ShoalDiverSA
Contributor
Dave Shaw undertook a dive today to recover the body of Deon Dreyer, the diver he came across on his record dive. During the recovery, his deep support diver, Don Shirley, saw the light from Shaw's dive light disappear. According to reports on this evening's news, Shirley was at 220m and Shaw disappeared descending past 270m. Shirley attempted to descend to Shaw, and made it to 250m. He sent a dive slate to the surface indicating what had happened. As of 7:30pm (CAT), Shaw had not returned to the surface yet and Shirley was still on deco stops. There was mention on the news that Shirley was suffering from DCS in the water.
Here are links to the story:
iafrica.com
news24.com
My condolences to Shaw's wife and children. It is truly tragic that he was lost undertaking such a noble and selfless mission for the Dreyer family. My prayers are with Don Shirley, a truly great South African technical diver (he was also deep support for Verna van Schaik's record dive). I look forward to reporting his full recovery!
Andrew
Here are links to the story:
iafrica.com
news24.com
My condolences to Shaw's wife and children. It is truly tragic that he was lost undertaking such a noble and selfless mission for the Dreyer family. My prayers are with Don Shirley, a truly great South African technical diver (he was also deep support for Verna van Schaik's record dive). I look forward to reporting his full recovery!
Andrew