fosterboxermom
Contributor
.Who was the victims buddy?Why didn't the buddy alert the DM that the victim was going deeper than planned? Why didn't the victim choose to stay shallow with you and his fiancee(ego drove him to go deep-to say "been there-did that?")Without being there I would also guess that the deceased may have been overweighed with too much lead and had alot of trouble with bouyancy issues,again no one to blame but himself,not the DM..
The DM was his buddy in this case. The DM took everyone as a group (5) not including himself. That is how HE planned the dive. Yes he wanted to go deeper and had been practicing skills, ego, all men have ego's so if you want to say that then so be it. BUT NO ONE HAS COMMENTED ON THAT THE DM KNEW THE DIVER WAS MISSING AND DIDN'T ABORT THE DIVE. THAT SEEMS TO BE OK WITH ALL THE DM'S ON THIS BOARD!! AND DEFENDING THE DM'S.
You can say what you want but you weren't there and you didn't see this guy nor did you see that he knew Brendan was missing half way into the dive and still continued the dive and then on the safety line he was signaling to his finance' as to where Brendan was. He F'd up and no one can convice me otherwise. Yes Brendan went too deep. But the Dm should have kept his eyes on HIS group. I have been on group dives before (which is not uncommon in the Caribbean not to have a buddy only the DM) and A GOOD DM ALWAYS hovers to the side watches his divers and makes sure they are all there and then he proceeds after them. This did not happen in this case.