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Copyright 1998 Globe Newspaper Company
The Boston Globe
July 10, 1998, Friday, City Edition
SECTION: METRO/REGION; Pg. B2
LENGTH: 381 words
HEADLINE: Diver dies exploring Andrea Doria wreck;
Material from The Associated Press was used in this report.
BYLINE: By Cindy Rodriguez, Globe Staff
BODY:
A veteran diver was found dead yesterday, floating face down 200
feet
below the surface in the first-class bar lounge of the sunken luxury
liner
Andrea Doria.
Richard Roost, 46, of Ann Arbor, Mich., a sheriff's department diver
with
more than 20 years of experience, is the second death in two weeks
associated with a search of the 697-foot Italian luxury liner, which
sank 42
years ago off Nantucket.
On June 28, Craig Sicola of New Jersey died shortly after resurfacing
from a
dive. The cause of death: too much nitrogen in his system. In July 1993,
Robert Santulli of Long Island died searching the wreckage. In July
1992,
Mathew Jared Lawrence of Florida died inside the vessel.
"This incident is another tragic example of the dangers associated with
recreational deep-water diving," said Rear Admiral Richard M. Larrabee
of
the Coast Guard.
Roost had chartered The Seeker, a commercial diving boat out of Montauk,
Long Island. From The Seeker, he dove into the shimmering waters just
before
noon Wednesday.
At about 200 feet below the surface, the water is darker than night.
When
Roost failed to return about two hours later to decompress, the crew of
The
Seeker became worried.
"You can only stay in the water, at that depth, about 20 minutes," said
Lieutenant Junior Grade Craig Jaramillo, assistant operations officer of
the
Coast Guard Group at Woods Hole. Swimming back to the surface from the
Andrea Doria would take about an hour, he said.
The Coast Guard searched the area with Jayhawk helicopters Wednesday
night
and yesterday morning, hoping to find Roost alive and floating in the
choppy
waters. When they didn't find him, it became apparent that Roost had
died.
Seeker diving crews found Roost on their seventh dive search at about
1:30
p.m. yesterday, and headed to Montauk, to bring his body to a Long
Island
medical examiner for an autopsy.
Jaramillo said the cause of death is unclear. Roost was not tangled or
trapped inside the vessel.
Roost had wanted for some time to dive to the shipwreck, said Mike
Graczyk,
general manager of the Divers Inc. store in Novi, Mich. Roost had owned
the
store for the last 16 years, he said.
"That was one of his goal dives. That's the dive that he wanted to do,"
Graczyk said in a telephone interview.
Tim Urbanski wrote:
>
> I heard there was a second Doria death the week after Craig Sicola's
> accident. Not sure of the name... Richard ????
>
> Someone told me that he might have been a dive shop employee or owner from
> the North East area.
>
> Is this correct??? Does anyone have any additional information???
>
> Regards,
> Tim
>
> At 07:27 PM 7/13/98 -0400, kirvine@sa*.ne* wrote:
> >We have two Dorias and an Oregon. Pretty work.
> >
> >
> >Jim Cobb wrote:
> >>
> >> Are we talking about the Doria fatality? I thought Harvy died on the
> >> Oregon?
> >>
> >> Jim
> >
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