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-RAPID RESPONSE!

Whether we were asked to develop an advanced water rescue training program meant to save numerous lives - or to lead a mission to deliver technical underwater equipment to rescue           teams working off the coast of Africa at the          scene of a passenger ship disaster - Max Walchuk, NFPS Executive  Director, put his        all into accomplishing the objectives and               providing rapid response to the victims of emergencies and the emergency responders       that go to their aid. ...Sometimes, no matter where there ended up being   >>

A View of the Overturned Ship out in the Atlantic Ocean from the air

Below and to the right: during an advanced dive, Max Walchuk descends beneath the upturned hull...and gains entery to the ship from below.

  • Diving the Overturned Ship in the Atlantic Ocean
    Reaching the barely bouyant overturned ship and an entrance-way to the hull's interior:

     

    The dramatic photograph (below) of dives commencing with the massive overturned ship hovering overhead, appeared in Skin Diver Magazine.

    With the several thousand ton - overturned ship - hovering above him out in the Atlantic, Walchuk reaches up and gains access through a hatchway to begin his ascent up into a trapped air pocket in the vessel. 

 

 

RAPID RESPONSE: Above, Walchuk, a former Chicago Fire Dept. commander and master underwater search & rescue diver is no stranger to rapid response air deployments. As a result of Walchuk's work, NFPS Programs became the subject of numerous cover stories about diving news. 

Descending to get under the several thousand ton ship to gain access to critical doors and hatchways on the main deck: 

 

 

Breathable air remains inside the upper reaches of compartments and deck areas of the ship's upturned hull. Below, within the overturned ship's hull are the air pockets that cause the ship to remain buoyant and can allow many people to remain alive inside!

 

Deep within the hull, inside a compartment and ascending toward an access point to a room full of air overhead, Walchuk reaches the reservoir of fresh air that allowed the ship to remain buoyant, though precariously so, in nearly 150 feet of water out in the Atlantic. Such documentation, as published in numerous dive news journals, papers, and magazines have made Walchuk's work recognized for its educational value in producing awareness of rescue opportunities.

 

                                                      

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