Tragic loss of Fred Evans

[Sharki]

Here is the facts as we know them -

35 mins into a 45-50m dive Fred was seen having a convulsion. A OC diver
tried to assist Fred as he was convulsing by placing and purging a regulator
in his mouth. He kept trying to get Fred breathing through his long hose.
Despite his own deco obligation he used up all his back gas purging his long
hose reg in an attempt to get Fred breathing. But he wasn`t able to do it.
He attached a line to Fred and sent a marker bag to the surface as he began
his own ascent. As this all was happening at 45m he was aware that he had a
lot of deco to do and that he was using all his backgas up attempting to
resuscitate Fred. He ran out of back gas trying to help Fred. He had no
choice but to go onto 100% O2 and ascend. He was joined by one of the divers
off the boat and himself started convulsing. The diver attempted to help him
in the same way he had tried to help Fred but couldn`t get the regulator
into his mouth as his teeth were clenched. He ascended straight to the
surface unconscious and not breathing. He was brought to the boat and
brought around. He was taken to a recompression chamber and miraculously
after a few days released without residual problems.