Rescue Diver Certification

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In one portion of our training we were discussing ways to get a line to a struggling diver in the water. I jokingly said that I could loop the rope through my dog's collar and throw the tennis ball past the struggling diver so he could grab the rope. When we had our drill Neo just happened to be there waiting for somebody to throw something I looped the rope through his collar and chucked a rock, out past the struggling diver. At this point the struggling diver was now face down in the water and unable to grab the rope. I then grabbed a rock and threw on the opposite side of the diver. Neo made a loop snagging the first stage of the facedown in diver. I then called him in as I gently pulled the diver to shore. 8) We couldn't have rehearsed it any better! The Distressed diver was probably 20 to 30 yards offshore. By the time, somebody had a mask snorkel and fins on, the distressed diver was already halfway back. All in a days work for a public safety diver. I would like to duplicate this scenario in a thin ice situation.