Oriskany fatality?

[scuba70]

I've just heard a terrible rumor that someone surfaced after a dive on the
Oriskany this weekend and was sent to the hospital where he/she subsequently died. I haven't found any other info on this. Has anyone here heard about it?

 

[wjefferis]

This happened last summer and the man had a heart attack, not DCS or anything else.

 

[Oriskany Divemaster]

No one died on the Oriskany this weekend. There was a guy a few months back that did indeed die of DCS.

 

[scuba70]

No one died on the Oriskany this weekend. There was a guy a few months back that did indeed die of DCS.

Any idea what the circumstances were?

 

[evensplit]

No one died on the Oriskany this weekend. There was a guy a few months back that did indeed die of DCS.

DCS/AGE has been suspected, but nothing is known for sure.

 

[Oriskany Divemaster]

DCS/AGE has been suspected, but nothing is known for sure.

You're right. It's suspected. It's suspected because they can't find any other reasonable explanation of this healthy man's death. My bad.

By the way, who's your source on "...nothing is known for sure."

 

[evensplit]

My sources are the coroner, the USCG, and the Navy EDU that's doing the investigation on the rebreather. An MI has been indicated, but the cause has yet to be determined.

Who are your sources that can't find any other reasonable explanation?

 

[Oriskany Divemaster]

My sources are the coroner, the USCG, and the Navy EDU that's doing the investigation on the rebreather. An MI has been indicated, but the cause has yet to be determined.

Who are your sources that can't find any other reasonable explanation?

By coroner, I think you mean medical examiner since we don't have a coroner in escambia county. My sources are pretty much the same as your's. And it looks like everything points to DCS. No MI indicated at all.

You have the last word...I'm done. For further, more specific information, feel free to pm me.

 

[diver 85]

No one died on the Oriskany this weekend. There was a guy a few months back that did indeed die of DCS.

........Was only a matter of time, IMO----still, sad to hear about...................GEAUX TIGERS..............

 

[Hammer44]

To Oriskany Divemaster....I don't think the cause of death has ever been determined, if so, I'd like to know where you got your information. I was on the "Below H2O that day (August 19th) with the diver who died,, and would like to know the truth. Please don't speculate...
Hammer44