murphdivers286
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I just made the Dive Team at the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office. The tryouts were interesting. It was weird wearing the blackout mask. You really have to trust your buddy to be able to do that task. It was nice being friends with all of the members. I actually felt like I belonged with them before I was even placed on the team.
On our first training day, it ended up in a call out. There was a case involved a gun, and it was thrown in retention pond. My Sgt. told me I was up for this dive. I geared up and slide into the water. The water immediately turned black. The bottom was a thick muck. I placed my hand into the muck just to see how deep it would go. I was able to placed my arm all the way down up to my shoulder. It felt like I could have went deeper.
The search pattern we chose was an arc search. I was informed the small semi-auto pistol was still loaded with one in the chamber. I found everthing from golf balls to aluminum siding. I scared myself half to death went I fact to face with the opening of a drainage pipe. I know that alligators hang out in the pipes. I had a thought go through my head about a gator lunging out at me.........<---imagine a gator instead.......I had been down for about 45 mins. when I felt my middle finger go into a large medal ring. I knew instantly it was the trigger guard. I backed out my finger and deployed my marker float.
It was a great feeling to find the gun on my first call out. It just dumb luck I found it. I know I have found my place.......
On our first training day, it ended up in a call out. There was a case involved a gun, and it was thrown in retention pond. My Sgt. told me I was up for this dive. I geared up and slide into the water. The water immediately turned black. The bottom was a thick muck. I placed my hand into the muck just to see how deep it would go. I was able to placed my arm all the way down up to my shoulder. It felt like I could have went deeper.
The search pattern we chose was an arc search. I was informed the small semi-auto pistol was still loaded with one in the chamber. I found everthing from golf balls to aluminum siding. I scared myself half to death went I fact to face with the opening of a drainage pipe. I know that alligators hang out in the pipes. I had a thought go through my head about a gator lunging out at me.........<---imagine a gator instead.......I had been down for about 45 mins. when I felt my middle finger go into a large medal ring. I knew instantly it was the trigger guard. I backed out my finger and deployed my marker float.
It was a great feeling to find the gun on my first call out. It just dumb luck I found it. I know I have found my place.......