Coop passed away yesterday.
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RIP John "Coop" Cooper
Coop passed away yesterday.
Richard Blackburn
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Wow, I'm really sorry to hear that.
I've known two cave divers by that name. I'm guessing this is the guy that dived out of Berry Scuba/Scuba John's?
Whoever said money can't buy love never bought a puppy.
Correct.Originally Posted by Slüdge
Richard Blackburn
All comments are my own.
Sorry to hear that
"Not all change is improvement...but all improvement is change" Donald Berwick
Sorry to hear. Condolences to friends and family.
Jeff Rouse
Chicago, IL
Aw man, that's a shame. He'll be missed.
only met him once, but was hoping I'd meet up with him again. RIP Coop
RIP John "Coop" Cooper
Coop was a great guy. An amazing guy actually. Never thought of himself and just wanted to share his passion with anyone who would listen. We stayed in touch when I left Atalanta, but before that we spent a lot of time not only diving, but talking about diving and anything else. I will miss him greatly.
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It's not the years in your life that matter, but the life in your years.
I took Intro through Full together with Coop. But after getting Full I pretty much dived with the south Georgia/northwest Florida contingent, and didn't see much of him any more. I was hoping some of his Atlanta buddies would post a few anecdotes, but since they haven't...
The first thing that comes to mind when I think of John Cooper is the nickname I had for him - John Cooper Mellencamp. You had to know him to think that that was funny. Coop was a thin, quiet, very reserved black man. I'm sorry but I just laughed out loud for the third time this paragraph. But Coop was the exact opposite of a rock star in EVERY way.
Coop was a good diver, a safe diver, but he sucked air like a vacuum cleaner. During training and other dives he ALWAYS hit thirds first. So I remember well the time I saw him walking back to the car from Peacock 1 with his new doubles - a set of Pressed Steel LP-120s. I remember yelling across the parking lot, "My gosh, Coop, are those T-bottles?" We laughed about that afterward every time we saw each other.
Come on, I'm sure more of you have some memories you can post here. (And when my time comes I hope everyone on the forum posts a story about me.)
Whoever said money can't buy love never bought a puppy.
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