Gdog
Contributor
One of our Pacific Northwest Diving couples were involved in a car accident in Cozumel, resulting in very serious injury to both of them. Evidently the car in which they were driving was T-boned by another vehicle who was later determined to be at fault. That driver is now in jail. Laurie broke her shoulders, several ribs, and had air trapped inside her chest cavity. Doug was taken to a separate hospital, and placed into a medically induced coma and intubated. He has multiple broken ribs, a broken pelvis, and a broken femur. He will need several surgeries. They will be there for several weeks trying to heal from their injuries, and going thru multiple surgeries.
One blessing is that while they had only been in Cozumel for a couple days when this happened, they were diving with Aldora Divers. Memo (sp) jumped into action, offered the company vehicle to help transport their stuff to an apartment, picked up family members coming in to see Doug and Laurie, got his attorney involved to help assist with the situation, provided help in finding an in house nurse for them when they are able to get to the apartment, and provided someone to run errands for them while waiting on family to arrive. Thank you Aldora Divers for stepping in!
A gofundme has been set up to try and help this couple and take some financial burden off them. Please help out our fellow divers, as they will need all the help they can get as they start the long slow process of healing and getting back home.
I will try to post updates as I get them. Another local PNW dive member has just arrived in Cozumel to try and help them navigate through all this as they are both in separate hospitals. Please Help!!
One blessing is that while they had only been in Cozumel for a couple days when this happened, they were diving with Aldora Divers. Memo (sp) jumped into action, offered the company vehicle to help transport their stuff to an apartment, picked up family members coming in to see Doug and Laurie, got his attorney involved to help assist with the situation, provided help in finding an in house nurse for them when they are able to get to the apartment, and provided someone to run errands for them while waiting on family to arrive. Thank you Aldora Divers for stepping in!
A gofundme has been set up to try and help this couple and take some financial burden off them. Please help out our fellow divers, as they will need all the help they can get as they start the long slow process of healing and getting back home.
Help Doug and Laurie in their recovery, organized by Natalie Anderson
As many of you know, our beloved Seattle dive community members, Doug and Lau… Natalie Anderson needs your support for Help Doug and Laurie in their recovery
gofund.me
I will try to post updates as I get them. Another local PNW dive member has just arrived in Cozumel to try and help them navigate through all this as they are both in separate hospitals. Please Help!!
