Diver found dead off Hollywood beach

[ScubaSteve]

I am sure they are just signing up now.....along with the Chief of Police and the lead fire Inspector and the Wizard of Oz

 

[letterboy]

Sweet!!! The wizard of oz is signing up! I ALWAYS wanted to meet him, he is my idol!!!
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[Rick Murchison]

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A ScubaBoard Staff Message...

In lieu of deleting the last three posts I'm posting this reminder... this is the A&I forum, not the Pub. Please keep the thread on topic and constructive.
Thanks in advance.
Rick

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[iain68]

Spoke to a police officer this afternoon who worked the scene. Said he was found in full rigor with 1700 lbs. in the tank, partially inflated bc, and reg in mouth. Mask, and orifices (ears, nose, mouth) were filled with blood. Official COD is listed as drowning. I can't begin to speculate as to what happened based on these facts.

 

[vladimir]

Just a reminder, this forum is for analyzing accidents and incidents when we know the facts. It's not for condolances or well wishes to the families of victims. There are other forums for that.

In this case, there are clearly a lot of facts we simply don't have.

Jeff

If you can point me to some threads in this forum where we had all the facts I'd appreciate it. I don't recall any.

 

[Splash-X]

I wonder if the blood is a result of post-death related trauma from either surfacing or descending with blocked cavities (ears & nose)

 

[larien]

Well, does sound like he was solo diving - can't post the URL, but Google "Scuba diving accident kills Florida man cdnn" - from the article:

Known as "Rick" to his friends, Losz loved scuba diving and often dived alone at night.

That would be consistent with being in the water 12 hours and explain why there wasn't a dive buddy reporting him missing. Unfortunately, it still doesn't answer why he got into difficulties & died.