TxHockeyGuy
Contributor
On Sunday May 6 2007 at CSSP (Clear Springs Scuba Park) a female OW student presumed to be approximately 15-16 years of age was pulled unconscious and not breathing from the water. I have it on good authority that she under and not breathing for 15 minutes before being pulled to the surface. She was care flighted to Children's Medical Center of Dallas where as of 4:30 PM Sunday May 6 she was reported to be STILL ALIVE. Apparently they were able to resuscitate her however her condition is unknown.
I was at the park during this incident and have heard several variations of what happened and I'd be willing to bet none of them are 100% accurate so I am not posting any of that information. However I believe the following information to be accurate and reliable. The girl was with an OW class of 12 divers according to various eye witnesses and there were 2 instructors working the class. The visibility at the park was between 8-12 ft at the time of the incident. I do not know at what depth this class was at but below 25 ft it was very cold, but once again I do not know what depth the class was at. Unfortunately the initial calls for help were dismissed as a rescue class improperly yelling help. I heard the calls for help and they sounded anything but urgent and quite staged, unfortunately this was not the case. I saw the group at the surface when they were calling for help and no one was waiving their arms or appeared to be in any distress. If I have to ever call for help I will be adding something to the effect that this is not a drill.
EDIT: Removed intro paragraph about this being posted in the Texas Swamp Divers Forum after move and corrected some spelling.
I was at the park during this incident and have heard several variations of what happened and I'd be willing to bet none of them are 100% accurate so I am not posting any of that information. However I believe the following information to be accurate and reliable. The girl was with an OW class of 12 divers according to various eye witnesses and there were 2 instructors working the class. The visibility at the park was between 8-12 ft at the time of the incident. I do not know at what depth this class was at but below 25 ft it was very cold, but once again I do not know what depth the class was at. Unfortunately the initial calls for help were dismissed as a rescue class improperly yelling help. I heard the calls for help and they sounded anything but urgent and quite staged, unfortunately this was not the case. I saw the group at the surface when they were calling for help and no one was waiving their arms or appeared to be in any distress. If I have to ever call for help I will be adding something to the effect that this is not a drill.
EDIT: Removed intro paragraph about this being posted in the Texas Swamp Divers Forum after move and corrected some spelling.