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Scuba diving can be pretty scary!
All kinds of things can potentially go wrong and you never know what unexpected hazards might come your way.
A woman named Maria posted a video on TikTok and talked about the frightening experience she had scuba diving in Jamaica.
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She told viewers, “I’ve been seeing on the news and stuff where a couple passed away in Hawaii while snorkeling and they were both wearing full face masks. Well, I just want to tell y’all about a scary story that happened to me and I just want to warn everyone about these masks.”
Maria continued, “I was snorkeling in Jamaica. We were pretty far out and I started feeling really strange. You know the scenery was so beautiful. We were having a great time, but I just started feeling really strange. And I was like, ‘It’s just because I’m out of shape.’ So I tell my husband I’m kind of dizzy, disoriented, and I work my way back.”
She went on,
The TikToker goes on, “The next day, crazy me, I put the mask back on, we go back out. In about the same spot that I was the day prior, I get even more dizzy and more disoriented. But this time was different like I couldn’t even focus on anything. I pulled the mask up. I threw up everywhere in the water. And it was like I just couldn’t catch my breath. So I tell everyone I’m like I’m gonna swim back to shore and I’m a pretty strong swimmer but as I’m trying to swim back to shore, I keep like bumping into coral and I can’t get around.”
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Maria continued, “It was like I just couldn’t hardly make it. I could finally see where I needed to go and I was so foggy by this time, I could barely make it.”
The TikTokker was desperate and, luckily, a kayaker stopped to help her.
Maria thinks that her scuba mask was to blame. She said, “I just want to heed a warning to everyone: Do not put the full face mask on your children. Do not put them on yourself.”
She added, “I’m actually a respiratory therapist and I think my CO2 had risen so high. I think it was at very dangerous levels. So I just want everyone to be warned.”
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Check out the video.
@mskimmerling #fullfacesnorkelmask #snorkeling #snorkel #savealife I hope this helps someone from having the same trouble I did. I felt led to make this video just so someone would know from my experience how dangerous these masks can be.
TikTokkers shared their thoughts.
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Another viewer shared a story.
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That was pretty terrifying!
We’re glad she’s okay!
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