Sole survivor's last-minute decision spares her from Maldives diving tragedy that kills five

Five experienced Italian researchers died in the diving accident: marine biology professor Monica Montefalcone, her daughter Giorgia Sommacal, researcher Muriel Oddenino, marine scientist Federico Gualtieri, and diving instructor Gianluca Benedetti.

In the crystalline waters of Vaavu Atoll, five Italian researchers descended into a submarine cave and did not return, leaving behind a grief that now stretches from the Maldives to Italy. Among them were a marine biology professor, her daughter, and three fellow scientists — people who had made the sea their life's work. A lone student, who stepped back from the dive at the final moment, survived to become the sole witness to what may have been a fatal miscalculation in breathing mixtures at 50 meters depth. The Maldives has never recorded a diving tragedy of this magnitude, and the sea, as i

Sole survivor's last-minute decision spares her from Maldives diving tragedy that kills five

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