| RI man faces Caribbean trial in wife's scuba death (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News) Scuba shop owner David Swain and his wife of six years, Shelley Tyre, traveled to Tortola in 1999 for what was to be a romantic Caribbean getaway. Only Swain made it home. Tyre drowned while scuba diving in what authorities in the British Virgin Islands called an accident. They allowed Swain to take her body home. Her parents sued three years later, accusing Swain of killing their daughter ... us.rd.yahoo.com |
Maine officials ID deceased diver in Sebago incident (Bangor Daily News) RAYMOND, Maine -- The Cumberland County Sheriff's Department says a man died scuba diving while he was trying to recover an all terrain vehicle that had gone through the ice of Maine's Sebago ... us.rd.yahoo.com |
Woman Dies On Scuba Diving Trip Near Carolina Beach The US Coast Guard says, the 50-year-old woman came to the surface unconscious around noon Saturday. Her diving partners and authorities tried to save her but were unsucessful. digtriad.com |
July Fourth is frenzied, dangerous Safer than it used to be, the Fourth of July holiday is still a busy time for police and emergency room staffs. "More people are out and about, experiencing the water and fireworks, drinking alcohol, driving, and some of them take chances because they're in a crowd and it's a holiday," Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said. freep.com |
Voyage to the Pacific Ocean's garbage patch: A dolphin encounter unlike any other Editor's Note: Scuba instructor and underwater videographer Drew Wheeler is traveling on board the Algalita Marine Research Foundation's 50-foot Ocean Research Vessel, Alguita , on a two-month voyage to sample and study portions of a 10-million-square-mile oval known as the North Subtropical Gyre (aka "Pacific garbage patch" ). Wheeler and the rest of the Alguita crew left Long Beach, Calif., on ... scientificamerican.com |