Ever since I can remember, my dad has been diving for lobsters to earn money. I know it is hard for him because they don't have the righ equipment. There are no other jobs here to do so he is forced to go diving. Everyday I see the effects that diving has on the workers, most of them have the bends. For some, they can't walk, others they get wounds which get infected because they don't have the medical care that they need. For others, if it gets really bad it starts to affect their mind. My dad had a case of the bends not too long ago, he was unable to walk for a while. It was tough seeing him go through that, so I wanted Togo find out more about it and I went to ask my father what it was that made him so sick. When asking him how he got the bends he explained to me that "the bubbles in soda give our soft drink bite, but in diving, they can accumulate around the joint sand in the spinal cord-these types of injuries are known as decompression sickness and are commonly referred to as 'the bends'"(Timmerman 173). From that day forward, I feared the bends and prayed that my father never had to go through that again.
One day, I overheard two divers talking about how all of the bends could be prevented if they had the right gear and training. I had always been used to the divers wearing regular clothes to go diving and hearing how they come up too fast . I don't see why the divers don't have the right equipment they need to go diving. I see all these men suffering and dying because of diving. If they had the proper training to dive all this could be prevented.
Good narrative development of the lobster situation.
ReplyDeleteIt's really unique that you choose a child's perspective on the problems in Niagara - it has the same pure emotions a child could have on a situation like this.
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