"It's a really tight spot, but we've been able to get around him. By that point John had been hanging upside down for more than eight hours. He found nothing no body, and no evidence of one such as increased activity by carnivorous aquatic scavengers, nor any evidence that Ben had gotten into those sections, such as marks on the cave walls or disturbed silt. Cave diving is perilous at the best of times but Tham Luang presents its own extreme challenges. [19], There was no explicit evidence that Higginbotham was trying to find Ben and claim the reward. [22], By 2011, it seemed unlikely that Ben's body would be found in the cave. Others, including Cronin and Kelly, suggested he had staged his own disappearance to start his life over under another identity and escape his past troubles. Introduction: Replies 39 Views 2,017. document.getElementById("ak_js_1").setAttribute("value",(new Date()).getTime()); document.getElementById("ak_js_2").setAttribute("value",(new Date()).getTime()); My husband used to dive that. The death toll for all forms of diving decreased . Unanswered Questions", "Mississippi Man Killed in Cave Diving Accident", "Questions remain about Lowell Kelly's death", "Parents of lost diver pin hopes for closure on team of dogs", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Disappearance_of_Ben_McDaniel&oldid=1104006595, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 12 August 2022, at 01:54. Authorities identified the two divers as Todd Richard McKenna, 52, and Stephen Roderick Gambrell, 63. 0:00. On the 18th of August, 2010, Ben McDaniel dived into an underwater cave at Vortex Springs in Florida, never to be seen again. Replies 62 Views . [22], Kelly remained comatose, and was eventually placed in hospice care, where he died the following month. We were able to hold his hand at some point.". Stanton and Volanthen have worked together on . Today, we're covering the true scary story of deep cave diver Dave Shaw. . BlueTrin; Jan 18, 2020; 2 3 4. Results: A total of 161 divers who died were identified, 67 trained cave divers and . By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Daily Star's newsletter brings you the biggest and best stories sign up today. . Here is another one from "Disappeared". The following is a list of the 136 identified recorded fatalities associated with recreational caving in the UK. Based on these circumstances, police and dive shop employees assumed that he had never resurfaced and had in all probability drowned somewhere in the cave trying to get out. Ben was not cave-trained, he had absolutely no business being inside a cave. Ben drowned in an unknown section of the cave, or inside of the fissure.2. It's technical diving at its most technical. By that time the McDaniels had also come to believe that, if he had not died in the cave, Ben had been murdered. He was given an IV drip and some food and water, and was even able to speak to his wife over a police radio. Through the years, McAniff, of Rhode Island, said he has seen the number of diving deaths decrease while the sport's popularity is on the rise. If Edd Sorenson says Bens not in the cave, hes not there. "[1], In mid-August, four months into his Florida sojourn, Ben returned to Tennessee for a week. The grim mystery of where Ben is haunts the McDaniels family. Belgian Ben Reymenants runs a dive shop in Phuket. 2015 Sep;45(3):147-53. However, police would not name the individuals who had taken Kelly home and found him there in the morning. Ben Davison. The teens, who arrived at the park earlier that morning, had talked with the two divers before the men got into the water, authorities said. There were no signs of activity from aquatic scavengers like one would assume if there were a deceased body down there. Unauthorized use of these marks is strictly prohibited. While Ben frequented the spring, he never received sufficient training and wasnt considered an experienced diver. [10] At the entrance is a sign depicting the Grim Reaper which warns divers of the dangers of continuing onwards. The sheriff's office also refused to release the autopsy report to the Northwest Florida Daily News despite its status as a public record under the Florida Sunshine Law; it claimed that release of the report would compromise an ongoing investigation. Shane Thompson, an experienced scuba diver with a passion for cave explorations, died at the Blue Hole State Park when the 43-year-old father and husband got lost and trapped in an unmarked . In the late 2000s Ben McDaniel was going through a difficult period in his life. He told them he was working on getting certified as an instructor so he could find a job and that he was researching cave diving with an eye toward getting that certification as well. John's brother Josh was the first to find him, and tried pulling at his calves but was unsuccessful. Ben had found Paul unconscious in the family home and tried to revive him; he later became active in raising money for the foundation his parents established to support research into prevention and treatment of strokes. [2], Ben's truck was still in the parking lot the next morning, but with many summer visitors coming to enjoy the site's many water-based recreational opportunities and picnic grounds in addition to diving, the employees said they were too busy to notice. [12] He spent much of the rest of the afternoon by himself alongside the spring, witnesses said, testing equipment and making notes in his dive log. Eduardo Taran, however, was an experienced diver as well as an employee at Vortex Spring. And that he is dead. Armed with flashlights, they searched the spring. Ben had recently moved into his parents Santa Rosa, Florida, beach condo to escape a failed business and a broken marriage. His doomed final dive was caught on camera. [1], More detailed information regarding tanks was given in the Ben's Vortex documentary. When their football practice ended on Saturday 23 June, 2018, the 12 members of Wild Boars decided to go cave exploring with assistant coach Ekkaphon . Stemberga V, Petaros A, Rasic V, Azman J, Sosa I, Coklo M, Uhac I, Bosnar A. J Travel Med. John decided to try and find the formation known as the Birth Canal, an incredibly narrow vertical passage. They hired Steve Keene, who had originally mapped the Vortex Spring cave in 2003, to look. Bookshelf Whether it's for sport or research reasons, cave diving is an extremely dangerous activity. In Ron Howard's "Thirteen Lives," out Friday on Prime Video, Viggo Mortensen plays Rick Stanton, a British cave diver who recounts his rescue of a Thai boys soccer team from a monsoon-flooded cave. Witnesses came forward to say they had encountered Ben on the evening of the 18th of August. In the middle of the day, he did one dive. Veteran Cave diver Brett Hemphill believes it was likely a painless death. Jim Donaldson, a partner and manager at Big Blue Diving, a Koh Tao dive school, estimates that there were just six dive shops on the eight-square-mile island in 2000, a year after he arrived . 1:38. However, not only did skilled and experienced divers . Despite his woes, Ben had started to turn his life around. )[11] His parents later defended him from those criticisms by seeing them as positive traits. Rescuers from the Utah County Sheriff's Office arrived and began a complicated extraction attempt, made worse by the fact that John was in "absolutely the worst spot in the cave". [1], Upon arrival, the sheriff's deputies sealed off the spring with crime-scene tape. Cave divers enter an inherently dangerous environment that often includes little visibility, maze-like passageways and a ceiling of rock that prevents a direct ascent to the surface in the event of a problem. His parents and girlfriend say the move was proving beneficial, as Ben was beginning to think and talk about moving on from his recent personal setbacks. [1], In 2011 Kelly ameliorated the charges against him by pleading no contest. To this day, they havent given up hope that one day Ben, dead or alive, shall be found. Data regarding trained cave divers were divided into two equal 15-year time periods. [2], The day had been hot, with temperatures around 90F (32C), and as evening came Ben began preparing for another dive. One of the employees, Chuck Cronin, believed that while McDaniel had the proper equipment and considerable diving knowledge, he was often overly confident in his abilities and not shy about saying so. Very interesting. John's brother Josh was the first to find him, and tried pulling at his calves but was unsuccessful. [1], At the Santa Rosa Beach house officers found his dog, hungry from having been unfed for two days. Training status, safety rules violated, relevancy of the violations, and root causes leading to death were determined. Careers. Over the forthcoming years, experienced divers continued to search the spring for any sign of Ben at the request of his parents who had offered a reward. The Hernando County Sheriff's Office shared this photo of the area near the Buford Springs Cave where the two cave divers died. The authorities said it was too dangerous to retrieve their bodies, but four . 1) Karen Thurston "Cave diver feared dead in accident" Tallahassee Democrat May 16, 1988. At the entrance to the cave is a sign depicting the Grim Reaper. He followed his passions. But when John breathed in again, his chest expanded and he was wedged inside for good. The McDaniel family hired Lynn-Marie Carty, a private investigator. Two cave divers died in a possible drowning in Florida, authorities said Thursday. "Due to the circumstances with his body being held the way it was and being wedged, it was most likely difficult to get a full deep breath," Sgt Cannon said. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. [1], But then during the research process, she was able to read Ben's dive logs and the map he had made. The incident was reported on Divernet, although at . The main causes of death have been drowning when cave diving, drowning as the result of flooding or negotiating deep water, injuries incurred from falling from a height, and injuries incurred as the result of rock falls.In ten cases the bodies have not been recovered. Keywords: [1] But on the night of the 18th, they instead went back to Taran's house for coffee. When diving, you always have to be alert and aware of your surroundings. While investigating, she found some unsavoury characters associated with the Vortex Spring. The McDaniels devoted their family's extensive financial resources to the search, at one point guaranteeing the replacement cost of a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV). Terrifyingly John then slid even further down into the passage and was trapped with his arms pinned under his chest. It considers all the theories regarding its subject's disappearance: an accident as originally believed, a murder or coverup of the accident as the McDaniels have sometimes alleged, and the possibility of a staged disappearance to allow Ben to escape his problems, which McClellan believes. Josh had no choice but to leave his brother and work his way out of the cave where he called for help. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.\"00:00 Intro00:35 Chapter 1: Ben McDaniel04:17 Chapter 2: Vortex Spring11:04 Chapter 3: The Search17:27 Chapter 4: The Search Continues24:56 Chapter 5: Lowell Kelly27:49 Aftermath It would be impossible to go through that restriction without making a mark on the floor or ceiling. "He's not in great shape physically, there's a lot of pressure on his upper body and back but he's been amazingly resilient and he has incredibly high spirits under the circumstances," Sgt Spencer Cannon said at the time. But what happened to a keen young explorer deep in the bowels of Utah's famous cave system must surely take the cake as the worst death of all time. One rescuer was able to get close enough to pronounce him dead of cardiac arrest. Rescuers from the Utah County Sheriff's Office arrived and began a complicated extraction attempt, made worse by the fact that John was in "absolutely the worst spot in the cave". . "He was found near a shovel left near a restriction so small that no one could get through it," said Sorenson, who had pulled Higginbotham's body back through four tight restrictions. Many divers are adamant that Ben isnt inside the cave. June 23, 2022, 4:27 PM PDT. [2], Sorenson, who has been described by the Tampa Bay Times as being able to go where other divers cannot,[2] persisted. Teacher with prosthetic Z-cup breast FINALLY put on leave. The worst thing that you can do when you realize something is going wrong is to panic. 2013 Mar-Apr;20(2):101-6. doi: 10.1111/jtm.12011. When authorities arrived, the diver was deceased, according to the sheriffs office. In fact, he owed the IRS $48, 861. June 27, 2022 2:41pm. Absolutely. National Library of Medicine Forums. Yes, Thai Cave Rescue is based on the true story of the rescue of 12 Thai boys from youth soccer team the Wild Boars and their coach from the Tham Luang Cave, between June 23 and July 10, 2018. RAID continues to explain that the most common . [9], For the most experienced divers, some of whom come from around the world, the main attraction of Vortex Spring is the cave, which starts 300 feet (91m) from the cavern, at a depth of 115 feet (35m). The 26-year-old was a medical student, father of one and an experienced spelunker, John Edward Jones died after getting trapped upside in a nightmarishly narrow cave passage in 2009, This diagram shows how John was firmly wedged upside down in a narrow passage, Nutty Putty Cave is located south of Salt Lake City, Utah, Rescuers worked for hours to try to pull John out to no avail, A memorial plaque to John stands near the entrance to Nutty Putty Cave. While police had already searched the spring, there were certain passages that they refused to search because it was much too dangerous and they werent experienced enough. John Edward Jones, 26, was a medical student and experienced spelunker who went cave diving with a group of friends while visiting family in Utah for Thanksgiving in 2009. [14] The talk box, originally located in the Piano Room of the cave, was moved to the basin area of Vortex Springs and is now at a depth of only 21 feet (6.4m). No one is known to have seen him since. He has never been seen again. They did see the truck the next morning. As he watched Ben attempt to open the gate, he retrieved his own key and opened the gate, allowing Ben to swim though. The rescue mission became a body recovery operation, but it became apparent that it would simply be too dangerous to get John out of the passage. For the college football player and coach, see, Scuba diver who disappeared during or after a cave dive, Cave diving beyond the locked gate at Vortex Springs, bacteria that would indicate the presence of a decomposing human body, "Theories about Collierville diver's disappearance swirl in vortex of unanswered questions", "When a diver goes missing, a deep cave is scene of a deeper mystery", "Collierville parents pull reward for missing diver", "Article on Ben McDaniel Vortex Springs Case", "What Happened to Ben McDaniel? THERES NOTHING WORTH DYING FOR it ominously reads. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Jill Heinerth says Dan's Cave on Abaco Island, Bahamas, is her "favorite cave on Earth." Diver and photographer Jill Heinerth has explored unmapped, underwater caves deep in the earth, as well as . He soon realized that very few divers "in the world" possessed the training and skill to attempt such a dangerous cave diving recovery. Ben's death is the first kill in 47 Meters Down: Uncaged, and while it is an effective jump scare, the scene loses points among horror movie aficionados for its murky lighting. "I simply see no reasonable evidence that he is NOT in the cave," the Commercial Appeal quoted her as writing in an email. Manatee Springs SP cave fatality. Ben went into Vortex Spring on August 18th, 2010 and was never seen or heard from again. [2], They did, however, find some of his equipment. Disclaimer. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Ben was last seen by two Vortex Spring (VS) employees at the gate blocking untrained and non-certified divers from entering the most dangerous parts of the cave. A total of 161 divers who died were identified, 67 trained cave divers and 87 untrained. In the morning, a different person came to Kelly's home, and realized his condition had worsened overnight. Sheriff's deputies were called about 12:20 p.m. Wednesday to what . Bethesda, MD 20894, Web Policies [2], McDaniel's dives at the site were regular enough that the dive shop employees and other frequent visitors came to know him. Ben must have gone deeper than anyone expected. Sign up to the Daily Star's newsletter. [15], By Sunday, August 22, no other signs of Ben had been found. Cadaver dogs alerted on the water surface, further supporting that theory. 1 This location was perfect for Ben, who was an avid diver. Nevertheless, police refused to treat it as a homicide, much to the dismay of Lynn-Marie Carty. [23], Among the divers who heard about the case was Jill Heinerth, a Canadian who has set the world record for deepest dive by a woman. He was on a yacht in the Bahamas, leading an expedition. $50,000), and still deeply affected by the 2008 death of his younger brother Paul from a stroke. [2], On some nights when they had seen Ben dive late, the two had stayed at the spring after resurfacing until they saw bubbles on the surface, indicating that he was beginning to decompress in order to safely resurface. Taran, who said he had let Ben into the cave despite knowing he lacked certification to dive in it, passed a lie detector test of his account. . [1][2], The cadaver dogs searched the woods around Vortex Spring without success. After struggling to breathe for several hours, John became unresponsive shortly before midnight. His only option was to keep moving forward, and exhaled the air from his chest so he could fit through the "L-shaped pinpoint" which was just 10 inches across and 18 inches high. A decades-old mystery surrounding the death of a Florida cave diver has been solved by a simple experiment by three scientists in a lab at Florida State. Please enable it to take advantage of the complete set of features! But within minutes he realised he was stuck, with no room to turn around or even go backwards. BBC World Service. A professional diver from Austin named Don Brod was brought out to see what he could do. Afterwards, she and her husband Robert McClellan, both certified cave divers and documentary filmmakers, went to Vortex Spring to make a short video. It was "discovered" by Jim Bowden and Ann Kristovich on a reconnaissance trip made at the end of two weeks of exploration and surveying in the Nacimiento Santa Clara, a cave system at the . Volunteer searches continued afterwards at the spring through November, often with the McDaniels and Greer in attendance. A segment of Investigation Discovery's Disappeared has been devoted to the case, as well as Ben's Vortex, a documentary co-directed by diver Jill Heinerth. Some of the worst scuba accidents occur because of inexperienced divers making small mistakes. . McDaniel, who had been diving regularly at the spring while living in his parents' nearby beach house, had last been seen by two of those employees on the evening of August 18, on a dive entering a cave 58 feet (18m) below the water's surface. [2] The insinuation of cowardice alienated divers who had already risked their lives searching the cave,[17] and raised fears among them that it would only encourage untrained divers to enter the cave and take potentially fatal risks for the reward money. . We know our son to know he wouldnt put us through that again, said Patty, Bens mother. The juveniles believed the discussion was in regards to going back down into the cave and whether or not they had enough air in their tanks to complete their dive, the sheriffs office added. Ben reached the locked gate at the entrance to the cave; only experienced divers were given a key to the lock. Trained cave divers who died in the most recent time period were older but little else differed. [5] (Ben's father elaborated the following year that the family was told to rescind the reward while in the Vortex Spring area for exactly this reason. That being said, cave diving comes with heightened risk. He had allegedly taken a temporary employee who he said owed him thousands of dollars out into an isolated wooded area and attempted to beat him with a baseball bat to make him pay up. All contained normal air, not a specialized gas mix. Vortex Spring is a popular vacation destination hours away from the hustle and bustle of Orlando and Disney World. My gut feeling tells me someone closely involved with the last sighting of Mr. McDaniel knows more about his disappearance than they are letting on. Eduardo later passed a lie detector test. He is thought to be part of the group that first found the boys on the Monday. Man, 50, who sold guns to gangsters across Britain jailed for 19 years, Police accused of spending just ONE day a week fighting crime, Parole DENIED for Robert F. 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I plan to make a longer video covering all of the different theories and all of the details I left out at a later time.I would like to also thank the YouTube Channels deepswim and dcainret for the fantastic footage of Vortex Spring I was able to use; including some of Ben and the initial recovery efforts.The footage used in this video come from the YouTube channels of:dcainret:https://www.youtube.com/user/dcainret/videosdeepswim:https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=deepswimVideo of Ben McDaniel inside of Vortex Spring:https://youtu.be/VbyoBlQtjNUVideo of the ROV:https://youtu.be/4QuxtejMUR0Songs: Emmit Fenn: CreepMaksym Bubyriev - Conspiracy Theory Short Version BEsther Abrami - No.8 Requiem\"Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for \"fair use\" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Authorities identified the two divers as Todd Richard McKenna, 52, realized! 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