Engineer wins $1.68 million in scuba diving case
Sunday, October 24, 2010 - 02:10
in Earth & Climate
Daniel Carlock, who was abandoned in the ocean on a 2004 dive trip, is awarded damages in his five-year legal battle against Venice-based Ocean Adventures Dive Co. and Long Beach-based Sundiver Charters.Daniel Carlock, a Santa Monica aerospace engineer, prayed to God not to let him die after he was abandoned floating in the ocean 12 miles off Long Beach by leaders of a scuba diving excursion. After nearly five hours, surrounded by thick fog, "I had this feeling my spirit was getting ready to vacate my body," he recalled.