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Bubblemaker · 10-05-2005, 03:49 PM,

**Chris H** · (This post was last modified: 10-05-2005, 05:01 PM by Chris H.)

The moral of the story is that you should analze your gas before you use it, and pre dive drills/checks should be done.Â Â Other than for a dive emergency, I can't think of any reason the isolator would be closed.

divbum · 10-05-2005, 04:54 PM,

I cannot even comment...

schultz · 10-05-2005, 07:56 PM,

Truly an unfortunate accident. My sympathies reach out to the family and friends affected by this tragedy.

A group at TDS has been talking in great depth about this accident, and in particular, the issue of filling doubles with a closed isolator valve... you can never be too careful when analyzing your mix.

You can find the thread here:

WIdiver_Paul · (This post was last modified: 10-09-2005, 08:52 AM by WIdiver_Paul.)

That's our friend Greg Stanton in the article (you Wisconsin divers saw him at the Ghost Ships festival in front of the Diversions booth with the fancy Meg RB)- too bad for the diver and family. If I had to be involved in a dive accident, i'd feel lucky to have someone like Greg at hand to keep a cool head and accomplish the best rescue possible.

/ hats off
// making mental note to self to analyze every time, no matter the supplier, the mix, or the site. Complacency kills.
/// Looks guiltily in the mirror

Tol · 12-14-2005, 10:57 PM,

Does anyone have any more information about this?

I'm pretty certain that Rudy was my OW instructor. I'm not tactless enough to call him for clarification, but I feel horrible for him. And I'm mighty curious. There can't be that many cave-diving Rudy Banks in that area of FL who have a mixing panel in their garage.

Damn, that's just horrible. So many "if onlys" in this situation.
Tol

codecruncher · 05-25-2006, 07:34 AM,

She has been discharged from the hospital.