CDNN :: Young scuba diving accident victim namedPowered by CDNN - CYBER DIVER News Network
by LUTHER MONROE - CDNN Safety News Editor
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ANACORTES, Washington (21 May 2008) — Authorities have identified the young female college student who disappeared while scuba diving near Deception Pass as Shari Booth.Booth, a 19-year-old freshman at Walla Walla University, was participating with 11 other college students in a NAUI Advanced Scuba Diver course at Rosario Beach when she went missing on Monday afternoon. The course was organized by the university, which has a marine research center at the same site where the accident happened. A spokesperson for the Skagit County Sheriff's Office said Booth was diving with a "buddy" and other divers in the class at a depth of nearly 40 meters (130 feet). After the group ascended they could not find Booth at the surface...
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