Posted by Ken KMuritis on May 21, 2001 at 23:19:41:
In Reply to: Autopsy finds scuba diver ran out of air posted by . on May 21, 2001 at 15:27:47:
No matter how you view this, this is a tragic situation. However, I'm going to nit-pick to make a point.
randy54 stated, "It explains why she was 'clawing' at her partner (as stated earlier)."
Where was this stated earlier???? How do you state this as fact????
I've looked through all ssven posts on this thread, and can't find anything even remotely close to . . . "clawing at her partner."
Too often, in amautuer accident analysis (and this is NOT meant to be a dig at randy54), we take pre-conceived notions, alter the known facts, and reach a "conclusion" that can't be supported by said facts.
"This NEVER would have happened on boat XYZ."
"This shows that . . ."
"Obviously, . . ."
This is NOT the way, IMHO, to learn from these incidents.
Ken Kurtis
NAUI #5936
Co-owner, Reef Seekers Dive Co.
Beverly Hills, Ca.