Researcher Dies After Andrea Doria Dive

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 10:59 pm

David Bright, a leading researcher into underwater exploration and shipwrecks, has died after diving to the site of the Andrea Doria off Nantucket, where he was working in preparation for the wreck's 50th anniversary. He was 49.

Bright, of Flemington, N.J., resurfaced from a dive late Saturday with decompression sickness and went into cardiac arrest, according to the Coast Guard. He was pronounced dead at Cape Cod Hospital a short time later.

Bright was a historian and an experienced technical diver who had explored the Titanic, Andrea Doria and other shipwrecks many times — 120 times for the Andrea Doria.

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Joshua Smith · Post by **Joshua Smith** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:08 pm

Wow. I recently read several books about Doria diving, and East Coast wreck diving. I remember that name. Quite a few have died diving the Doria, in particular. Sad. Hope his family deals with the loss OK.