Edd Sorenson

Edd Sorenson (born October 17, 1959) is a technical cave diver known for numerous rescues of lost or trapped divers in the underwater caves of Florida particularly in Vortex Spring and Blue Spring State Park.[1][2][3][4]

Career

Sorenson began diving in 1996 and within a few years expanded to cave diving. In 1999, he joined International Underwater Cave Rescue and Recovery (IUCRR) as one of the original members and later founded Cave Adventurers in Marianna, Florida in 2003.

Sorenson became a local hero in 2012 after 4 rescues that year and was featured in the Duracell series Quantum Heroes.[5] For his efforts in 2012, Sorenson was awarded the Diver’s Alert Network Hero Award, Heroic Merit Awards and the Instructor Trainer of the Year from the Professional Scuba Association International.[6][7]

Due to his experience with the Vortex Spring cave system, Sorenson was involved in the 2010 search for missing diver Ben McDaniel. After an extensive search Sorenson believed that McDaniel was not trapped in the cave because of lack of evidence and disturbance to the cave commonly seen after a diver passes through. He stated, "The last place I searched was pristine, without a mark that a diver had been there. It would be impossible to go through that restriction without making a mark on the floor or ceiling. He's not in there."[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Distressed Diver Saved at Blue Springs". myPanHandle. 2014-11-05. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  2. ↑ David Sutta (2014-06-28). "Cave Diving: Behind The Scenes". CBS Miami. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  3. ↑ Brooke Morton (2013-11-13). "What It's Like to Attempt a Cave Rescue". Scuba Diving. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  4. ↑ Kassab, Beth (24 June 2015). "Should cave diving sites have more restrictions?". OrlandoSentinel.com. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  5. ↑ Baucom, Bergen (2013-09-18). "Local Cave Diver Featured in Duracell Battery Series". wjhg. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  6. ↑ "Edd Sorenson". Cave Adventurers Training. 2014. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  7. ↑ "Cave Diver Celebrated for Successful Rescue Efforts". Caving News. 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
  8. ↑ Wolff, Cindy (2012-02-19). "Theories about Collierville diver's disappearance swirl in vortex of unanswered questions". MCA. Retrieved 2015-07-06.

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