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Toter Taucher in Pennsylvania aus Steinbrch geborgen Abgesandt von Jessica am 22.07.2001 :
The body of an Essex County assistant prosecutor was pulled last night from the bottom of an abandoned Pennsylvania quarry turned into diving park, authorities said.
Eugene Pietroluongo, 44, an Orange resident who had worked as an assistant prosecutor in Essex for four years, disappeared at 2:44 p.m. Tuesday while scuba diving with instructors at the Dutch Springs diving park in Lower Nazareth Township, the authorities said. Pietroluongo is the seventh fatality at the quarry since 1986.
Northampton County, Pa., coroner Zachary Lysek said Pietroluongo`s body was discovered at 8:40 p.m. in 66 feet of water. The body was removed from the water shortly before 10 p.m., he added.
Lysek said an autopsy will be performed today to determine the cause of death. He said the body was not entrapped, but was found resting on the bottom of the quarry.
Teams of divers scoured the 47-acre quarry, 100 feet deep in some parts, in a grid pattern yesterday with the help of underwater search cameras lowered from motorboats, Lysek said.
Lysek said Pietroluongo, whom he described as an experienced diver, was in water 50 to 70 feet deep with another diver and two instructors when he disappeared, but he said he had no details on exactly how the accident occurred. Lysek would not release the names or details about the other divers who were with Pietroluongo at the time.
Dutch Springs, a 90-minute drive from Newark, is a privately owned diving park in a quarry once used by the National Portland Cement Co. The owner, Stu Schooley, has made it attractive for divers by dropping old vehicles -- like a helicopter, an airplane and a school bus -- to the bottom of the clear, spring-fed quarry. Divers can explore the quarry for $19 a day.
The park, billed as an "amusement park for divers," is used by 30,000 scuba divers each year.
The coroner said Pietroluongo vanished between a sunken helicopter and a firetruck, areas that had been searched several times during the day before the body was found.
Pietroluongo, a native of Orange who was extremely popular among prosecutors and investigators in Essex County, was divorced but remained devoted to his 8-year-old daughter, Susan, according to friends. His ex-wife declined to comment last night.
"His daughter meant everything to him. She was the center of his life," said Gail Boykewich, and assistant prosecutor who knew him well. "He always talked about her and had her drawings all over his office."
Acting Prosecutor Donald Campolo said the office was a somber place yesterday as Pietroluongo`s co-workers continued to hold out hope that he would be found alive, a hope that grew dimmer as the day went on.
"He was friendly, open, never surly, always a warm hello," said Campolo. "We`re hoping for the best, but everybody`s in shock."
Thomas McTigue, a chief assistant prosecutor who was Pietroluongo`s supervisor, said he had been an eager and likable employee since joining the office in 1997. He said he was most recently assigned to Superior Court Judge Sebastian Lombardi`s courtroom.
Previously, Pietroluongo had spent nine years in private practice in Jersey City, McTigue said. Pietroluongo also had worked as an attorney for numerous public agencies in New York and New Jersey, including the state Public Defender`s Office and the Hudson County Prosecutor`s Office.
"We learned a lot from him," said Joseph Stefanelli, an investigator in the Essex County Prosecutor`s Office who worked closely with Pietroluongo. "He was a compassionate person and a really tremendous attorney. You never heard him say anything bad about anyone."
Rescue teams had called off the search when electrical storms moved into the area Tuesday night, but they resumed about 9 a.m. yesterday. Lysek said the divers, rotating in 20-minute dives, had searched the helicopter and all the other underwater props but found he had not gotten tangled in any of them.
Dutch Springs was closed yesterday as the rescue teams searched for Pietroluongo. One diver who was turned away from the quarry, Donna McCullough of Philadelphia, said she goes there every Wednesday with her husband and 12-year-old son and never found it to be dangerous.
"It`s very, very safe; it really is," she said. "There are always people looking out for any problems."
The park, which opened in 1980, has had accidents before. Last July, a diver was sent to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg in Bethlehem, Pa., after losing consciousness about 55 feet below the surface. She survived. In September 1999, a woman went into cardiac arrest 20 feet below the surface and later died at a hospital.
Local instructors recognize the park as a safe location for experienced and responsible divers, said Rick Burke, a master diving instructor and owner of Wrecks and Reefs Dive Center in Allentown, Pa.
"Dutch Springs is not the reason people are dying," said Burke, who has instructed divers at Dutch Springs. "It`s one of the safest places you can dive. It`s gotten a bad rap."
According to the Dutch Springs` Web site, all divers are required to be certified and swim with partners.
"Everyone entering Dutch Springs, whether diving or not, must fill out a waiver," the Web site says.
Burke said the park is staffed with instructors and outfitted with the latest diving equipment.
He attributed diving accidents to a couple of factors. People sometimes fail to disclose medical conditions, such as asthma, that could be fatal to a scuba diver in certain conditions.
Secondly, divers occasionally do something "stupid" such as failing to keep a watchful eye on their partner, a rule that`s critical in the sport, Burke said.
The increasing popularity of diving also has brought about a proportional increase in accidents, he said. Up to 1,000 people dive at the park on a nice weekend, Burke said.
With more people, there is a greater chance of an accident, he said. "A lot of people are doing stupid stuff," Burke said. "It`s giving the sport a black eye."
Staff writer Jonathan Casiano and the Easton Express-Times contributed to this report.
BY WILLIAM KLEINKNECHT AND PAULA SAHA
STAR-LEDGER STAFF
Antwort von Michael Fisch am 23.07.2001 Hmm, an "assistant prosecutor". It couldn`t happen to a nicer person.
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