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Originally posted by VINMAN
John, basically what happened was he was in a compartment below me in the wreck, which is upside down. When I realized I had no air left i tried to get his attention but he was facing away. about 20 feet below me. I waved my light to try to get him but he didnt see it. By time he got back up to me. I had no air at all and was holding my breath I was starting to get lightheaded . I bolted for his octopus, grabbed it and took a nice gulp of water with my air. Which didnt help. Biggest problem was I still had to go about 30 ft and squeeze through tight spots to get outside the wreck. I tried to calm down. took a few more shots of air and started going out. By time I got to the outside of the wreck, I was gettin dizzy I thought for sure I was gonna black out. When he came out behind me , he shoved his reg in my mouth I took half a breath and more water. Now I freaked and panicked I dropped all my gear , my goody bag, my light. I shot up the anchor line, I knocked other divers off it. I got to the suface and prety much had to get "rescued" I didnt even inflate my bc. or drop my weights. It wasnt a pretty sight.
Worst part was when I had to get back in the water to do the decomm stop i missed.
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Damn Vinny, that was a close one!! It's amazing you survived it. Threading your way out of a wreck with no continuous air supply, the mad dash to the surface... You could have gotten bent or had an embolism!
I'm thinking the next product on the market will be a pressure gauge that alarms on low pressure. I don't know why someone hasn't developed that yet.