Or here's a thought....maybe the intent wasn't to start a cheerleading exercise for a dive op in a specific place. Perhaps it was to generate a discussion on HOW to choose a dive op.
Fortunately northernone seems to have been better at getting that point across in a separate thread.
Identifying a skilled rescue diver?
It's a valuable topic. Happy it didn't come to light as a tragedy and the competency of the DM helped in the emergency. I'm right to assume recovery is going well? I certainly hope it is. Frightening situation when the world turns upside down like that. Fortunate the shop you choose had a skilled responder on hand.
Having us better aware of the value of skilled crisis response when choosing how and where we dive may save lives. Even thinking about how we would do in these situations can make a significant difference in our real life responses. Noticing chambers, emergency phones, logistics. Deciding knowingly the risks we can tolerate.
I went ahead with the related thread in the hopes people would post the tiny hints towards helping recognize the kind of people who made a difference in your life. Hopefully it didn't feel I duplicated your thread.
A discussion on how much or why emergency response is valuable in choosing an op is a topic surprisingly rare. Great topic.
Again, thanks.
Cameron