I've never felt the urge to post here before but there is always a first time.

Only covered by DAN if there is an incident report by local law enforcement. ALL insurance claims of this nature require a police report for all parties. I also read in the news that ADM was required to report this fire immedidiatly and may be subject to fines for failing to do so. This adds to ADMs misery but could have been avoided easily. Some of the tourists were also told by the police to make statements. I don't think that indicates a keeness as stated in an ealier post

It seems the ring had been signed by all of the tourists. The lady was pretty shook up and clinging to the ring all day as she feels it saved her life. The parading around with it is a big exaggeration from what I can tell and was purely to get all those involved to sign it. Kinda conforter I guess. I'v never been traumatized so I can't say.
I think the remark saying she stole it was a little strong. After all I believe Maritime law states differantly. Salvage law I think. And if it helps her get over it then whats the problem.
As has been reported before facts not fiction before you shout wolf. Also I think the quote "it's all thats left" may be incorrect. What happened to all the other life jackets? The photos I have seen clearly shows them being worn.

I also think attacking canbrit for something reading as a report is not right. Readin the posts it seems all SOME of you have done is get his hackles up by attacking him.I can't blame him for hitting back, we all do the same and it seems he succeeded in finding a few sore points for a select few of you. Shame on some you, particularly when you are not even in SP but it does remind me of my 2 sons who will keep going until they are both in tears. Many of you did not get the chance to see the news and most of us do not come over very well in emails or posts where there is no face to make judgement.

I overheard some of the involved tourists(in the bar)other items not reported by him as it would just have made matters worse.
As you say Pedro there may be facts you are not aware of but I and others did also hear your remarks to anyone in hearing distance at the bar. I'll just say don't be so quick to judge without the facts, it can backfire.

None of the additional information was detrimental to the crew and they did manage to get the phone from the boat. I wasn't trying to eavesdrop by the way but curiousity got the better of me.


As SP grows the many dive shops here will have no choice but meet the standards requirements of the US, Canada and Britan.
I also agree with canbrit regarding the need to raise the safety bar even if that increases costs and prices. There have been incidents in the last few years, dive boats leaving divers behind, running aground, inexperenced divers too deep and now a fire, no differant to other dive centers worldwide who have their share of accidents but SP does not need to be like other dive centers. Standing out in the crowd in more than just the scenery seems a good idea.

canbrit,
I saw your pic, does the anan ring a bell ? PM me


Now I can go back to just reading posts.