Camera Lost at Sea and Sea Mattress Floats Away....Egad!

One of my friends and I went to Doctor's Cave beach, on Gloucester Ave, in Montego Bay, Jamaica.  We were there laying out on our inflatable beach mattresses enjoying life, the scenery and her kids loving the water.  I informed my friend that she was getting ready to cross the roped off line area for the beach and she panicked and jumped off of her air mattress.  In the process of trying to grab a hold of her mattress, she dropped her camera in the water and to the bottom it went.  Oh EGAD!!!!  We saw a couple snorkeling nearby and got their attention to see if they could assist.  They promptly swam over and dove down to see if they could see the camera.  They came back up after a good 10 or so attempts and said that they could see the camera, but as they near the bottom the sound gets too loud and they are unable to breathe, so they weren't able to assist further.......meanwhile the air mattress floated further and further away.

Well now we are feeling pretty much defeated.  My friend tells me that the camera (Yes, a water camera) was not even hers, it belonged to her aunt who strongly suggested that she borrow her camera for this trip and mind you, the aunt did NOT remove pictures that she had already saved on the camera.  So the look on my friends face was STRESS!  We looked up and saw a jet skier coming back towards us with the air mattress.  She thanked the man for returning the air mattress.  At this point she cared most about that camera.  We asked the jet skier if he was a diver.  He said that he was.  OH MY GOODNESS GOD IS GOOD!  The man dives down while the man of the snorkeling couple held on to the jet ski.  The diver came back up and said that he sees the camera and takes another dive.  After a few attempts, he was unable to retrieve the camera.  I looked at my friend whose face was now filled with fret.  The jet skier pointed out that we should go and see if the lifeguard on the beach could assist.

I swam to the shore and talked with the closest lifeguard.  He pointed to an expert diver.  I ran over to the diver, explained the situation and pointed out my friend far out in the water.  He jumped to action right away.  He swam over to her and dove down.  He came up with the camera.  He held on to the camera for her until they reached the shore as she seemed to be drained.  She thanked him and he continued on with life.  A potentially bad ending avoided.  Thank God for all of his wonderful people!

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