[Joeaksa]

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.

Vinman,

I was a medivac pilot for many years (15+) and brought back a lot of guys like you. Worst was bringing them from Egypt (Hurgada) to Europe for a chamber in either Switzerland or Germany. The screamed most of the flight and all the doc could do was to shoot them up a bit but they were not happy campers.

Glad you survived but this is a wakeup call for everyone. Check your pressures every few minutes, have a pony bottle and dive with a buddy and keep him close!

Not everyplace has a chamber and if you do not get in one, or get back in the water and decompress its "no more 911" for you!

CMC, agree with you and the old tech works for me. Trying to get everything squished in a watch is more than I need and I do not want to ask him what all that kit cost, and now does not work right.