3) Ed. It would be impossible to go through that restriction without making a mark on the floor or ceiling. Deputies were alerted Wednesday afternoon after one of three teenagers who were spending the day at the Buford Springs Cave called 911, the sheriffs office said. Two tanks known to belong to McDaniel were found near the entrance to the cave. Others, including Cronin and Kelly, suggested he had staged his own disappearance to start his life over under another identity and escape his past troubles. 1) Karen Thurston "Cave diver feared dead in accident" Tallahassee Democrat May 16, 1988. Man, 50, who sold guns to gangsters across Britain jailed for 19 years, Police accused of spending just ONE day a week fighting crime, Parole DENIED for Robert F. 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This article is about the scuba diver who went missing in 2010. In the late 2000s Ben McDaniel was going through a difficult period in his life. [2][1], Relocating to the Gulf Coast allowed Ben to indulge in his preferred hobby, scuba diving. The oldest of three sons born to Shelby and Patty McDaniel, a wealthy couple who lived in Collierville, Tennessee, outside Memphis, he had returned to live with his parents after his marriage ended in divorce and his construction business failed, the latter leaving him with tax debts of almost $50,000 to the Internal Revenue Service and the state of Tennessee. By Phil Helsel. Even with improvements in technology, the greatest hazards faced by cave divers remain unchanged. Ben wasnt an experienced diver thus he had no key. The tragedy began with the 1994 death of Deon Dreyer. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.\"00:00 Intro00:35 Chapter 1: Ben McDaniel04:17 Chapter 2: Vortex Spring11:04 Chapter 3: The Search17:27 Chapter 4: The Search Continues24:56 Chapter 5: Lowell Kelly27:49 Aftermath "Ultimately the decision was made that it was too much risk for the rescuers to remain there in an effort to get him out and the decision was made to leave him in place.". Despite living on the coast during his sabbatical, he preferred to dive in fresh water, becoming a frequent visitor to Vortex Spring, located inland a short distance north of Ponce de Leon. Authorities began to consider these possibilities and adjust their search. A memorial plaque to John stands near the entrance to Nutty Putty Cave. In Ron Howard's "Thirteen Lives," out Friday on Prime Video, Viggo Mortensen plays Rick Stanton, a British cave diver who recounts his rescue of a Thai boys soccer team from a monsoon-flooded cave. Kelly said shortly afterwards that on that evening, a man he described as "wild-eyed" and apparently drunk showed up at the shop and asked if it was too late to dive; the possibility has been raised that this man, if he existed, may have been involved. By that time the McDaniels had also come to believe that, if he had not died in the cave, Ben had been murdered. Ben reached the locked gate at the entrance to the cave; only experienced divers were given a key to the lock. His only option was to keep moving forward, and exhaled the air from his chest so he could fit through the "L-shaped pinpoint" which was just 10 inches across and 18 inches high. But after more than 24 hours trapped upside down, the pressure and stress on his body became too much. Unanswered Questions", "Mississippi Man Killed in Cave Diving Accident", "Questions remain about Lowell Kelly's death", "Parents of lost diver pin hopes for closure on team of dogs", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Disappearance_of_Ben_McDaniel&oldid=1104006595, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 12 August 2022, at 01:54. Neither of the divers had any obvious signs of trauma and both appeared to have the appropriate diving equipment. Would you like email updates of new search results? They did see the truck the next morning. He slipped beneath the clear waters of Vortex Spring, with one goal in mind: to make a name for himself in the extreme world of cave diving. They were eventually able to partially free him using a rope-pulley system. HHS Vulnerability Disclosure, Help 2013 Mar-Apr;20(2):101-6. doi: 10.1111/jtm.12011. [2] That opinion, the Memphis Commercial Appeal later reported, was shared by posters on a scuba diving website, scubaboard.com, who had also met Ben during trips to Vortex Spring. Cadaver dogs alerted on the water surface, further supporting that theory. Investigative documents detailing the events surrounding a diver's death at Roaring River State Park show that multiple factors likely contributed to the drowning deep inside a cave . He said the muddy current . Bethesda, MD 20894, Web Policies The following is a list of the 136 identified recorded fatalities associated with recreational caving in the UK. Replies 62 Views . The mapped portion of the cave ends at a narrow restriction about 150 feet deep and 1,500 feet of mostly horizontal penetration, about the length of . On August 20, 2010, a call went out to cave divers in the region surrounding Vortex Spring, Florida that a diver was missing, and in all likelihood, a body needed to be recovered from . Ten people, including two who were found Monday, have had fatal incidents inside the Eagle's Nest cave dive area in Western Florida since 1981. He was on a yacht in the Bahamas, leading an expedition. I plan to make a longer video covering all of the different theories and all of the details I left out at a later time.I would like to also thank the YouTube Channels deepswim and dcainret for the fantastic footage of Vortex Spring I was able to use; including some of Ben and the initial recovery efforts.The footage used in this video come from the YouTube channels of:dcainret:https://www.youtube.com/user/dcainret/videosdeepswim:https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=deepswimVideo of Ben McDaniel inside of Vortex Spring:https://youtu.be/VbyoBlQtjNUVideo of the ROV:https://youtu.be/4QuxtejMUR0Songs: Emmit Fenn: CreepMaksym Bubyriev - Conspiracy Theory Short Version BEsther Abrami - No.8 Requiem\"Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for \"fair use\" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Ben would have been aware of this requirement, if he had been researching cave diving, as his parents reported. [2][1] Later, it was revealed that Paul's cause of death was "anoxic encephalopathy due to combined drug (opiate/benzodiazepine) toxicity", [6] a drug overdose, not a stroke. He was given an IV drip and some food and water, and was even able to speak to his wife over a police radio. Clipboard, Search History, and several other advanced features are temporarily unavailable. Vortex Spring is a popular vacation destination hours away from the hustle and bustle of Orlando and Disney World. They hoped to show it to the McDaniel family in the hopes of giving them a better understanding of the risks associated with cave diving, and "closure", as Heinerth put it. An equipment failure caused the rope system to plunge John right back into the same gap he'd been trapped in previously, and the rescue operation was back to square one. After seven dives, he apologized to the McDaniels for not finding any fresh sign of Ben. A well planned hoax? Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. While investigating, she found some unsavoury characters associated with the Vortex Spring. But within minutes he realised he was stuck, with no room to turn around or even go backwards. Very interesting. [2], Cronin and fellow employee Eduardo Taran, on their way back from a dive themselves something they often did on Wednesdays after the shop closed saw Ben as he began descending, with his lights on and wearing a helmet, suggesting he was venturing into the cave. The PubMed wordmark and PubMed logo are registered trademarks of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. All contained normal air, not a specialized gas mix. Ben's death is the first kill in 47 Meters Down: Uncaged, and while it is an effective jump scare, the scene loses points among horror movie aficionados for its murky lighting. He died despite a last-ditch . He soon realized that very few divers "in the world" possessed the training and skill to attempt such a dangerous cave diving recovery. He's not in there. "If I had to guess his son suffered from some horrible narcosis. [12] He spent much of the rest of the afternoon by himself alongside the spring, witnesses said, testing equipment and making notes in his dive log. On Valentine's Day of 2000, 9-year-old Asha Degree packed her bags in the middle of On December, 24, 1945, a fire destroyed the Sodder family's home in Fayetteville, West Virginia, Dorothy was harassed relentlessly by a terrifying stalker who ultimately abducted and killed her. He called his mother on his cell phone, the last contact he had with his family. In 2008, the McDaniel family suffered a tragedy when their youngest son, Paul, died from a stroke. Discovery Company. 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Josh had no choice but to leave his brother and work his way out of the cave where he called for help. Cave divers enter an inherently dangerous environment that often includes little visibility, maze-like passageways and a ceiling of rock that prevents a direct ascent to the surface in the event of a problem. $50,000), and still deeply affected by the 2008 death of his younger brother Paul from a stroke. [22], Kelly remained comatose, and was eventually placed in hospice care, where he died the following month. John decided to try and find the formation known as the Birth Canal, an incredibly narrow vertical passage. In addition, he incurred a hefty tax debt (est. He was also still grieving for his younger brother Paul, a frequent rock climbing partner during their youth, who died in 2008 at the age of 22 from a stroke. . This policy was instituted after the deaths of 13 divers in the cave during the 1990s, and in response to threats from the state to ban diving in the cave entirely. All Rights Reserved. The McDaniels were called, and they drove to Florida, along with Greer, to observe from the shore. Ben went into Vortex Spring on August 18th, 2010 and was never seen or heard from again. 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