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Two divers pulled 64m down in Cook Strait
29 August 2005
By COLIN PATTERSON
A diver is missing and another seriously ill with the bends after being sucked under turbulent water in Cook Strait.
They were dragged 64 metres below the surface near the Brothers Islands, north of Tory Channel, yesterday afternoon.
One diver made it to the surface and was taken on board the dive boat, feeling unwell. He lost sight of his mate coming up. The skipper put out a distress call. The Wellington-based Westpac rescue helicopter was on the way within four minutes, operations manager Dave Greenberg said.
A Wellington Free Ambulance paramedic was winched on to the launch, in 40km/h winds and two-metre swells.
The sick diver was flown to Wellington Hospital. He was then taken to Christchurch Hospital's decompression unit by the Life Flight fixed-wing air ambulance.
The rescue helicopter, with two police dive squad members, joined boats in looking for the second diver. He was not found before dark. The search will go on today.
Two divers pulled 64m down in Cook Strait
29 August 2005
By COLIN PATTERSON
A diver is missing and another seriously ill with the bends after being sucked under turbulent water in Cook Strait.
They were dragged 64 metres below the surface near the Brothers Islands, north of Tory Channel, yesterday afternoon.
One diver made it to the surface and was taken on board the dive boat, feeling unwell. He lost sight of his mate coming up. The skipper put out a distress call. The Wellington-based Westpac rescue helicopter was on the way within four minutes, operations manager Dave Greenberg said.
A Wellington Free Ambulance paramedic was winched on to the launch, in 40km/h winds and two-metre swells.
The sick diver was flown to Wellington Hospital. He was then taken to Christchurch Hospital's decompression unit by the Life Flight fixed-wing air ambulance.
The rescue helicopter, with two police dive squad members, joined boats in looking for the second diver. He was not found before dark. The search will go on today.