Cave diver pulled to surface barely alive - Eagle's Nest

[Gary]

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/09/13/He...lled_to_.shtml

[Cindy]

Well crap, that's a bummer. Thanks for the info.
My prayers are with her, her friends, dive buddy and family.

[johnnyrichards]

Is it really necessary to be "first on the scene" to bring these incidents to internet attention? A sense of decency would seem to dictate letting those affected deal with this before the cave gossip begins.

Just a thought, I could be wrong.

Johnny Richards

[Cindy]

Hey Johnny, It was already in the paper (which I don't get) and on another forum. I think that friends have to be notified somehow so they can grieve and know what's happened. Much of the time the family and close friends are so upset that they don't let everyone who ever dived with the person know when something like this happens. Gary did this in a tastefull way. We all hate what happened.

[Kelly Jessop]

the cave gossip begins.

Johnny
I agree,I don't think anybody wants gossip and conjecture. I think it is important to discuss any facts quickly that may have precipitated an accident,so to prevent another accident. ie when bad air was discovered to be the cause of an accident in Mexico,rapid fact gathering may have prevented further diver demise. My thoughts extended to family and friends.
Kelly Jessop

[Gary]

before the cave gossip begins.

News articles hardly constitute gossip, though they are rarely entirely accurate in their details. And as Cindy mentioned it was already in the paper, on the Internet, and on another forum.

I can understand the tendency to avoid mentioning the accident prematurely but the accident is hardly a state secret at this point.

(As speculation at this point is a virtual certainty I think that if there are facts official parties would like to present or errors in the article that those in the know would like address to prevent the likelihood of erroneous speculation I encourage them to provide them [rather then wait for the usual rumor explosion, tasteless speculation, agency and instructor accusations and finger pointing]. The Deco Stop would also be a good place to disseminate the same info.)

It sounded horrible. I do hope she is better then the article states and wish her well.

[Jay]

Judi and Rudy are two of the nicest people you would ever meet. My prayers are with them both.

As the story develops please show them some respect and pray for her.

[Ken Roop]

Ours Prayers are also for them, may God comfort them.

Safe caving!! and best wishes to all.

[D1V3R]

im wondering what happened, you have to have a bad embolism to puke up the pink foam, but it says he took her up to the surface, so theres no way she made an uncontrolled accent to cause this, yah i have no idea.
i pray she'll pull through this

[bmwcaves]

Is it really necessary to be "first on the scene" to bring these incidents to internet attention? A sense of decency would seem to dictate letting those affected deal with this before the cave gossip begins.

I don't believe it is affecting those dealing with it, by posting the news of an incident.
By posting conjecture and assumptions, gossip and accusations, yes, that does affect the situation, but that's not the fault of the person reporting the news.

I appreciate getting the news regarding accidents through this forum and would much rather get it here from a group of friends in a tight knit community than have to read about it in the newspapers, which are always wrong. But then again, I don't make comments or assumptions on accidents, but I am concerned for all those involved and like to keep them in my prayers.

Brian