Scuba Diver Pulled Down 300 Feet Below by Giant Tuna
MANILA, Philippines — A scuba diver was accidentally pulled down around 300 feet below the sea surface by a giant tuna fish while conducting pleasure diving activity in the waters off Kiamba in Saranggani, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported on Monday.
Lt. Commander Armando Balilo, PCG Public Information Officer, said scuba diver Ramir Te, who was on a diving expedition, was 80 feet below the surface when he was pulled down by a giant tuna fish at the waters off Kiamba afternoon of Sunday.
The victim was immediately rescued by members of the Coast Guard Special Operations Group (CGSOG) rescue divers but due to the critical condition of Te, they sought the assistance of a Philippine Air Force (PAF) helicopter in Cagayan de Oro City to conduct a medical evacuation and brought the victim in a hyperbaric recompression chamber inside the PCG search and rescue vessel BRPSan Juan (SARV-001) which was on a deploy mission in Cebu City.
“Base sa investigation, nasagi ng malaking tuna yung portion harness rope ni Te kaya nabatak sya pababa. We sought the assistance of PAF because sila yung may pinaka malapit na chopper sa area at kailangan ipasok yung victim sa bariatic chamber dahil hinde sya nakapag recompress ng matino sa baba,” Balilo said.
PCG hyperbaric doctor Commander Eric Guieb is treating the victim inside the vessel.
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to be honest with you guys... this is bullshit report... a diver been pulled down by a giant tuna? why are you guys trying to hide the facts that this guy is doing spearfishing in gensan using the coast guard boat... then had an accident.... DCS....
Ramir is a friend of mine.Hes recovering at a hospital in cebu.
Rear Admiral Tamayo, head of the Phil Coast Guard, and who is accompanying Pres Noy on a mission to Vietnam, should look into this.
Our PCG and Vietnam are supposed to sign a bilateral agreement covering Asean security. You can just imagine if something like this happened in the future - say, a fake encounter with some Chinese fish-poachers, and our PMA-trained officers glowingly writes a report praising themselves. We'll be the laughing stock of everyone!
When I worked in Davao in the 80s, a retired Army 1st Lieut (a graduate of the ROTC) confided to me many of their supposed "encounters" with the NPA were faked, but it was their senior officers who got promoted, esp. those from the PMA. I also have scores of stories to tell about the police RSAP but maybe for another time.
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P.S. I hope Mr Ramir Te is okay now. 300 ft is such a deep, dangerous dive!
The PCG's claim to the rescue of the diver even if it did not actually happen is only for one reason, so that they can earn additional "bars" to display over their uniforms. A lot of them intentionally fabricate their achievements or accomplishments just to earn this. This is quite embarrassing. Can you imagine them flaunting those supposed "earned medals". What a shame.
To set things right, THE PHIL. COAST GUARD HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RESCUE OR THE MEDEVAC / AIRLIFT, Ramir Te surfaced on his own and was brought to Davao City by his friends. The coordination with the 5053rd Search & Rescue Squadron, Phil. Air Force was done by the divers family and close friends, AGAIN, not by the Coast Guard. The helicopter used was from Davao City and not Cagayan De Oro City, Ramir was brought first by the chopper to Cagayan de Oro as the chopper had to refuel and it was late, the next day, they proceeded to Cebu for the treatment.
This is not the first time that the Phil. Coast Guard claimed responsibility for something that they did not do, last year, a diver was lost in the Gulf of Davao, they again claimed responsibility for the recovery of the body, the truth is, they did not luft a finger to assist in the search and recovery operations, it was the civilian divers who recovered the body, the only government body that deserved recognition during this operation was again, the 5053rd Search and Rescue Squadron of the PAF which sent out a couple of divers and made 2 chopper aerial search, also, the Navy SWAG as they also provided divers to assist. I could attest to the fact that the Coast Guard even had the gall to ask for fuel money on the second day for the use of the zodiacs but did not send any men to help, their reason was that they were busy with the bancarera contest that was going on.
Shame on you Phil. Coast Guard
the big tuna thought it was a good catch, good thing nakatakas siya before it was too late!
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