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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 11:48 am
by ljjames
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 11:54 am
by Pez7378
That sounds like the Browning Pass area. Condolensces go out to the friends and family of the Deceased.
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 11:55 am
by ljjames
were any of our gang of thugs up there this weekend?
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 12:22 pm
by spatman
my condolences.
looks like he was part of the Hydrus group:
http://www.teamhydrus.com/ (click about us)
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 12:30 pm
by ljjames
yes. and a friend... a very cool guy... not happy news at all.
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:46 pm
by sungurl
How sad indeed....my heart goes out to his friends and family....
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:53 pm
by ljjames
some people might remember him from the tacoma dive show, the really nice somewhat soft spoken gentleman with the blazer and pony tail...
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 3:27 pm
by Joshua Smith
ljjames wrote:some people might remember him from the tacoma dive show, the really nice somewhat soft spoken gentleman with the blazer and pony tail...
Oh, man. Yes, I do remember him. We talked about diving and sixgills for a long time. Really nice guy. I should point out that we don't know for 100%
sure that this is the same guy; but it certainly appears to be. This sucks. My condolences to his friends and family.
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 4:40 pm
by John Rawlings
This is terrible, and my thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved....
I found a few additional articles from local BC papers, but they don't say much more than the article Laura linked above, except to say that the accident happened at 7:00 PM on Thursday, October 7th, off the coast of Nigei Island. That definitely places it at or near Browning Pass.
- John
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:03 pm
by no excuses
dang that sucks, thoughts and prayers to family and friends
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Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:40 am
by selkie
Laura,
Thank you for posting this. Yes Andy is the same person who was at the dive expo. I met Andy for the first time at the dive expo but we have a mutual friend. Our mutual friend who Andy and I both encouraged to take SCUBA classes called me on Saturday afternoon to ask if I could find any information on Andy’s accident. My friend and dive buddy is a bit freaked out by the loss of one of the people that encouraged him to start diving and spent hours answering his many questions. I truly liked Andy when I met him and wish I had spent more time visiting.
My Condolences to his friends and family,
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Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:07 am
by John Rawlings
No new information about the accident itself, but a beautiful obituary for Andy....
http://obits.oregonlive.com/obituaries/ ... =134338749#