Lest We Not Forget Our Fellow Divers

October 8, 2012 is the tenth anniversary of the tragic sinking of the Wave Dancer in Belize. The disaster took the lives of 17 members of the Richmond Virginia Dive Club and three Belizian crew members. The boat was lashed to pilings in southern Belize when hurricane-driven surge capsized it. While the guests should have been ordered ashore, they remained on the boat and went down with it. You may read several siginificant stories about the tragedy and subsequent lawsuits by searching for "'Wave Dancer" and tragedy" at www.undercurrent.org/search. For a moving piece that appeared October 2 in the Richmond Times, go to: www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2011/oct/02/tdmain01-survivorsrecall-17-divers-lost-in-01-bel-ar-1351908/