Lost and Found

Grateful Diver · Post by **Grateful Diver** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:16 am

Eight divers went missing off the southern coast of Taiwan after diving a pinnacle that was widely known for currents.

After floating in the current for more than 40 hours ... all were rescued alive.

This is a phenomenal story. Some accounts I read said that one of their dive guides swam for more than 10 hours to reach shore and alert the searchers of where to look for the other divers.

http://www.examiner.com/a-1363446~Missi ... t_sea.html

Great to hear some good news for a change ... all of these divers will have an amazing story to tell ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Joshua Smith · Post by **Joshua Smith** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:32 am

Wow- I saw that they were missing- amazing that they all lived! Glad to hear one of these stories with a happy ending, for once.

Pez7378 · Post by **Pez7378** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:19 pm

Are you serious?!?!?! Two days floating around at sea? That's amazing.

Yet another arguement for a P-valve

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:30 pm

Pez7378 wrote:Are you serious?!?!?! Two days floating around at sea? That's amazing.

Yet another arguement for a P-valve

(enter she-p joke here)

Grateful Diver · Post by **Grateful Diver** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:56 pm

potty humor aside, these folks had bigger problems ... hypothermia, dehydration, sunburn, exhaustion ... my guess is that they were in wetsuits ... that they all survived is nothing short of a miracle ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Fishstiq · Post by **Fishstiq** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:02 pm

Pez7378 wrote:Are you serious?!?!?! Two days floating around at sea? That's amazing.

Yet another arguement for a P-valve

I am now disavowing any knowledge of ever diving with you and distancing myself from you politically.

lurch · Post by **lurch** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:28 pm

Fishstiq wrote:
Pez7378 wrote:Are you serious?!?!?! Two days floating around at sea? That's amazing.

Yet another arguement for a P-valve

I am now disavowing any knowledge of ever diving with you and distancing myself from you politically.

There goes the best comedy team this side of the janitors closet.

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 10:42 pm

Amazing story, Bob - thanks for bringing it to our attention.

BASSMAN · Post by **BASSMAN** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 6:27 am

"When we searched at sea, we kept spotting blinking flashlights," Hsu told CTI Cable News

What was this all about? I don't understand.

Is that when they were rescued?

Or was it just an observation while they were still looking for them?

Pez7378 · Post by **Pez7378** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:54 am

I wondered the same thing. I also wonder if a SMB was used, or would have been effective, or even the DIVEALERT whistle. It sounds like they were carried quite a ways away so maybe these tools would have been ineffective.

spatman · Post by **spatman** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 1:24 pm

maybe "blinking flashlights" were safety strobes?

Grateful Diver · Post by **Grateful Diver** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 1:28 pm

They were cameras ... and from one story I read, that's how the helicopters eventually spotted them.

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 2:34 pm

Grateful Diver wrote:They were cameras ... and from one story I read, that's how the helicopters eventually spotted them.

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

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