Rescue crews recover diver's body

[Lil' Irish Temper]

Sorry about splitting a thread, but I think this one should be in Accidents and Incidents also, because not everyone visits the New England Lobsta Divahs forum so some people are missing it.

LIT
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West Rutland, Vermont - May 29, 2005

A scuba diver is reported missing and presumed drowned.

Vermont State Police have been searching a quarry in West Rutland for the missing man.

Authorities tell Channel 3 that the diver is from New Hampshire. He reportedly went diving with a friend on Sunday. One of the divers experienced trouble and both tried to surface. But only one made it.

Police called off the search Sunday night. A recovery team will be back on the scene Monday.

http://www.thewmurchannel.com/news/4547345/detail.html?rss=man&psp=news
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Rescue crews recover diver's body MAY 30, 2005


Rescue crews recover missing scuba diver

By The Associated Press

RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) -- Rescue crews on Monday recovered the body of a missing scuba diver.

Tim Gagnon, 43, of Northwood, N.H. was reported missing Sunday morning at a West Rutland quarry.

Gagnon was diving with another man when the other diver had trouble and came to the surface. Gagnon never appeared.

Police and rescue crews searched the quarry Saturday and Sunday and recovered the body Monday afternoon.

Both men were experienced divers, police said.

The case remains under investigation and an autopsy was ordered, police said.

http://www.thewmurchannel.com/news/4549207/detail.html?rss=man&psp=news

 

[mels_2]

The body of a 43-year-old father of four was found late yesterday afternoon after two days of searching a quarry for the missing diver.

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Timothy Gagnon, an experienced scuba diver, was diving with a friend in West Rutland on Sunday morning when the friend had difficulty with his breathing equipment, said Gagnon's wife, Joanne, in a telephone interview from her home in Northwood, N.H., last night.

Gagnon and his friend were doing ''buddy breathing" -- sharing air from the same regulator, said Joanne Gagnon. At one point, Gagnon's friend, whom she would identify only as John, was shallow enough to surface on his own. The friend waited on the surface; Gagnon never appeared, his wife said.

''They believe he was trying to fix the problem when it happened," said Joanne Gagnon. ''This was an accident. He was helping his friend. They had been diving for a long time together."

Gagnon was reported missing Sunday morning. He was found late yesterday afternoon about 400 feet from his point of entry into the quarry, according to Vermont State Police.

A rescue team from the Colchester Fire Department recovered his body.

''At this time it is being considered an accidental death," said State Police dispatcher Tom Best.

The case remains under investigation and an autopsy was ordered, police said.

Gagnon's wife of 24 years said her husband had been diving for decades and was very comfortable in the water.

''He's a great, great guy," she said. ''He was perfect."

todays Boston Globe. just as an update. this is a sad loss my prayers go out to the family and friends.

 

[DiveGolfSki]

The body of a 43-year-old father of four was found late yesterday afternoon after two days of searching a quarry for the missing diver.

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Timothy Gagnon, an experienced scuba diver, was diving with a friend in West Rutland on Sunday morning when the friend had difficulty with his breathing equipment, said Gagnon's wife, Joanne, in a telephone interview from her home in Northwood, N.H., last night.

Gagnon and his friend were doing ''buddy breathing" -- sharing air from the same regulator, said Joanne Gagnon. At one point, Gagnon's friend, whom she would identify only as John, was shallow enough to surface on his own. The friend waited on the surface; Gagnon never appeared, his wife said.

''They believe he was trying to fix the problem when it happened," said Joanne Gagnon. ''This was an accident. He was helping his friend. They had been diving for a long time together."

Gagnon was reported missing Sunday morning. He was found late yesterday afternoon about 400 feet from his point of entry into the quarry, according to Vermont State Police.

A rescue team from the Colchester Fire Department recovered his body.

''At this time it is being considered an accidental death," said State Police dispatcher Tom Best.

The case remains under investigation and an autopsy was ordered, police said.

Gagnon's wife of 24 years said her husband had been diving for decades and was very comfortable in the water.

''He's a great, great guy," she said. ''He was perfect."

todays Boston Globe. just as an update. this is a sad loss my prayers go out to the family and friends.

Mels_2,

That is the better place for this. Can you send the link for the news report for this. There doesn't seem to be much information on what happened. Some basic information like: equipment used, conditons at the dive site, etc. are not included. I'm sure many members will be posting threads on this once the facts of the incident comes to light.

 

[Lil' Irish Temper]

http://www.cdnn.info/news/safety/s050531.html

Diver's body found after 2-day search

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by LUTHER MONROE - CDNN Safety Editor

WEST RUTLAND, Vermont (28 May 2005) -- Fire department rescue divers have recovered the body of an experienced 43-year-old diver who drowned while scuba diving in a Vermont quarry.

Timothy Gagnon was scuba diving at a quarry in West Rutland when his dive buddy experienced problems with his breathing regulator.
Gagnon responded with a scuba diving safety technique called "buddy breathing" in which two divers pass one regulator back and forth as they slowly ascend to the surface breathing air from the same tank.

After the two divers reached a shallow depth, Gagnon's buddy did an emergency swimming ascent and waited at the surface for his friend. But Gagnon never ascended.

Colchester Fire Department search and rescue divers responded to the missing diver emergency on Sunday and finally recovered the victim two days later about 400 feet from where the divers entered the water.

State police are investigating the accident and an autopsy has been ordered.

 

[Lil' Irish Temper]

I know some people on ScubaBoard knew him, My prayers are with his family and friends.

LIT

 

[Lil' Irish Temper]

Officials say diver had shared air with friend before disappearing

(Rutland, VT - AP) — There is new information today about the New Hampshire diver who died in a Vermont quarry during the weekend.

Officials say 43-year-old Timothy Gagnon of Northwood may have been trying to fix breathing equipment when he disappeared in West Rutland on Sunday. His body was recovered the next day.

Officials say Gagnon shared air from his tank with a diving partner when the other man's equipment failed. Gagnon's wife, Joanne, said the men shared her husband's tank until the other man could swim out of the water. She said the partner surfaced and waited for her husband, but he did not appear

http://www.wrgb.com/news/regional/regional.asp?selection=article_34803

 

[jepuskar]

This doesn't sound right at all. If they were buddy breathing, they would have been at pretty much the same depth or very very close to it. If one could swim out of the water, why couldn't the other?

 

[DiveGolfSki]

As usual no information has been made available. I wish a diver/reporter was on hand to give a diver's perspective like: what equipment was used (doubles, long hose, RB's, octo, etc.), what depth did they separate and why?, how long were they under.