[Popman]

Would you dive 105 feet down in ice covered murky waters, even if you were qualified?

I don't think I would.

[af_vet_1981]

Thankfully no one died trying to recover the woman's dead body.

[mudblood]

"would you dive 105 feet..."

You have a point. I know that there are divers who use special suits for arctic conditions but I don't think you can count on them being available to help just because he has 8k. But if they "can" help, if such a diver was available for hire by the state, then they should - if all parties are willing. It just seems like they don't care enough to try.

[Tallguy]

Would you dive 105 feet down in ice covered murky waters, even if you were qualified? I don't think I would.

My dive team has already done recoveries like this one.

Ice is a problem for the surface support people. Less so for the divers if they are diving proper procedures. Viz is always a problem in lakes & quarries. We do most things 'blind' and by 'feel'. Also, water temp is constant at that depth -- year round.

They need to send a single diver down to put a line on the car. Likely, it will be upside down. Thread a wrecker's hook through the A-frame. Get out of the way and let the wrecker winch it in.

[trussell]

Her body, still inside the SUV, was recovered from water about 35 feet deep

Thankfully they didn't have to dive 105 feet

[hopespringseternal]

Would you dive 105 feet down in ice covered murky waters, even if you were qualified?

If I was qualified, but I don't ever plan to be qualified. With the ice, it is an overhead environment so you really would need a cavern certification and associated equipment.

The authorities probably don't have cavern-certified divers and would have to contract out the job anyway. So it is definitely in their interest to just let him hire them since he has the money.

I dive, but as far as I am concerned cavern diving is a death wish even with the right training and equipment.