Dude, he was 10 feet away. Read that again: 10 feet. What is that, 2 fin kicks? If that?
10' is 9' 11" more than is needed for the daughter to make her last breath a nice big one, full of water.
And he's watching her the whole time. And she was ON THE SURFACE. Read that again. There would have to be something bizarrely catastrophic for someone to drown ON THE SURFACE in that short amount of time, before they've even descended.
Really? I don't consider an unexpected wave, bad leg cramps, passing out or panic to be all that bizarre.
In fact, a huge percentage of both drownings and SCUBA incidents happen on the surface during the ascent or descent portion of the dive.
Do YOU always stay connected at the hip to your buddy during descent? I don't. No need to.
Yes. I define "Buddy distance" as "the distance where I can grab my buddy if I'm breathing like a hoover, just exhaled and was OOA" This is generally around an arm's length or two
horizontally. There's never any guarantee that anybody can quickly descend (or ascend) without injury.
However I'm sure your buddy appreciates you disclosing your level of concern for their safety.
I've been involved in a number of rescues and can tell you that the amount of time it takes to go from "I'm having a little problem" to "Oh s***!" can be measured in seconds. On one hand.
Did you read any of the OTHER posts in this thread? The rest of SB (except for one outlyer) disagrees with you.
I couldn't care less what the rest of SB thinks. There's absolutely no reason to leave your buddy with (or without) problems on the surface and go down to a platform.
This is yet another self-righteous post attempting to find something wrong where nothing is, just so you can assert your superiority and flog someone needlessly.
If my post saves somebody's life, I'll consider it to be well worth any emotional discomfort it may have caused.
You might want to read the rules about this forum.
There was nothing in the rules that said I had to tell someone "everything is fine" when it isn't,
(I know the OP won't care about this, and doesn't need me defending him...I just get sick and tired of the holier-than-thou flamers who love to come in here and tell other divers that THEY'RE GONNA DIE because they don't know how to dive. :::rolling eyes::: Classic Scubaboard.)
Yeah, that must be it. It couldn't have anything to do with rescuing actual victims.
flots.