especially with the very limited information, this seems more like a medical problem. Still hits hard when this is in your own backyard.
 
Here is another article about the accident yesterday:

Man dies after diving | Local | News | Brockville Recorder

Article:
CARDINAL - A coroner's investigation has been launched after the death of a 57-year-old Brockville man who had been scuba diving on Legion Way here at noon on Tuesday.
Ontario Provincial Police constable Rob Prophet said the man had just completed a dive with friends and collapsed after getting out of the water.
“The dive was over and they were getting out of the water and that's when he started to have medical distress,” Prophet said.
“He was assisted and didn't survive.”
The cause of death is unknown at this time and will be revealed after an autopsy is performed.
The original page for police and paramedics came in as a possible drowning.
Jeff Carss, the deputy chief of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville's Emergency Medical Services, said five paramedics responded to the call.
“They attempted resuscitation and were unsuccessful,” he said.
Police are not releasing the name of the man until his family has been notified.
 
Hi fokes,
Found this post and would like to start with that this man was my father, for those who are curious. The Conastoga dive was one of his favorite and was out to practice with his dry suit, he had a very very good dive and did not go below 21 m. Once he was out of the water, he took off his mask gloves and was starting to take off tank. His dive partners where up shortly after this and heard him breathing hard. As they where unsuiting. A man walking his dog told them that Dad had fallen down and needed help. When they found him he was face down in the water due to the heavyness of his tank. Due to this it was called in to 911 as a drowning. however, His death had nothing to do with dive and was not a factor. His two dive partners started and continued with CPR until the parametics arrived and yes it took 20 mins and the 911 went to the US, because the St. Lawerence Narrows are so close to the US the 911 operator contacted the OPP, but it took two phone calls to her to make her understand that they where in Canada. The other divers are to commended. The corner has listed his death as a sudden event and could have happened to him at anytime or anywhere. Thank you for your sympathies, and keep diving. Dad loved it and he died doing what he loved.
 
Hi fokes,
Found this post and would like to start with that this man was my father, for those who are curious. The Conastoga dive was one of his favorite and was out to practice with his dry suit, he had a very very good dive and did not go below 21 m. Once he was out of the water, he took off his mask gloves and was starting to take off tank. His dive partners where up shortly after this and heard him breathing hard. As they where unsuiting. A man walking his dog told them that Dad had fallen down and needed help. When they found him he was face down in the water due to the heavyness of his tank. Due to this it was called in to 911 as a drowning. however, His death had nothing to do with dive and was not a factor. His two dive partners started and continued with CPR until the parametics arrived and yes it took 20 mins and the 911 went to the US, because the St. Lawerence Narrows are so close to the US the 911 operator contacted the OPP, but it took two phone calls to her to make her understand that they where in Canada. The other divers are to commended. The corner has listed his death as a sudden event and could have happened to him at anytime or anywhere. Thank you for your sympathies, and keep diving. Dad loved it and he died doing what he loved.

Thank you, Muggens. Thoughts and prayers with you and your family, and his diving friends.
 
Hi Muggens,

I just wanted to thank you for taking the time and providing more details on this tragedy. Again our condolence to you and your family.

Dan
 

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