He had a new girlfriend in Florida and had been talking about starting his own business. Two cave divers . By Johnny Diaz. What happened in between those two events has completely turned their life upside down. One of the employees, Chuck Cronin, believed that while McDaniel had the proper equipment and considerable diving knowledge, he was often overly confident in his abilities and not shy about saying so. Neither of the divers had any obvious signs of trauma and both appeared to have the appropriate diving equipment. Last modified on Fri 14 Jul 2017 15.42 EDT. June 23, 2022, 4:27 PM PDT. On the evening of 19 February, 1994, Gloria Ramirez was rushed to the emergency room 12-year-old Georgia Crews from Montverde, Florida, disappeared while walking to a nearby convenience store. Diving Hyperb Med. This article is about the scuba diver who went missing in 2010. He's not in there. Trained cave divers who died in the most recent time period were older but little else differed. The ex-employee managed to escape into the woods but was left so shaken that he moved his family out of town and swore he would never return. Ed Sorenson, an experienced diver who owns a dive shop, searched the spring scrupulously. News media in the Panhandle and Memphis followed the search closely. [14] The talk box, originally located in the Piano Room of the cave, was moved to the basin area of Vortex Springs and is now at a depth of only 21 feet (6.4m). Home Bizarre Bizarre and Creepy Events The Missing Diver Ben McDaniel. A decades-old mystery surrounding the death of a Florida cave diver has been solved by a simple experiment by three scientists in a lab at Florida State. The British cave diver who led the rescue of the Thai boys' soccer team and personally saved the captain, Duangpetch Promthep, has opened up about the heartbreaking death of the 17-year-old. Training status, safety rules violated, relevancy of the violations, and root causes leading to death were determined. The entrance to Nutty Putty Cave was boarded up and declared a public health hazard. Dive-related fatalities among tourist and local divers in the northern Croatian littoral (1980-2010). The water was rising up the cave wall, and Rob returned through the rapidly filling S-bend, so he wouldn't get trapped without diving gear. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. A 10-year estimate of the incidence of decompression illness in a discrete group of recreational cave divers in Australia. He said the muddy current . "It's a really tight spot, but we've been able to get around him. Cave diver David John Shaw (Dave Shaw) died more than 10 years later whilst attempting to retrieve Dreyer's cadaver. Nevertheless, police refused to treat it as a homicide, much to the dismay of Lynn-Marie Carty. John's brother Josh was the first to find him, and tried pulling at his calves but was unsuccessful. In 2014, two cave divers died at a depth of more than 300 feet while exploring an ice-cold underwater cave system in the Plurdalen valley in central Norway. It would be impossible to go through that restriction without making a mark on the floor or ceiling. On the evening Ben disappeared, an inebriated Lowell showed up at the spring and asked if it was too late to go diving. But what happened to a keen young explorer deep in the bowels of Utah's famous cave system must surely take the cake as the worst death of all time. 106,986 likes. This forum is for the discussion of diving Accidents and Incidents and has. "It would have affected his ability to breathe adequately.". Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.\"00:00 Intro00:35 Chapter 1: Ben McDaniel04:17 Chapter 2: Vortex Spring11:04 Chapter 3: The Search17:27 Chapter 4: The Search Continues24:56 Chapter 5: Lowell Kelly27:49 Aftermath 1:10 AM EDT, Fri June 24, 2022. Rescuers began a different approach, using air-powered tools to chip away at some of the rock surrounding John. HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) - Two cave divers are dead after an apparent drowning in Hernando County, at "Buford Springs Cave.". An experienced California diver who was helping with the exploration of the narrow underwater passageways that radiate from a well-known swimming hole in eastern New . [2], The day had been hot, with temperatures around 90F (32C), and as evening came Ben began preparing for another dive. Bethesda, MD 20894, Web Policies Deputies were alerted Wednesday afternoon after one of three teenagers who were spending the day at the Buford Springs Cave called 911, the sheriffs office said. By that point John had been hanging upside down for more than eight hours. An estimated 92,000 people died at the camp, according to the Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem. Maltese soldier dies in diving incident off Marr ix-Xini. 2. National Library of Medicine 2012;58:57-79. doi: 10.1159/000338582. Eduardo later passed a lie detector test. The mapped portion of the cave ends at a narrow restriction about 150 feet deep and 1,500 feet of mostly horizontal penetration, about the length of . Unquenchable heroism and complex human relationships amid the perils of extreme sport. The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the The body of a cave diver still remains trapped upside-down after his ghastly death. Terrifyingly John then slid even further down into the passage and was trapped with his arms pinned under his chest. Sheriff's deputies were called about 12:20 p.m. Wednesday to what . The sheriffs office said the investigation into the deaths is ongoing. Two cave divers died in a possible drowning in Florida, authorities said Thursday. There are millions of possible ways to die, some less pleasant than others. The dive shop withheld the gate key, unless a diver showed proof of cave diving certification, which requires two months' training including 125 dives with an instructor or certified diving partner. At 46, Brod was a highly regarded diver, a gruff, opinionated man who as a boy in El Campo had swum along . John's brother Josh was the first to find him, and tried pulling at his calves but was unsuccessful. [2], Sorenson, who has been described by the Tampa Bay Times as being able to go where other divers cannot,[2] persisted. Zacaton is the deepest of five ceynotes located on a large ranch, El Rancho Asufrosa, in northeastern Mexico. Updated. [4] (Due to technical issues, it was unable to go any farther than the human divers had ventured. Cave divers enter an inherently dangerous environment that often includes little visibility, maze-like passageways and a ceiling of rock that prevents a direct ascent to the surface in the event of a problem. Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}304617N 855653W / 30.77149N 85.94812W / 30.77149; -85.94812, On August 20, 2010, Ben McDaniel (born April 15, 1980), of Memphis, Tennessee, United States, was reported missing after employees in the dive shop at Vortex Spring, north of Ponce de Leon, Florida, noticed that his pickup truck had remained in the shop's parking lot for the previous two days. And that he is dead. The McDaniels began considering the possibility that he had died as a result of foul play, and that his diving disappearance was staged to cover up a crime. Ben Davison. On Saturday, June 23, 2018, 12 members of a local Thai football team, who were between the ages of 11 and 16, and their 25-year-old assistant coach, entered the Tham Luang Nang Non cave for a day . [2], Frustrated by the limitations the search had thus far encountered, and increasingly coming to believe that Ben's body was in an area of the cave no one had yet reached, the McDaniels offered a reward of $10,000, raised from money contributed at a benefit held on what would have been their son's 31st birthday, at the end of the year to anyone "brave" enough to go to those places and find it. Around 7:30p.m., as the sun began to set, he went in again. [2], Ben was 6feet 1inch (185cm) tall and weighed 210 pounds (95kg), one inch (2.5cm) taller and 20 pounds (9.1kg) heavier than Sorenson. Knowing that divers in trouble will often burrow deeper into narrow crevices such as those within the cave in a mistaken effort to get back to the surface, she revised her opinion. A segment of Investigation Discovery's Disappeared has been devoted to the case, as well as Ben's Vortex, a documentary co-directed by diver Jill Heinerth. Many divers are adamant that Ben isnt inside the cave. In 2004, Dave Shaw completed a record-breaking dive at Bushman's Hole. Assisted by helicopters, they searched the swamps along the spring's outflow into Blue Creek and Sandy Creek to the Choctawhatchee River. [2], They did, however, find some of his equipment. "Ben was brave," his father later said. A well planned hoax? [1] But on the night of the 18th, they instead went back to Taran's house for coffee. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. A memorial plaque to John stands near the entrance to Nutty Putty Cave, 12 years since the tragedy took place. Members of a specialized cave diving rescue team responded to the scene and found the second diver, also deceased, more than 130 feet below the surface, authorities said. According to RAID, a top scuba training agency, the number one cause of serious injury or death in cave diving is not gear failure, getting lost, becoming trapped, or running out of air. The father-of-one's tragic mistake was thinking he could squeeze into the same spaces as a six-foot man than he did when he was a lot younger and smaller. Ben's death is the first kill in 47 Meters Down: Uncaged, and while it is an effective jump scare, the scene loses points among horror movie aficionados for its murky lighting. Authorities began to consider these possibilities and adjust their search. Ben McDaniel was the oldest of three brothers born to Shelby and Patty McDaniel. Updated: Jun 24, 2022 / 04:53 AM EDT. Only one returns. Three teen swimmers led deputies to the bodies of two divers who drowned at Buford Springs in Florida last week Hernando County Sheriff's Office. He accepted the offer and moved into the house in April 2010. Please enable it to take advantage of the complete set of features! A decades-old mystery surrounding the death of a Florida cave diver has been solved by a simple experiment by three scientists in a lab at Florida State. Warning: the attached video shows Shaw's personal camera footage from the moments leading up to his death, and they are unpleasant. Last month, Larry Higginbotham, 43, of Biloxi, Miss., drowned inside the cave at Vortex. By that time the McDaniels had also come to believe that, if he had not died in the cave, Ben had been murdered. Cave diving is for the most adventurous of scuba divers. Rescuers from the Utah County Sheriff's Office arrived and began a complicated extraction attempt, made worse by the fact that John was in "absolutely the worst spot in the cave". The Hernando County Sheriff's Office shared this photo of the area near the Buford Springs Cave where the two cave divers died. This is the second of a two-part series about the mysterious disappearance of Ben McDaniel, a certified open water SCUBA diver that has been missing since August 18, 2010. [2], Cronin and fellow employee Eduardo Taran, on their way back from a dive themselves something they often did on Wednesdays after the shop closed saw Ben as he began descending, with his lights on and wearing a helmet, suggesting he was venturing into the cave. In the 1990s, 13 divers perished in the cave. An experienced California diver who was helping with the exploration of the narrow underwater passageways that radiate from a well-known swimming hole . Taran, who said he had let Ben into the cave despite knowing he lacked certification to dive in it, passed a lie detector test of his account. Police assigned divers searched for Ben for days. Shortly after, the group of teens saw one of the divers floating face down and when they checked on him, received no response. [22], Kelly remained comatose, and was eventually placed in hospice care, where he died the following month. They either succumbed to disease and hunger, or were murdered in gas chambers or were shot and killed. Her identity Would love your thoughts, please comment. May 26, 2022. 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The father-of-one's tragic mistake was thinking he could squeeze into the same spaces as a six-foot man than he did when he was a lot younger and smaller. government site. Taran, who had suspected for some time that Ben was forcing the gate open, went down to him and unlocked it, watching Ben go in and then returning to Cronin. 0:00. [2], On some nights when they had seen Ben dive late, the two had stayed at the spring after resurfacing until they saw bubbles on the surface, indicating that he was beginning to decompress in order to safely resurface. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. sharing sensitive information, make sure youre on a federal 27-30. Today, we're covering the true scary story of deep cave diver Dave Shaw. Dave Shaw was determined to bring this missing person's remains back to his family and set out on his final mission in 2005. Josh had no choice but to leave his brother and work his way out of the cave where he called for help. These are simply consequences of divers exceeding the limits of their personal training and experience. When tested, the tanks were found to contain normal air, not the specialized gas mix required for diving at depth. Morbidology is a weekly true crime podcast created and hosted by Emily G. Thompson. A private investigator they hired believes that his body may have been removed before any authorities were contacted, or that he may even have been murdered on land and the narrative of his disappearance fabricated as a cover story. Careers. Authorities identified the two divers as Todd Richard McKenna, 52, and Stephen Roderick Gambrell, 63. The . On August 18th 2010, Ben McDaniel, a 30 year old scuba diver, vanished 115ft underwater in the cave at Vortex Spring, in Ponce De Leon, FL. HHS Vulnerability Disclosure, Help "Once John had been declared dead, there were discussions about 'How do we get him out?' Before A decade later, while on a dive at the same site, Shaw found Dreyer's missing body. [13] Experienced divers scoured the cave, investigating small crevices and fissures Ben might have entered in a panicked attempt to exit the cave, as his tanks ran low, a pattern found in other cave diving deaths. . Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. CNN . Richard William Stanton (R) speaks to John Volanthen (L back to camera) at the Tham Luang cave area. DandyDon; May 18, 2022; 5 6 7. His body was found the next day after he, too, had failed to return from a dive. There were no signs of activity from aquatic scavengers like one would assume if there were a deceased body down there. 1) Karen Thurston "Cave diver feared dead in accident" Tallahassee Democrat May 16, 1988. Seeing a massive great white shark ambushing Ben and dragging him off mid-sentence makes for a terrifying jolt, but the subsequent grey blur could hardly be called chilling. Terrifyingly John then slid even further down into the passage and was trapped with his arms pinned under his chest. Four died in the hole ( . 7. On November 24, the group ventured into the Nutty Putty Cave, a popular spelunking spot known for its tight twists, turns and crawls. [2][1], At Vortex Spring, which claims on its website to be the largest diving facility in the state,[8] divers descend into clear waters at a constant temperature of 68F (20C) fed by the Floridan Aquifer. After struggling to breathe for several hours, John became unresponsive shortly before midnight. Cave divers usually place extra "air" tanks, needed for decompression, at points along their exit route so they can follow them out, and not only at the entrance to the cave. They hired Steve Keene, who had originally mapped the Vortex Spring cave in 2003, to look. "I know what I'm doing and I barely made it through," he told the Commercial Appeal. 4. The employees of the dive shop were familiar with Ben McDaniel, and knew his reason for being on the premises was to dive the spring. While police had already searched the spring, there were certain passages that they refused to search because it was much too dangerous and they werent experienced enough. Shelby also noted that Ben had seen the impact Paul's death had had on his parents. "There is just as much reason to look above the water for Ben's body as there was to look below it in the cave," she told the Commercial Appeal. The worst thing that you can do when you realize something is going wrong is to panic. Others, including Cronin and Kelly, suggested he had staged his own disappearance to start his life over under another identity and escape his past troubles. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Even experienced ones have died there. Rescue efforts were due to get underway on June 24 with local British diver Vern Unsworth going alone. Yesterday at 8:16 AM. John Edward Jones, 26, was a medical student and experienced spelunker (someone who explores caves as a hobby) who went cave diving with a group of friends while visiting family in Utah for Thanksgiving in 2009. 2015 Sep;45(3):147-53. Ben had endured a failed marriage and a bankrupted construction company that left him despondent. His only option was to keep moving forward, and exhaled the air from his chest so he could fit through the "L-shaped pinpoint" which was just 10 inches across and 18 inches high. Diving instruction is offered for all levels; experienced divers come for the underwater wildlife and the cavern, which begins 58 feet (18m) below the surface. All Rights Reserved. The spring remains a pleasant 68 degrees year round and boasts of thousands of tourists who flock to the spring for camping, swimming and of course, diving. His only option was to keep moving forward, and exhaled the air from his chest so he could fit through the "L-shaped pinpoint" which was just 10 inches across and 18 inches high. Yes, Thai Cave Rescue is based on the true story of the rescue of 12 Thai boys from youth soccer team the Wild Boars and their coach from the Tham Luang Cave, between June 23 and July 10, 2018. Cave diver suffered worst death imaginable after getting trapped upside down. 2 days of his truck being in the dive shop parking lot before anyone became alarmed. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Replies 39 Views 2,017. It considers all the theories regarding its subject's disappearance: an accident as originally believed, a murder or coverup of the accident as the McDaniels have sometimes alleged, and the possibility of a staged disappearance to allow Ben to escape his problems, which McClellan believes. [15], By Sunday, August 22, no other signs of Ben had been found. The death toll for all forms of diving decreased . you'd be dead a long time ago," diver Ben Reymenants, who was part of the rescue mission, says. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. But within minutes he realised he was stuck, with no room to turn around or even go backwards. Jim Donaldson, a partner and manager at Big Blue Diving, a Koh Tao dive school, estimates that there were just six dive shops on the eight-square-mile island in 2000, a year after he arrived . Warning: Do not read this story if you're claustrophobic. Cadaver dogs alerted on the water surface, further supporting that theory. Ben went into Vortex Spring on August 18th, 2010 and was never seen or heard from again. If Edd Sorenson says Bens not in the cave, hes not there. princeandprincessofwales. For more information, please see our Ben had recently moved into his parents Santa Rosa, Florida, beach condo to escape a failed business and a broken marriage. Larsa Pippen Is 'In Love' With Marcus Jordan And Swears Dad Michael Is Cool With Their Relationship! Everyone was relieved but then there was a heartbreaking twist. He told them he was working on getting certified as an instructor so he could find a job and that he was researching cave diving with an eye toward getting that certification as well. ZACATON: The Tragic Death of Sheck Exley. According to the BBC, local officials had given up . But when John breathed in again, his chest expanded and he was wedged inside for good. He continued Continue Reading But this discovery struck some searchers as inconsistent with Ben's supposed intent to explore the cave he was technically not permitted to enter. Cadaver dogs picked up a scent along the bank of the spring as well as one in the water but when county health departments sampled the water, they found no indication of a spike in bacteria consistent with decomposition. The authorities said it was too dangerous to retrieve their bodies, but four . "Due to the circumstances with his body being held the way it was and being wedged, it was most likely difficult to get a full deep breath," Sgt Cannon said. Unsworth said the water was too murky to see and on June 25, Thai Navy SEALs tried the same . Two days before the Investigation Discovery cable channel series Disappeared aired a segment on Ben's case, a diver from Biloxi, Mississippi, Larry Higginbotham, died in the cavern at Vortex Spring. advertisement. Updated An equipment failure caused the rope system to plunge John right back into the same gap he'd been trapped in previously, and the rescue operation was back to square one. A few years ago there was a famous cave diving death, the disappearance of Ben McDaniel in Vortex Springs. [10] At the entrance is a sign depicting the Grim Reaper which warns divers of the dangers of continuing onwards. Ten people, including two who were found Monday, have had fatal incidents inside the Eagle's Nest cave dive area in Western Florida since 1981. Unable to load your collection due to an error, Unable to load your delegates due to an error. One rescuer was able to get close enough to pronounce him dead of cardiac arrest. He was given an IV drip and some food and water, and was even able to speak to his wife over a police radio. That's right, the second most dangerous extreme sports by death rate statistics, cave diving. 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