Unknown Oklahoma couple missing - Matagorda, Texas
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I went on one when Wookie was running trips on one of the boats, I don't remember which, and there was one dive when my buddy and I had to be picked up by the runabout to get back to the boat, and that was in good weather. In a surprise storm, we'd never have made it.
There was a discussion in the video I think about him fetching another diver who had lost her grip on the ascent line, he went to help her back to the line but he didn't get to the line and I guess that his wife stayed with him and both got swept from the line. See ROUS's post #43.
I will say, being in DFW and knowing lots of people who dive on the fling, and have trips planned before the end of the season, it is slightly strange that the Fling (who are always quite active with statements regarding operations etc) have been totally silent about this.
I mean, I'd guess it could be for liability... when something like this happens, silence is often best until everything is sorted but... but still, it's been silence and just second hand speculation in my community about it which is also not good.
Dan
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I dive in Raja Ampat & Komodo that have lots of currents. So, I carry reef hook that can be used for attaching my dive buddy with me.
Shasta_man
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Watching the boat go out of sight must have been agonizing, then a speck in the ocean, then to be found in the dark! The Coast Guard, the best and only thing between here and gone.
Time to add an SOS flashlight to your must have list, Don.
Time to add an SOS flashlight to your must have list, Don.
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My PLB has a builtin strobe.
Dan
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Yep PLB1 that I carry has built-in strobe too, but this one, below is better.
The New York Times has an article but I don't have a subscription. Perhaps you can read it, as I did above the request for subscription. Unfortunately l, it doesn't tell too much about their ordeal. It's mostly about a sandwich:
www.nytimes.com
After Days Lost at Sea, They Needed a Pastrami Sandwich
A pair of scuba divers were dramatically rescued from the Gulf of Mexico. They knew what their first stop after the ordeal would be.
Unfortunately, the only reference to who they were diving with in that article is "the people on the boat...".The New York Times has an article but I don't have a subscription. Perhaps you can read it, as I did above the request for subscription. Unfortunately l, it doesn't tell too much about their ordeal. It's mostly about a sandwich:
After Days Lost at Sea, They Needed a Pastrami Sandwich
A pair of scuba divers were dramatically rescued from the Gulf of Mexico. They knew what their first stop after the ordeal would be.
The article reads more like an ad for Kenny and Ziggy's rather than any kind of investigative reporting. All the articles I have read have no mention of which company or vessel was involved. Journalism isn't what it used to be. Hitting Ctrl+A right after you click the link and before the page opens completely will often bypass the popup overlay on news sites.
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