Just to clarify - all of us at that end of the pool saw him turn, I was the closest so I followed. We had all been safetying each other that night and based on the distances attempted, the safety person would usually start at the other end of the pool and follow them from 50m onwards. Although the person who BO'ed was away from us all he probably thought one of us was going to safety him, which would have been a reasonable assumption the way we safety there (eg. I usually tell the guys that i'm doing a max in about 10 minutes, that way they can squeeze some laps in rather than wait for me).
The guy who BO'ed is in no way a renegade or a bit gung ho - he's quite sensible and is careful. This will be an invaluable learning tool for him, as it was for me. No doubt he'll think seriously about what happened and use it to become a better and safer freediver.
Cheers,
Ben
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