Re: 02/15/2010 Henry Usimewa ( Fiji ) ***Fatal***
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 8:55 pm
Divers end hunt for co-worker
Thursday, February 18, 2010
DIVERS have abandoned the search for a fellow diver, Henry Usimewa, who is believed to have been the latest victim of a shark attack in Yadua waters, off Bua on Monday morning.
Members of his family who rushed to Yadua upon hearing of the tragedy returned home without his body.
Mr Usimewa, a 19-year-old had been diving for three years with High San Trading.
Manager for the company's base on Yadua Island, Josevata Buliyawa, said the search was called off after two days and night.
"We used two boats and about 10 divers to look for him from the spot where he disappeared but turned up nothing," he said.
"Immediately after he disappeared his diving equipment was recovered and a sack which he used to collect sucuwalu (beche-de-mer)."
He was part of a group of seven divers aboard the Grace Three diving for beche-de-mer near Nara Reef when he disappeared.
Captain Kaukau Corrie said they watched Mr Usimewa try to fight off an unseen creature before he was dragged beneath the waves, never to be seen again.
He said when they rushed to his aid less than a minute later, Mr Usimewa had disappeared.
"He was gone and all that was left behind was his diving gear," he said.
The divers returned to Labasa yesterday after calling off the search.
http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=140213
Thursday, February 18, 2010
DIVERS have abandoned the search for a fellow diver, Henry Usimewa, who is believed to have been the latest victim of a shark attack in Yadua waters, off Bua on Monday morning.
Members of his family who rushed to Yadua upon hearing of the tragedy returned home without his body.
Mr Usimewa, a 19-year-old had been diving for three years with High San Trading.
Manager for the company's base on Yadua Island, Josevata Buliyawa, said the search was called off after two days and night.
"We used two boats and about 10 divers to look for him from the spot where he disappeared but turned up nothing," he said.
"Immediately after he disappeared his diving equipment was recovered and a sack which he used to collect sucuwalu (beche-de-mer)."
He was part of a group of seven divers aboard the Grace Three diving for beche-de-mer near Nara Reef when he disappeared.
Captain Kaukau Corrie said they watched Mr Usimewa try to fight off an unseen creature before he was dragged beneath the waves, never to be seen again.
He said when they rushed to his aid less than a minute later, Mr Usimewa had disappeared.
"He was gone and all that was left behind was his diving gear," he said.
The divers returned to Labasa yesterday after calling off the search.
http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=140213