Lost Diver Bill Crawford

    I just got a phone call tha a friend of mine was lost at sea today in the west Louisiana area, An effort is coordinated at this very moment to put together as many divers as possible. In you are a cerified tank diver and are willing to help out in this effort, please give me a call. I will update this as I hear more..

    The search effort is inder way. A few details of the incident...this was a freediver. His gun was found floating just behind the boat with the reel line cut. That is all I know.


    Apparently the guy got in trouble at depth and cut the line...a search was made to no avail and then the Coast Guard was contacted.


    I will not mention any names at this point. Please keep everyone involved in your thoughts and prayers. Thanks for all the sentiment guys.

    dude. it's so sad. what bothers me the most is that it keeps happening and so very often. still i hope everything ends up right.

    sorry to hear this...my prayers r with his family...im with you pantoja...

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    what bothers me the most is that it keeps happening and so very often. still i hope everything ends up right

    It is with a heavy heart that I make this announcement. I just got confirmation that Bill Crawford's body was recovered from the ocean floor today...A loss of a true gentleman and Upper Gulf Coast freediving pioneer. You will be missed

    Just heard the horrible news. :(:angry5::(


    I'm honored to have had the opportunity to dive with such a great, yet extremely humble diver... further words escape me. :(




    RIP Bill.

    Huge thanks to Rafe, Rok, Vinny, Will, J. and Marcel. Please email me your contact information at cmorllc@cox.net - Bill's wife Cindy wants to contact each of you to express her gratitude. I can't thank you enough. You guys dropped everything, worked many hours getting gear ready and then made a 120 mile boat run and were on-scene within hours of my calling. Having you guys down there with me helped me greatly in getting through it. Everyone talking through the plan and then executing it in zero vis was amazing. I've been told that very few recoveries are made at that depth with no visibility. I know who I want in the fox hole with me if we ever have to go to battle.


    As bad as running in with Bill's remains was, I can't imagine what facing his family would have been like if we hadn't been able to find him.


    As requested by his family, I will put together and post an account of what happened.


    At this time, his family has asked I gather any and all pictures of Bill. If you have pictures, please email them to me at cmorllc@cox.net - I need to put them together for them over the next day or two so that they can have them for the services.


    Thanks to everyone who has called, sent texts, pm'ed, posted, etc. I don't have the right words, but I can say that it has helped.


    Bill's friend,


    Chad

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    Thanks for the up date Chad, you and the guys did a great job on a very difficult and gut wrenching mission. Thank you ....I would want you and your crew watching my 6.


    Sincerely, Don

    "Great mother ocean brought forth all life, it is my eternal home'' Don Berry from Blue Water Hunters.


    Spearfishing Store the freediving and spearfishing equipment specialists.

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