stoddu
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Thanks Kimber. I'm so sorry to hear that.
Missing Diver - Yukon
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This is a very sad thread, especially since it involves a very experienced diver whose passion was the same as mine. My condolences to his family and friends.
However, it is a reminder that even the most experienced of us can make "mistakes" (assuming that is what happened). I think of another extremely experienced diver and "fellow" kelp forest ecologist, Dr. Mia Tegner, who also died on the Yukon.
However, it is a reminder that even the most experienced of us can make "mistakes" (assuming that is what happened). I think of another extremely experienced diver and "fellow" kelp forest ecologist, Dr. Mia Tegner, who also died on the Yukon.
Thoughts and Prayers to the family...
MHK
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drbill:
Bill,
This is a piece of information that is often said, but is 100% incorrect. Even in the recent news reports about Steve O, they are citing that Mia died on the Yukon, which is NOT true. Mia did the Yukon in the first dive and then they moved and did the El Rey for dive 2 of the day. Sadly, Mia perished on the El Rey, but is often said to have died on the Yukon. There was a German tourist that died within a week of Mia on the Yukon, but not Mia.
Sad to hear about Steve since I met him a couple of times and had many exchanges with him on various newsgroups. I didn't know him well, but his passion and his energy certainly showed..
Regards
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20050627-1350-bn28diver.html
Diver's body found in sunken warship off Mission Beach
Instructor disappeared during dive 1½ days ago
UNION-TRIBUNE BREAKING NEWS TEAM
1:50 p.m. June 27, 2005
SAN DIEGO The body of a missing scuba instructor was found in a sunken warship off the coast of Mission Beach Monday afternoon, 1½ days after he was last seen alive.
Authorities had been searching for 50-year-old Steven O. Donathan of San Diego since Saturday night, when he vanished during a dive to the Yukon, a scuttled destroyer 100 feet below the surface.
MARY LYNN PRICE / divefilm.com
Steve O. Donathan was an experienced dive instructor.
"We were notified by the diving team that they have located him," said San Diego Lifeguard Lt. Greg Buchanan. "He was on the bottom level of the Yukon, the sixth level, basically on the ocean floor. He's in a very difficult place to access, in very close quarters."
Some 25 divers had been helping search for Donathan, Buchanan said. Donathan's family was at the lifeguard headquarters Monday awaiting recovery of his body.
A small group of divers was expected to go into the Yukon after carefully planning how to remove the body from the ship, Buchanan said. He said it was too early to tell what caused the experienced diver's death.
"My understanding is (the recovery group) will be videotaped and dive in a very meticulous manner in an effort to explain what happened," Buchanan said.
For two days rescue workers had searched by helicopter and Coast Guard cutter, with more than 30 scuba divers performing more than 60 total dives.
Five years ago the Yukon, a 366-foot decommissioned Canadian destroyer, was sunk two miles off Mission Beach in an area deemed Wreck Alley.
Donathan is the first person to die while diving inside the wreck. Two others have died in connection with Yukon dives, one on the way down to the sunken ship and another after earlier visiting the site.
Donathan was certified to dive hundreds of feet below the surface and had written about how much he loved reaching greater depths. After years of searching, Donathan led a TV crew to the wreckage of a B-36 bomber that crashed off the coast of La Jolla during a test flight in 1952.
A memorial service was being planned for Wednesday at La Jolla Shores.
Diver's body found in sunken warship off Mission Beach
Instructor disappeared during dive 1½ days ago
UNION-TRIBUNE BREAKING NEWS TEAM
1:50 p.m. June 27, 2005
SAN DIEGO The body of a missing scuba instructor was found in a sunken warship off the coast of Mission Beach Monday afternoon, 1½ days after he was last seen alive.
Authorities had been searching for 50-year-old Steven O. Donathan of San Diego since Saturday night, when he vanished during a dive to the Yukon, a scuttled destroyer 100 feet below the surface.
MARY LYNN PRICE / divefilm.com
Steve O. Donathan was an experienced dive instructor.
"We were notified by the diving team that they have located him," said San Diego Lifeguard Lt. Greg Buchanan. "He was on the bottom level of the Yukon, the sixth level, basically on the ocean floor. He's in a very difficult place to access, in very close quarters."
Some 25 divers had been helping search for Donathan, Buchanan said. Donathan's family was at the lifeguard headquarters Monday awaiting recovery of his body.
A small group of divers was expected to go into the Yukon after carefully planning how to remove the body from the ship, Buchanan said. He said it was too early to tell what caused the experienced diver's death.
"My understanding is (the recovery group) will be videotaped and dive in a very meticulous manner in an effort to explain what happened," Buchanan said.
For two days rescue workers had searched by helicopter and Coast Guard cutter, with more than 30 scuba divers performing more than 60 total dives.
Five years ago the Yukon, a 366-foot decommissioned Canadian destroyer, was sunk two miles off Mission Beach in an area deemed Wreck Alley.
Donathan is the first person to die while diving inside the wreck. Two others have died in connection with Yukon dives, one on the way down to the sunken ship and another after earlier visiting the site.
Donathan was certified to dive hundreds of feet below the surface and had written about how much he loved reaching greater depths. After years of searching, Donathan led a TV crew to the wreckage of a B-36 bomber that crashed off the coast of La Jolla during a test flight in 1952.
A memorial service was being planned for Wednesday at La Jolla Shores.
I am saddened by the tragic news of Steve Donathan's death.
My prayers are with the family and friends of this experienced explorer who will be missed by so many.
This is a reminder to us all that what we do can be as dangerous as it is wondrous.
Christian
My prayers are with the family and friends of this experienced explorer who will be missed by so many.
This is a reminder to us all that what we do can be as dangerous as it is wondrous.
Christian
Everyone needs to remember one thing about this, he died doing something he loved. I read countless emails from people who said he loved nothing more than to dive... He would try to get people to play hooky at work to go dive instead.... I only met the man once, and his love of diving and teaching was apparent....
All of us should be so lucky to go doing something we love when its our time....
All of us should be so lucky to go doing something we love when its our time....
I'm sure he'll be missed by all that knew him.
I love scuba as much as anyone but, I want to go in my sleep.
I love scuba as much as anyone but, I want to go in my sleep.
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