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>Astute observation.  The answer is obviously yes.  The obvious follow up
>comments are 1. If someone had already experienced such a malfunction, they
>should certainly not have entered Devil's Throat, they should have headed
>for the surface instead and 2. If the malfunction occurred in Devil's
>Throat, they would exit as quickly and directly as possible and, again,
head
>for the surface.
>
>Lee
>
But... depending on where you are in the line, the only direct exit is at
the bottom.  There is no room (for me anyway ;)) to turn around.  There is
no room to share a short hosed octo and you can count the long hoses in
Cozumel on your fingers and usually not use them all. So, assume this newbie
is in the middle of the group going down the throat and goes OOA.  Watcha
gonna do?  Call Ghostbuster?

CH