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This is very sad news. Details on the accident below.
Gary McNabb, the former owner of Leisure Time Dive and Ski Center in Chattanooga,
is no longer with us. He passed away in a head trauma center in San Antonio, TX
last Friday night, February 27 at approximately 8pm from a severe head injury that
occurred during a dive trip to Belize. The group was about to begin their dive
off of a 45 ft. long vessel in very high and rough seas with Gary being the first to
"splash". Eye witnesses on the boat said that no sooner he hit the water, the stern of the boat rose very high in the water pulling him under it.
When the stern came back down, the two collided with the end result of Gary being hit by
the prop. He underwent emergency neurosurgery and intensive care in Belize City
before being transferred to a medical evacuation flight and flown to the head
trauma center in San Antonio.
Gary had failed to check on the status of his medical diving insurance policy
through DAN before he headed to Belize. His policy had expired at the end of
January. A special fund raising website has been created to help pay for the
medical and evacuation costs which I have been told are astronomical. If you
would like to help, please go to de.gofund.me/nezvuw.
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