Student died on ‘one of first-ever’ dives

"An unusual diving death has occurred with the case of 20-year-old US student Joe Anderson, who was starting a summer-holiday job clearing weed and litter from Lac Lavon, a recreational lake in the town of Apple Valley, Minnesota.

Anderson, a student at nearby Bethel University, had been training to use scuba equipment to collect debris from the lake-bed, according to his family, but his qualification level if any is unclear, as is whether any surface cover was provided. 

The flooded gravel pit had been turned into a fishing lake, though anglers are said to be deterred by its profuse weed growth. On the morning of 21 May Anderson undertook what relatives described as “one of his first-ever scuba dives” with co-workers, including friends, in the lake, in an area only about 8m deep. "

https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/student-died-on-one-of-first-ever-dives/