MIAMI — A shipwreck explorer with quite a few discoveries to his credit score has died whereas on a wreck off Cape Cod, in line with his crew.
Capt. Joe Mazraani died Tuesday, July 29, “in a diving related incident,” the Diving Vessel Tenacious reported in an Aug. 1 Fb put up.
“While we are choosing to keep the details private, we currently have no reason to suspect diver error or equipment failure. All indications point to a medical emergency,” crew member Jenn Sellitti wrote.
“Of course, the full investigation is ongoing. The incident occurred approximately 200 miles offshore, on the eastern edge of Georges Bank, during a dive to a shipwreck the team called The Big Engine Steamer.”
He was pulled aboard the Tenacious however efforts to revive him weren’t profitable, the New Bedford Information stories.
The investigation is being dealt with by the New Bedford Police Division, in line with the U.S. Coast Guard.
A lawyer by commerce, Mazraani immigrated from Lebanon to the U.S. at 15 and turned his “obsession” with exploring shipwrecks right into a New Jersey-based diving operation, Atlantic Wreck Salvage, the corporate stories on his web site.
His demise comes simply two weeks after it was introduced the crew found a key navigational instrument, a gyro compass, from the wreck of the Andrea Doria, which sank in a 1956 collision.
Mazraani can also be credited with discovering the a lot sought-after ship’s bell from the HMHS Britannic, a sister ship of the Titanic that was sunk by a German mine in 1916.
“Joe Mazraani was larger than life,” Sellitti wrote on behalf of Atlantic Wreck Salvage.
“Some will say exploration like this is not worth the risk. If viewed in isolation, perhaps it isn’t. But this wasn’t just a dive. It was our way of life. Joe understood better than anyone that life offers no guarantees. He lived every moment fully, without compromise. He did not want to die doing what he loved—none of us do. He wanted to survive it, to grow old doing it. But when you live at the edge, sometimes the edge pushes back.”
The way forward for the Diving Vessel Tenacious stays to be decided, she stated.
— Mark Value / Miami Herald
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