sad to hear, as always. One lesson learned here is to make sure you know your buddies and keep tight... I'm not saying the other two could have done anything, but OW divers, and especially in a situation like this where you've got one really experienced diver diving with two others he doesn't really know... tend to drift too far from each other too often.
And concur, thumbs up was surely a misprint.
And concur, thumbs up was surely a misprint.