Diver dead after accident in Lake Ontario near Oakville

[cruiser]

adiverswife--

Yes, we are woefully short on facts. Would you care to provide any?

 

[adiverswife]

The diver in question is my cousin. This was their second dive of the day and everything was fine. Contrary to reports. He was found on the bottom unresponsive, and pulled up from there. No one knows right now what went wrong but obviously something did. He was more than experienced to handle these dives and his gear was more than OK so speculation needs to stop and wait for the results of the police investigation. I am tired of reading peoples opinions about what the news has said, the news has been 100% wrong so far. I am at a loss myself for what went wrong, but until all info is available opinions only lead to more misinformation, which doesn't help anyone. I will post again when we find out more info.

Thanks this means a lot to me!!!!!

 

[DandyDon]

We seldom get the full story, but rather try to learn from what-if possibilities. Some personal speculations may get out of line at times, true.

 

[adiverswife]

adiverswife--

Yes, we are woefully short on facts. Would you care to provide any?

No!!! many of you have been taking it into your hands and feel you knew him and what he was capable of. Many untrue facts are out there and the news did not know him either or what he could do. so respect for him is what I am asking for and for everyone to stop spreading lies that he was not ready for that dive he was more then ready!!!

 

[adiverswife]

Knowing the people involved..I`m pretty sure this is all the info we`re going to get.

why do you feel you need to know more-----just asking

 

[adiverswife]

it should rule out health related (heart attack, stroke, barotrauma from overexpansion etc).
this would be autopsy related information. Drowning secondary to inhalation of fluid.

There would be less speculation if those involved would expose some of the questions that have been brought up such as level of certification, number of dives, equipment choices etc.
this would all be good information. I think someone else mentioned the secretive nature of the event.

interesting though but unsatisfying due to lack of information.

Why does everyone feel it is a secret if the equipment was the trouble do you think the divers that were involved that day would know that without a report. why does the diver that is no longer among us need to have a report for all of you level of certification, number of dives, equipment choices etc. he has a wife 3 children that he loved very much!!! do you think he would risk all this on a weekend training as Mr Shannon has reported some divers do he had been diving since 2004 6 yrs do you need more he spent many hours to be the best and what he loved.

 

[adiverswife]

He was not an expert technical diver....nor a technical diver. He was an advanced open water diver. Things like this are going to ruin the diving industry and screw with people who dive safely.

Yes he was a technical diver------who are you to say he was not and spread lies !!!

 

[adiverswife]

Very sad news to hear,

If the person who passed away is the fellow that I knew (no names have been released), very tragic. He was not any where near prepared for a dive to 145' with any sort of DECO obligation. Very poor judgment. Hopefully all the facts will somewhat come out and clear things up.

not true

 

[cbm32]

adiverswife.....

You have told us a lot about what isnt true without providing what is true and how you know it is true. You say he was a tech diver. Ok, which agency did he get his cert from? You say he was very experienced and prepared. Ok, how many dives had he been on?

I am NOT trying to be offensive or abrasive in any way. But, it simply isnt good enough (in my opinion) to try to shout down everyone without providing some kind of evidence that you have some idea of what you are talking about.

I for one am a pretty inexperienced diver. As such, the speculation of how this MIGHT have happened provided me a LOT of information regarding scenarios that can be a problem and how they can come about. This in turn makes me very aware of situations I need to question, or stay away from, and training I might want to consider getting. In that way the speculation can be very valuable in terms of preventing future accidents even if it is not what actually happened in this case.


Please accept my post in the spirit in which it was made and if you do in fact have information perhaps you could provide it to us.

If my post offends you in any way I apologize in advance.

 

[adiverswife]

Then why are they saying this was not a paid charter, when I have the Aquaholic email from the day before listing Wed as a day of paid charters? Also, most reports say the diver was found on the bottom with no mask and no vitals. OUC report says he has problems on the ascent?

Did you ever think that no one booked for that day and 3 friends decided to go!!!!! or would you rather stir something up!