When a diver fails to handle her anxiety, blind panic turns a routine training dive into tragedy.
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Ignoring mild joint pain sends a diver from the airport to a decompression chamber.
A freediving accident drives home why you always need to dive with a buddy.
Staying with your buddy is a fundamental rule of diving no matter how experienced you are.
Be truthful on your medical form, be fit to dive and practice your finning to avoid a snorkel accident.
Getting tangled in a buoy line sends a nervous diver over the edge, with disastrous results.
A cardiac event at depth highlights the importance of training for diving physically, not just mentally.
Complacency leads a diver to start a dive with only reserve gas. It does not take long for the dive to spin out of control.
Lying about plans and experience to get into a cave costs two divers their lives.