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An experienced British diver drowned last week during deep water training at a scuba diving center that has already been the scene of numerous fatalities. The diver, whose name has not been released, reportedly had trouble in an exercise meant to improve deep diving skills at the British National Diving Center in Leicestershire. Four other divers also risked decompression sickness by bringing the diver to the surface at a speed that could have been fatal to them, reports say. Even…

The body of missing New England commercial fisherman Arthur Brooks, 77, was recovered last week from the York River, reports say. Brooks’ body was spotted by a member of the Marine Police in the following morning. Brooks was discovered nearly a mile from where his fishing boat capsized a day earlier. Sixty-four-year-old Al Madison, another commercial fisherman on the same capsized boat, was found March the following day. Rescue teams had been combing the water for the first days in…

An ironworker’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company they say contributed to their ironworker son’s death last month. While working on a construction project at a water reclamation plant, Jose Meza, an ironworker employed by Industrial Fence, Inc., when his body harness reportedly snagged on a piece of heavy equipment and he was crushed by the machinery. Meza’s family reportedly sued the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, New Holland North America Inc.- the manufacturer of…

Beachgoers dragged a boogie boarder to safety in Honolulu last month, saving him from drowning when the unidentified youth got himself into trouble while on his board, reports say. The youth was in the water in Hanapepe Place, off China Walls, a popular surf and boogie board location in Honolulu, Hawaii last month. When he got into trouble and lost his board, he floundered in the surf by himself when some swimmers on the beach noticed him.  Going to his…