In remembrance to Audrey Mestre

[Achilles Tang]

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/4286599.htm

I saw her on TV and she was gorgeous in looks and beautiful in personality according to her friends.

It's sad that she died during her last attempt to d a 561 ft (171m) breath hold dive.

Mestre was attempting to beat the 160m No Limits world record set by Tanya Streeter earlier this year in Turks and Caicos.

She reached her target depth, but was pulled from the sled by her support team of scuba divers and brought back to the surface. Her rescuers attempted to give her gas to breathe during the ascent.

She was underwater for 9 minutes 44seconds, and was pronounced dead from drowning by the medics who attempted to resuscitate her, shortly after being brought to the surface.

28-year-old Mestre was one of the brightest stars of the free-diving scene and was married to free-diver 'Pippin' Ferreras. Pippin was among the spectators while the tragic events unfolded.

Speculation is rife that the sled had developed a technical fault which interrupted her ascent. The International Association of Free Divers (IAFD) who were responsible for overseeing the dive issued a statement saying that they believed that something had hit the sled.

So sad... so sad!

I guess this reminds again not to be careless underwater...

[marvellous07]

i've always loved n respected free-divers... at least she went doin wat she love rite...

[amphibios]

a great waste to the world but that's a great way to go, doing what u loved most, and dying in the most unusual accidents, SALUTE ,my deepest condolences