Point of clarification: I am trying to get facts. Dogpiling is stupid. No need for apologies
@Scholar.
@Scholar wrote about people talking about things they didn't know. It appeared to suggest he knew better.
The issue centers around what happened in the pool and what the cadre did or did not do. The title of that article suggests that instructors caused his death.
So far, no one with BUDS experience has weighed in on this thread.
Who else has experience with combat dive school?
The instructors are very interactive in the water confidence events. I found them to be very knowledgeable, aggressive, sometimes "sadistic" but not negligible.
This is why the water drops many candidates in BUDS, PJ/CCT and ARS/BRC.
That was my experience ages ago.
As for cause of death, it could be many, including pre-existing conditions. But laryngeal spasm (I am only guessing here) is common especially in aspiration and it can happen anytime, to healthy people, and is scary shit to treat.