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Statistics kept by the National Speleological Society show that out of the 321 reported cave-diving deaths in North America since 1948, only 22 have involved certified cave divers, said Miami ...
Nationwide the cave-diving death toll from 1970 to early 1986 was 217, with 95 percent of the deaths occurring in Florida, according to figures from the National Underwater Accident Data System at ...
On October 16, three cave divers slipped into the water at Eagle’s Nest, a remote sinkhole ensconced in pines in Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area in west-central Florida. From the shore ...
Accident: Paul Hayden, a highly trained Air Force rescuer, lost his life in area he explored as a child. Family and colleagues are stunned. Cave Death of Diver Still a Puzzle - Los Angeles Times ...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Finland says two of its citizens have been killed in a cave-diving accident in northern Norway. Finnish Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tytti Pylkko said Friday the two were ...
Cave diving still uses a partner rule but it's not exactly the same. ... The industry looks back after an accident to see what could have been done differently.
The Gainesville man who died in a cave diving accident last weekend at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park suffered an air embolism, an autopsy found. Marson Kay, 29, died Saturday after getting ...
A 57-year-old cave explorer died while diving in a cave in Germany on Saturday, police said. Rescue workers recovered the victim late Saturday evening, a spokeswoman from Oberpfalz police in ...
He was looking to log his 400th dive when he died Feb. 26 while cave-diving in the Yucatan. "Ron was the finest human being that I have ever met in my life," Rinn said.
I have had some close calls over the years, and sadly, have lost several good friends and researchers in cave accidents. Tom Iliffe preparing for a side mount dive at Cliff Pool, Bermuda.