Lehmann108
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I did my AOW deep dive yesterday off of Boyton Beach with an instructor and another AOW diver. A fourth guy came along. He initially had problems descending. The instructor clipped 5 more pounds of weight on him and he descended fine. After doing our cognitive task at the bottom (97 feet) we finned along the reef edge at about 90 ft with the fourth guy at the rear. After a few minutes we all noticed that the fourth guy was missing. We saw him up near the surface. The instructor was about to call the dive when we saw the boat come over and pick him up. We continued our dive a little longer then surfaced. When we got back on the boat we all "what's upped" him and he said he had an uncontrolled ascent from 90 feet. The instructor immediately asked him about DCI symptoms and he reported pain and stiffness in his neck and shoulder joints. He was placed on oxygen while we went back in to meet EMS. He was feeling alot better after being placed on oxygen. The instructor went through his gear and noticed that one of his weight pockets in his BCD was unzipped and empty. He had somehow dropped 5lbs down at 97 feet. I'll find out more about him and post tomorrow. The whole thing was kind of strange.