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'I reeled him in like a fish'
By MONIQUE BEECH
Local News - Sunday, May 06, 2007 Updated @ 10:01:15 PM
David Cadman spent the weekend nursing bruises and hoping the scuba diver he helped rescue from Lake Ontario Friday afternoon recovers.
The 44-year-old man, pulled from the lake near the old pump house at the base of Elizabeth Street in Grimsby, remained in critical condition at Hamilton General Hospital Sunday.
The Grimsby mans name was not released by police.
I just want to know hes alright, said Cadman, 27, of Grimsby.
I just hope he pulls through.
Cadman was returning from an afternoon fishing for salmon with friend Doug McKinnon of Smithville when they heard screams for help.
They immediately turned Cadmans 17-foot boat around to find two male scuba divers. One was unconscious and was being held above water by his diving partner.
Cadman said they pulled the conscious man aboard before calling out to another boat nearby, which brought in Mike Van Leeuwen to help.
While Van Leeuwen and McKinnon helped the first exhausted diver, Cadman threw out the boats anchor to try and hook the unconscious diver who had sunk to the bottom.
Tossing it out to the waves beyond the submerged man, who was about 3.6 metres underwater, Cadman hooked the anchor under the divers arm and pulled him to the side of the boat.
It was just a one in million shot, Cadman said.
I reeled him in like a fish, basically.
Cadman said both he and McKinnon, a former co-worker, were exhausted Sunday from the rescue. Cadmans arms and legs were badly bruised.
But his thoughts were with the men he pulled from the water.
Id like to get both their names at some point, and see how theyre doing.
Niagara Regional Police Insp. Bob Ciupa said police were still investigating Sunday what caused the man to sink to the bottom of the lake.
Foul play is not suspected, Ciupa said.
The man was an experienced diver, he said.
'I reeled him in like a fish'
By MONIQUE BEECH
Local News - Sunday, May 06, 2007 Updated @ 10:01:15 PM
David Cadman spent the weekend nursing bruises and hoping the scuba diver he helped rescue from Lake Ontario Friday afternoon recovers.
The 44-year-old man, pulled from the lake near the old pump house at the base of Elizabeth Street in Grimsby, remained in critical condition at Hamilton General Hospital Sunday.
The Grimsby mans name was not released by police.
I just want to know hes alright, said Cadman, 27, of Grimsby.
I just hope he pulls through.
Cadman was returning from an afternoon fishing for salmon with friend Doug McKinnon of Smithville when they heard screams for help.
They immediately turned Cadmans 17-foot boat around to find two male scuba divers. One was unconscious and was being held above water by his diving partner.
Cadman said they pulled the conscious man aboard before calling out to another boat nearby, which brought in Mike Van Leeuwen to help.
While Van Leeuwen and McKinnon helped the first exhausted diver, Cadman threw out the boats anchor to try and hook the unconscious diver who had sunk to the bottom.
Tossing it out to the waves beyond the submerged man, who was about 3.6 metres underwater, Cadman hooked the anchor under the divers arm and pulled him to the side of the boat.
It was just a one in million shot, Cadman said.
I reeled him in like a fish, basically.
Cadman said both he and McKinnon, a former co-worker, were exhausted Sunday from the rescue. Cadmans arms and legs were badly bruised.
But his thoughts were with the men he pulled from the water.
Id like to get both their names at some point, and see how theyre doing.
Niagara Regional Police Insp. Bob Ciupa said police were still investigating Sunday what caused the man to sink to the bottom of the lake.
Foul play is not suspected, Ciupa said.
The man was an experienced diver, he said.
