| "You can't tell me you didn't have fun!" John, the | | | | With no visibility, I found myself in quite a situation as |
| ship’s captain yelled over at me after he heard | | | | I felt the net start to rise. It seems that the others |
| the story from the other divers. | | | | had already fastened their air bags and were ready |
| I knew I had. But, it got a little hairy down there. | | | | to deploy the net without me. 300 lbs. of net had |
| It seems that there was a huge 9,000 lbs. fishing net | | | | been cut in half an hour and rising to the surface. |
| deposited miles off the Florida Keys. A diver had | | | | Little did I know, I was actually inside the net instead |
| spotted it one day on a dive and was a little | | | | of on the outside where everyone else was in the |
| perturbed at all the marine life he found caught in the | | | | clear. I looked around and saw quite a bit of bones |
| net. So, he put together a nice expedition that | | | | and skulls. The other divers were looking at me and I |
| included quite a bit of volunteer divers. It was a nice | | | | was a bit spooked. There was a whole shark caught |
| little SCUBA package. | | | | in the net. I backed out quietly and was soon back |
| I was lucky enough to hear about the expedition and | | | | on the other side of the net. |
| hopped on board as soon as I got the chance. Our | | | | We couldn't stay down much longer. My Aeris SCUBA |
| job was to dive down and cut the net. We were | | | | Equipment Computer Package was telling me that. |
| supposed to tie up pieces of the net on air bags so | | | | One trip per day was all we got. It took us several |
| they could be taken to the surface and placed on | | | | days to finish the task and get the last piece of net. |
| the boat. | | | | You'd be surprised what else you find in the ocean. |
| Oh, it was a great time and it was for a good cause. | | | | It's not a pretty sight when you see everyone's |
| But, there were some scary moments I have to | | | | garbage just hanging around in the ocean. I wish |
| admit. There was absolutely no visibility when we | | | | people cared more. The ocean is a beautiful place. |
| started cutting the net. Particles from the net started | | | | The trash only takes that away from us who love to |
| floating around and little bite size creatures started | | | | dive. |
| swimming everywhere. | | | | |