[seaventures] Re: Sandals - not your usual dive operator
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- Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 14:53:07 -0400
Just like the Brits to be cry babies
---- Carolyn Frankhauser <cfrankhauser@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> very scary...
>
> On 9/4/07, Not Young Man goheen <1goheen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Sandals dive boat leaves behind two scuba divers in Antigua
> >
> > ANTIGUA (August 2007) -- Two British divers were abandoned for five
> > hours in shark-infested waters after instructors failed to notice they
> > were missing.
> > The terrified pair, holidaying in Antigua, drifted for miles in the
> > Caribbean after the party left the site for lunch without them.
> > The group even continued to scuba dive elsewhere in the afternoon —
> > not realising the men were missing until their wives searched for them
> > when the boat arrived back at the dock...
> >
> > One diver became panic-stricken when he suddenly realised the incident
> > mirrored the 2003 horror movie Open Water.
> >
> > In that film, a dive couple were eaten by sharks after being left
> > stranded in the water.
> >
> > The men, one "crying like a baby", were bleeding from being swept into
> > razor-sharp coral reefs in waters that are home to great white, tiger
> > and bull sharks.
> >
> > One was saved by helicopter and the other by a rescue boat from the
> > choppy waters whipped up by Hurricane Dean.
> >
> > They were miles from their original dive spot on Cades Reef, having
> > been in the water for up to five hours — and they were on the verge of
> > drowning.
> >
> > Chopper pilot Gregory Scott, 47, said he was "amazed" the two
> > survived, adding: "Nothing excuses a qualified diving team returning
> > to dock without realising they are missing two people."
> >
> > The Brits — known to dive pals only as Ian and Colin — were rushed to
> > hospital. Rescuers described student diver Ian as "badly burnt and
> > passing in and out of consciousness" when he was found.
> >
> > Bosses of the dive crew, operated by the Sandals Grande Antigua
> > Resort, immediately fired four staff but have reportedly reinstated
> > two. Furious rescuers yesterday slammed the dive team as
> > "breathtakingly irresponsible".
> >
> > Pilot Gregory added: "Ian was a mess when he was pulled to safety. He
> > was crying like a baby and covered in stings and cuts. He thought he
> > was going to die.
> >
> > Furious rescuers blasted Sandals Grande Antigua as "breathtakingly
> > irresponsible" after its dive boat crew returned to port without
> > realizing they had left behind two of 13 scuba diving customers.
> >
> > "He remembered the film Open Water and thought he would be eaten."
> > Gregory claimed he was told the Sandals dive team had not carried out
> > the proper head-count procedures.
> >
> > He said: "Lax isn't the word — these men are lucky to survive."
> >
> > The tour party was made up of 13 guests, one dive instructor and two
> > dive masters. A fellow diver said: "The 30-minute dive was cut short
> > and the boat moved to calmer water for lunch.
> >
> > "No one noticed anyone was missing but that's the instructors' job.
> > There was no head-count.
> >
> > "When we docked, two women asked where their husbands were. The colour
> > drained from the faces of the instructors."
> >
> > Sandals, which operates resorts throughout the Caribbean, yesterday
> > refused to comment.
> >
> > SOURCE - Day Tipper, The Sun
> >
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> > Goheen.
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