What are some stuff they could've done to get back to shore apart from following the boat during the beginning?
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MdmBadenov — 19 years ago(April 02, 2007 01:10 PM)
Several people have posted to say there's more they could've done, or to ask what they've might've done different. I think the movie is so disturbing, people really want to believe something so bad could only happen because people screwed up and didn't know what to do, or failed to do something they could've done to save themselves. They can't accept that the people in the movie were screwed the minute their boat took off without them, failing to notice their absence. One person even posted that there were "a thousand things" the couple could've done to get to safety. I dared her to list 10 for starters. She named a few things, none of which made any sense.
It seems to me they did everything they could. They couldn't swim to a boat because they were being carried by a current. Attempting to swim against the current wouild only have exhausted them. They tried signaling passing planes and boats every time they saw one, to no avail. They tried swimming to the bouy, but couldn't make it because they were attacked by sharks and couldn't swim after that. They tried waiting for rescue, but rescue didn't come.
I don't see one other thing they could've done. Their fate was sealed the moment they were abandoned. If they'd been lucky, someone would've spotted them and rescued them. But they weren't lucky. -
Carcharias — 18 years ago(May 07, 2007 09:12 PM)
"They should have carried a flare gun."
On a tourist excursion? Why? Furthermore, I highly doubt they would have been allowed on board carrying a flare gun. But I do know one thing they could have done: wear and check their dive watch. And not seperate from the main group.
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MdmBadenov — 14 years ago(August 20, 2011 09:50 PM)
Don't be so sure. Stephen Caliban, whose yacht sunk when he was sailing alone in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean had many flares on his life raft, and he shot many of them off when a passing ship was in visual range (he said in his book that one ship passed so close he could see the check pattern of the shirt a man on deck was wearing) but no one spotted any of them. He documented his ordeal in his book "Adrift", published in the 1980s. Caliban was lucky. His raft made it to the shore of Central America, where he was rescued. For anyone who hasn't read his account, I recommend the book highly. It's a harrowing tale, and he tells it eloquently.
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DarthShaggy — 18 years ago(May 21, 2007 07:03 AM)
Although I doubt that they would've had this little tech on them @ this time , but an all band GPS transmitter/locater would've worked as well-but they wouldn't have had something like that because it is something new that is being produced as a new piece of equipment for SCUBA diving. The equipment is being tested with the coast guard. I believe it's called The Panic Button.
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bluez24 — 18 years ago(May 30, 2007 06:50 PM)
that must be similar to an EPIRB emergency position indicating radio beacon. As a scuba diver, maybe someday the cost will come down such that it may be practical to have one in the 1 in 1000 chance you'd need it. In my experience the boats I've been on are very good about calling people's names, having people say "yes", etc. It's sad what happened to the real life couple but as a scuba diver, you are more likely to get hit by lightning than have that happen unless you are just totally disregarding the scuba boat's captain.
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sethness — 18 years ago(August 02, 2007 11:24 AM)
A flare gun that can be carried during SCUBA dives? I've never heard of such a thing, though I've made over 2,000 professional dives over the last decade.
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CountyLine491 — 10 years ago(April 19, 2015 04:51 PM)
I agree with wear a dive watch and stay with the group. But also know which direction the shoreline is before you get in the water and have a compass with you. Swimming towards the shore could have ran them into more boats.
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mintshoelaces — 18 years ago(January 13, 2008 09:01 PM)
I was watching the movie last night and whenever the sharks sort of surrounded them i kept thinking "move away!!" but then i thought if i was in the same position i'd be too scared to move. It's easy enough to say you'd do something while at the safety of your computer i guess.