assumed they were certified, ditching a weight belt is something they should have been able to handle
Scuba diving fatalities - Wikipedia
"90% died with their weight belt on".
"25% first got into difficulty on the surface".
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assumed they were certified, ditching a weight belt is something they should have been able to handle