Hawaii freediver dies

[Gilligan]

Haleiwa, Oahu, Hawaii

A freediver was found dead on the bottom at 80 feet on Saturday, July 24, 2004 during a fishing contest involving approx. 80 divers. His kayak was found floating on the surface.

He was considered to be a professional diver who had been freediving for twenty years.

No further information is available at this time.

 

[Otter]

My condolences to his friends and family.

 

[Gilligan]

Cause of death per Coroners report - drowning.
Most likely from shallow water blackout.

 

[Wildcard]

Never hyperventalate! The lesson here is never get complacent. It's a sad thing.

 

[Kim]

Wow - that's very sad. I was in Hawaii last week and did one dive at the Haleiwa Trench - it's 80 ft deep - we left Thursday. My condolences to his family.

 

[marpacifica]

Here's a link:

http://starbulletin.com/2004/07/25/news/story1.html

He apparently was one of the best around. RIP.

 

[BuoyantC]

My condolences to family and friends as well. I know someone who fits the desciption as an experienced freediver and event organizer in Hawaii and this just made my heart skip.

Locally here some good friends were just the first responders to a dive accident so this has been on my mind lately.

Be safe out there......

Dennis

 

[bjgove]

i didn't know him but he worked at the shipyard with me. there's a lot of guys really torn up over here at the yard. a very tragic accident. my condolences go out to his family.

 

[GrierHPharmD]

My thoughts and prayers to his family and friends.
-Grier