Suit filed in case of "Girl dead, boy injured at Glacier National Park
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I guess I got VERY lucky. Even my OW instructors were excellent. Not into risky behavior at all. Didn’t play games with standards.
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Keep in mind that we haven't seen the legal response to this claim by the "Defendants"
I noticed the same thing. In her defense, she seems to post a lot of that kind of stuff on a regular basis, so maybe it is just her way of dealing with stress. However, the fact that she, during open litigation, commented on the Facebook post in Jims accident group is all I need to know about her decision making abilities. I'm sure Concannon is super happy about that one!
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You mean, since he’s a member of the group? As is all of his team?
She did say this on Jim's FB accident group:
Just remember there are two sides to every story. The majority of that complaint is absolutely false. There is no way it will go to trial. The only person that could have saved her life was the person that was too busy taking pictures. Bob Gentry.
I can't understand how anyone could say this.
CuzzA
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Not sure I agree with this. Wearing two wetsuits is not uncommon. In fact some are designed almost that way with the farmer john and top overlapping. I used to dive a 1.5 under a 3 mil when our water would get really cold, until I realized open cell suits are damn near as warm as a drysuit.
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I only read a small portion of the pdf Jim L posted. No ditchable lead and the buddy did not have enough excess capacity in the BC to make a recovery/rescue. I am always leery of the idea that a diver should select the minimum sized bladder that they can get away with and I am also uncomfortable when I read so many people argue that there is really no need for dichable lead and there is NEVER a reason to drop lead at depth etc..
Sounds like, if the victim had a weight belt (or even ditchable lead) or the diver buddy had more lift capacity, the situation might have been salvageable. I would think that it is possible that IF the rescuer had ditched their own lead and inflated their own BC, that the victim could probably have been brought up, even if she was super heavy. That would obviously have been a risky thing to do in 100 ft of water, but it would only take about 5-10 seconds to attempt and determine if an ascent could be initiated.
If that didn't work, I would like to think I would have removed her scuba unit, but I never would have expected to have 20 lbs of lead in pockets in the suit.
Sounds like, if the victim had a weight belt (or even ditchable lead) or the diver buddy had more lift capacity, the situation might have been salvageable. I would think that it is possible that IF the rescuer had ditched their own lead and inflated their own BC, that the victim could probably have been brought up, even if she was super heavy. That would obviously have been a risky thing to do in 100 ft of water, but it would only take about 5-10 seconds to attempt and determine if an ascent could be initiated.
If that didn't work, I would like to think I would have removed her scuba unit, but I never would have expected to have 20 lbs of lead in pockets in the suit.
CuzzA
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That was my first thought. Don't leave her. Get her out of the gear and to the surface or at a depth you can get calm again. I'm not gonna fault the guy though considering the situation.
