> Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 15:46:40 -0500
> Reply-To: SouthEast US Scuba Diving Travel list <[log in to unmask]>
> Sender: SouthEast US Scuba Diving Travel list <[log in to unmask]>
> From: Mike Wallace <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [SCUBA-SE] A Puzzle for You
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> On 1 Jul 2001, at 15:40, Chuck wrote:
>
> >
> > Seems a diver had a problem (panic attack I was told) and was taken to
> the surface by the DM and told to wait for the boat.  Boat captain never
> saw him but another boat driven by the first captains son found all the
> gear - mask fins BCD tank - floating on the surface with no diver.  They
> found
the diver a couple of days later on the bottom still wearing a weight
> belt.
> Even tho there is not note or indication of anxiety it is being
> ruled a suicide.
>
> Guy was still panic'd, ditched all his gear 'cept for the weightbelt and
> couldn't stay up with it. Slipped under and drowned....
>
> Mike
>

The mask wouldn't float unless attached to something that would.  A paniced
diver wouldn't attach it.


-- kc