
Case 51: Tina Watson
Casefile True Crime
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Diving - The Octopus Regulator, or B C D
As they were swimming, tina was dropping downwards vertically. Gabe momentarily let go of her so he could use his right hand to inflate his buoyancy control device and motioned to tina to inflate hers. The b c d holds your tank, and when inflated with air, it keeps you neutrally buoyant. It's not clear why gave didn't attempt to inflate tina's vest. Maybe he panicked. As a diver, you never leave your body. There is a chance that by now gabe's vest was actually over inflated, but he should have known to dump the air and swim down. Expert divers estimate three kicks at the very most, and the
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