Here is yet another story for the “Stupid! You’re so stupid!” files. If you want to read other such stories, go to the stupid page already! This time, the stupidity took place in Maldives. It seems that a group of idiots who fancied themselves diving experts managed to get lost underwater. Not one survived.
They managed to navigate themselves into parts of a cave that have no way out. Clearly, our divers here either didn’t possess the knowledge or they simply did not care. Maybe they were suicidal and that was their way of clocking out once and for all. Well, whether they meant to die or not, it took days before searches were able to retrieve their corpses.
Daily Mail reported thusly:
“The group of five who tragically lost their lives included Monica Montefalcone, a marine biology professor with many years of experience; her daughter, Giorgia Sommacal; two young researchers, Federico Gualtieri and Muriel Oddenino; and their Maldives-based guide, Gianluca Benedetti.”
First off, I don’t think it was a tragedy. It was, however, a classic example of human stupidity on display for all to see and mock, just as I’m doing….right now.
It’s kind of scary to see a professor with supposed experience get herself into that sort of situation to begin with. She was somehow able to become a professor, yet she cared so little about her life that she pulled a stunt like that. Maybe she wasn’t happy with her life, because a normal professor wouldn’t do something so insane.
Now, to be fair, I skydive (I am certified to do solo jumps), so I guess I shouldn’t be pointing fingers at the insane part. However, I do know my limits and I’m not a professor. She clearly did not know or care about her limits. That arrogance cost her her life.
I don’t feel sorry for any of them, just as I wouldn’t expect people to feel sorry for me should I not deploy my chute in time. See? I’m tough but fair. No one should feel sorry for them, really, because they weren’t even wearing the proper diving gear. They couldn’t be bothered to dress for the occasion, but they also weren’t concerned with knowing where the were going.
They did accomplish one thing though: they managed to create the country’s worst diving incident in its entire history, so they had that going for them, which is nice. They also proved that they felt that laws didn’t apply to them. They dove way deeper than the country’s limit for tourists, so in a way, they got one hell of a sentence for breaking that crime!
Not only did their recklessness take their lives, but because they were idiots, an innocent but equally stupid guy died trying to find their bodies.
I find the whole story amusing, really. If you’re going to go down there, shouldn’t you know what you’re getting yourself into? In the end, when they realized they wouldn’t be able to escape, they panicked and that sucked down their oxygen even faster than usual. That’s what I find so comical.
I am imagining the panic and the slow realization that they were dead, and I am laughing. Hard. You should as well.