Antigua Nightmare

On Aug 30, 6:27 am, "nb...@hotmail.com" <nb...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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.

Didn't their PADI training tell them to stay off the coral? God only
knows what kind of damage these crybabies did to the ecosystem. Too
bad the Antiguan great whites that are well known to patrol the coral
shallows didn't get to them first.

> 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.

I always found it odd that Brits would name their babies Colin which
sounds like colon.

nice story...did they get a price break on their stay for the
inconvenience?



On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:27:19 -0000, "nb318@hotmail.com"
<nb318@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Thursday, August 30, 2007
>Dive boat left 2 Brits to sharks
>
>Killlers of the Caribbean ... the waters off Antigua are home to great
>white, tiger and bull sharks
>
>FULL NEWS INDEX ››
>
>By VIRGINIA WHEELER
>August 30, 2007
>
>
>COMMENT ON THIS STORY
>
>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.
>
>
>Horror ... film Open Water
>
>
>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”.
>
>Scuba ... divers used a Sandals boat
>
>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.
>
>“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.

nice story...did they get a price break on their stay for the
inconvenience?



On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:27:19 -0000, "nb318@hotmail.com"
<nb318@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Thursday, August 30, 2007
>Dive boat left 2 Brits to sharks
>
>Killlers of the Caribbean ... the waters off Antigua are home to great
>white, tiger and bull sharks
>
>FULL NEWS INDEX ››
>
>By VIRGINIA WHEELER
>August 30, 2007
>
>
>COMMENT ON THIS STORY
>
>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.
>
>
>Horror ... film Open Water
>
>
>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”.
>
>Scuba ... divers used a Sandals boat
>
>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.
>
>“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.

nice story...did they get a price break on their stay for the
inconvenience?



On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:27:19 -0000, "nb318@hotmail.com"
<nb318@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Thursday, August 30, 2007
>Dive boat left 2 Brits to sharks
>
>Killlers of the Caribbean ... the waters off Antigua are home to great
>white, tiger and bull sharks
>
>FULL NEWS INDEX ››
>
>By VIRGINIA WHEELER
>August 30, 2007
>
>
>COMMENT ON THIS STORY
>
>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.
>
>
>Horror ... film Open Water
>
>
>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”.
>
>Scuba ... divers used a Sandals boat
>
>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.
>
>“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.

nice story...did they get a price break on their stay for the
inconvenience?



On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:27:19 -0000, "nb318@hotmail.com"
<nb318@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Thursday, August 30, 2007
>Dive boat left 2 Brits to sharks
>
>Killlers of the Caribbean ... the waters off Antigua are home to great
>white, tiger and bull sharks
>
>FULL NEWS INDEX ››
>
>By VIRGINIA WHEELER
>August 30, 2007
>
>
>COMMENT ON THIS STORY
>
>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.
>
>
>Horror ... film Open Water
>
>
>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”.
>
>Scuba ... divers used a Sandals boat
>
>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.
>
>“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.

nice story...did they get a price break on their stay for the
inconvenience?



On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:27:19 -0000, "nb318@hotmail.com"
<nb318@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Thursday, August 30, 2007
>Dive boat left 2 Brits to sharks
>
>Killlers of the Caribbean ... the waters off Antigua are home to great
>white, tiger and bull sharks
>
>FULL NEWS INDEX ››
>
>By VIRGINIA WHEELER
>August 30, 2007
>
>
>COMMENT ON THIS STORY
>
>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.
>
>
>Horror ... film Open Water
>
>
>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”.
>
>Scuba ... divers used a Sandals boat
>
>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.
>
>“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.

nb318@hotmail.com wrote:
> On Aug 30, 9:27 am, "nb...@hotmail.com" <nb...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Thursday, August 30, 2007
>> Dive boat left 2 Brits to sharks
>>
>> Killlers of the Caribbean ... the waters off Antigua are home to great
>> white, tiger and bull sharks
>>
>> FULL NEWS INDEX ››
>>
>> By VIRGINIA WHEELER
>> August 30, 2007
>>
>> COMMENT ON THIS STORY
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Horror ... film Open Water
>>
>> 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�.
>>
>> Scuba ... divers used a Sandals boat
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> “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.
>
> http://www.cdnn.info/news/safety/s070829.html
>



I don't understand how the other divers didn't notice that two bodies
were missing. I know it's not their responsibility but I'd sure speak up
if I noticed empty seats while departing a dive site. I don't get how
out of the remaining 11 divers no one noticed.

nb318@hotmail.com wrote:
> On Aug 30, 9:27 am, "nb...@hotmail.com" <nb...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Thursday, August 30, 2007
>> Dive boat left 2 Brits to sharks
>>
>> Killlers of the Caribbean ... the waters off Antigua are home to great
>> white, tiger and bull sharks
>>
>> FULL NEWS INDEX ››
>>
>> By VIRGINIA WHEELER
>> August 30, 2007
>>
>> COMMENT ON THIS STORY
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Horror ... film Open Water
>>
>> 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�.
>>
>> Scuba ... divers used a Sandals boat
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> “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.
>
> http://www.cdnn.info/news/safety/s070829.html
>



I don't understand how the other divers didn't notice that two bodies
were missing. I know it's not their responsibility but I'd sure speak up
if I noticed empty seats while departing a dive site. I don't get how
out of the remaining 11 divers no one noticed.

nb318@hotmail.com wrote:
> On Aug 30, 9:27 am, "nb...@hotmail.com" <nb...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Thursday, August 30, 2007
>> Dive boat left 2 Brits to sharks
>>
>> Killlers of the Caribbean ... the waters off Antigua are home to great
>> white, tiger and bull sharks
>>
>> FULL NEWS INDEX ››
>>
>> By VIRGINIA WHEELER
>> August 30, 2007
>>
>> COMMENT ON THIS STORY
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Horror ... film Open Water
>>
>> 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�.
>>
>> Scuba ... divers used a Sandals boat
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> “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.
>
> http://www.cdnn.info/news/safety/s070829.html
>



I don't understand how the other divers didn't notice that two bodies
were missing. I know it's not their responsibility but I'd sure speak up
if I noticed empty seats while departing a dive site. I don't get how
out of the remaining 11 divers no one noticed.

nb318@hotmail.com wrote:
> On Aug 30, 9:27 am, "nb...@hotmail.com" <nb...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Thursday, August 30, 2007
>> Dive boat left 2 Brits to sharks
>>
>> Killlers of the Caribbean ... the waters off Antigua are home to great
>> white, tiger and bull sharks
>>
>> FULL NEWS INDEX ››
>>
>> By VIRGINIA WHEELER
>> August 30, 2007
>>
>> COMMENT ON THIS STORY
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Horror ... film Open Water
>>
>> 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�.
>>
>> Scuba ... divers used a Sandals boat
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> “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.
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I don't understand how the other divers didn't notice that two bodies
were missing. I know it's not their responsibility but I'd sure speak up
if I noticed empty seats while departing a dive site. I don't get how
out of the remaining 11 divers no one noticed.