- Messages
- 54,274
- Reaction score
- 8,401
- # of dives
- 500 - 999
Another article did state that he became ill on the dive and was brought up by other divers.
Valderice, died sub Palermitano during immersion
Google translation...A 55-year-old diver and underwater photographer from Palermo dies . It is Fernando Scalici who lost his life during a dive in the waters of Bonagia , a seaside village of Valderice . The man was about a mile from the port when he apparently fell ill. The comrades who were with him raised the alarm. On the spot the Coast Guard, the Forces of Order and the 118 health workers. Once at the port, the rescuers could do nothing but ascertain his death. Within a few hours many messages of condolences arrived for the man, quite well known in the world of diving