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Diver died at Playa Chica (Bthv)
2 diver deaths in Lanzarote on same day
Ali Truwit (right) is now part of the US Paralympics team
From sharkbite victim to Paralympian – in 15 months
Richard Stockton Rush
Titan lawsuit: Rush saw himself as deep-diving’s ‘maverick genius’
Jersey RNLI
RNLI 200: Life-savers take a moment
Lights in the darkness – the divers shine their torches at a passing aircraft (US Coast Guard)
Dive-lights saved couple on 38hr drift
Tricky late-night beach recovery for Hastings rescue boat after a rescue operation in the Channel (PLIRB)
Another scuba diver goes missing in Channel
Missing diver Emily Sherwin
Missing diver named: police seek information
Yarmouth RNLI SAR (John Eyre)
Search continues for missing diver off Dorset
Another diver airlift in Donegal (Malin Head Coast Guard)
Second diver death off Donegal
Scuba diver missing off Beachy Head (David Iliff, CC BY-SA 3.0)
Search called off in second Eastbourne scuba incident
Looking out to the Channel from Cuckmere Haven (N Chadwick)
Airlifted man dies after Channel dive
Krzysztof Białecki, who died in Malta (Diving Explorers)
Malta fatalities were from UK’s biggest Polish dive-club
Shout off Portland for Weymouth lifeboat (RNLI)
Lifeboat responds to divers off Portland
Malta: AFM search and rescue boat picked up two Polish divers after rapid ascent (AFM)
2 Poles die after Malta wreck-dive
The Exocet Red Sea liveboard
Exocet dive-boat sank after hitting Red Sea reef
The Karin in Scapa Flow (MAIB)
Advice to divers after Karin prop-tangle death
Diver rally in Donegal – View from the pier (DBSAC)
Diver dies on first day of Donegal rally
Diver and dive-centre upfront about rescue
Pulau Sibu (kwc909)
Sea Gypsy dive-resort shocked by ‘sudden change’ lawsuit
Student Joe Anderson with his parents
Student died on ‘one of first-ever’ dives
Missing
13-year-old diver’s parents sue Malaysian resort over death 
Weymouth lifeboat (RNLI)
Search for diver off Dorset stood down
The dive guide can be seen carrying a fish-head as the tiger shark approaches (Les Pisitpacharakul)
Pearl Fleet hits back as Maldives shark-dive slammed
An Auckland man shows off by belly-flopping onto the orca
‘Stupid’ orca body-slammer gets off with fine
Melissa and Georgia (right) Laurie (Hana Laurie)
Medal for diver who saved twin-sister from croc
Fire on the Sea Safari VII (Mike Day)
Flores liveaboard fire: View from the bridge
The Annabel E Jones speeds to the scene (RNLI / Archie Connolly)
Fresh from the pot, Plymouth RNLI rescue diver
Escape from the blazing Sea Safari VII liveaboard (Mike Day)
Blazing dive-boat evacuation chaotic, say UK divers
Wailea Beach, Maui, where a snorkeller died in 2022 (dronepicr)
Snorkeller’s widow sues over lack of IPO warnings
The phinisi liveaboard Sea Safari VII before the fire
Divers and crew escape as another liveaboard blazes

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