[News] Close Call for Renowned Underwater Photographer Fred Buyle

[ILDiver]

Speedy recovery Fred! Scary stuff.

[Gwaihir]

shocked ! they just left him there to die... hope they get caught.
Maybe Fred can get some help from his friend's the sharks

wish u a speedy recovery !

[seamus_murray]

Fred, I hope you are well soon. Best wishes.

[Florance]

Wishing a fast recovery!!!!!
Aniko

[hudasmt]

Any clue on the boat pilot? Maybe we can use the forum network to locate the bastard and dislocate some of his joints. We also have some irresponsible arrogant group of jet skier here that deliberately harass swimmers and ignore dive buoy. I almost got hit once when surfacing,lucky for me i got a few extra seconds of air that i spare just in case i needed it coz i have no dive buddy.


Wish you a full and fast recovery!!!

[Dalymale]

wishing you a speedy recovery Fred...

all the best
Brian

[trux]

There are some more details on French forums. The accident happened in the French Polynesia, in Fakarava. Fred was crashed by a fishing speedboat who's pilot is an ex-mayor of the local community. He claims he did no see or hear anything, and that he passed 100 m from the marked boat (though he drove through an area restricted with floaters).

Le propriétaire du bateau entendu-La Dépêche de Tahiti

[rhillier]

Originally Posted by Adrian

It's the sharks that are supposed to bite, not the boats. Just goes to show that humans are still the most dangerous species around. I hope Fred recovers quickly and is back in the water in no time!

Not all humans... just the stupid ones. If those people had one more brain cell... they'd have one brain cell. Those people should be shot, buried and pissed on... and not necessarily in that order.

Edit: So it was a politician. That would explain everything. They lie everywhere else... so why not in this case?

[jay cluskey]

two boats drove through a clearly marked of area, stupid bastards
good luck and a speedy recovery fred
thats a few close shaves you ve had now be carefull and i hope the idiots at least get punished and made to replace all your kit and stuff