In a message dated 06/14/2000 7:12:20 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
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<< << In February, a Key Largo dive boat left two divers at the reef. In that
  case,
  no other boats were nearby and the divers spent more than 24 hours clinging
  to
  the structure of a reef light before being rescued.
  The captain of the dive boat Aqua Nuts 2 will face a license hearing on
  negligence charges in September in Key West. >>


 Hey guys.....  the scary thing about this article was that ONE week before
 this, I stayed there all weekend and dove with them for 8 dives.  They had
 great facilities, big boats, awesome staff, clean rooms...the works!!!  I was
 planning to go again, but now, who knows?!?!  When I stayed, the operation
 ran smoothly and we had no complaints at all.  Oh well, I bet they won't be
 useing THAT captain again!!  :)
                                            -Mandi
  >>

OK, I have to mention it. I dove with them for a week AFTER this happened. I
had not heard about the divers left behind and the service was great as Mandi
mentioned. In retrospect they were probably taking extra precautions as I had
not experienced such a thorough and clearly stated 'roll call' after every
dive.

John Bulik