Accident. U.S diver dies Cabo San Lucas, Mexico - GPS Diving
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. March 3, 2011
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. March 3, 2011
Passings Thread http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/passings/377127-cabo-accident.htmlOn Tuesday March 1, the American diver Dewayen Gerald Schwalenberg, 64 Alaska, United States, died when he was practicing diving with his wife Patricia K. Schwalenberg 53 years of Anchorage, Alaska, and Jorge Gerardo, diving instructor.
The pair of U.S. tourists staying at the Melia Cabo Real Hotel of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, spent a few days holiday in the area and decided to make a diving practices, hiring Jorge Gerardo instructor and the boat "The Blessing ".
The three divers took to diving work experience in an area of the beach The Pelican BCS, about four-thirty in the afternoon, with a depth of 30 meters.
State Ministerial Police knew the incident at 20:40 hours when informed by phone that the port was the lifeless body of a person. After the call came to the area authorities of the headquarters staff Against Murder and medical examiner.
According to statements made by the diving instructor to the authorities, Gerald Dewayen completed a dive to 27 meters with a time of 40 minutes. And on the surface, the diver said that he had difficulty breathing. In the boat threw up twice and decided to go immediately to port, but over the course back to the Navy Pier Resort, the diver lost vital signs.
The authorities ordered the removal of the body for the practice of the autopsy, determining cause of death by drowning in the opinion of the forensic doctor on duty.