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'''May 2, 1966 [Independent Long Beach]:''' “Scuba diver, 30, drowns before pals reach him. A weekend scuba-diving expedition by 17 University of Southern California students off Catalina Island ended in tragedy for 30-year-old Hassan Elhassan of Los Angeles. Sheriff's deputies said he apparently lost his mouthpiece while struggling to free himself from entanglement in a kelp bed Saturday, and drowned by the time several of his USC student companions were able to pull him to the surface. After coroner's examination, the body was released to Utter-McKinley Viewpark Mortuary, Los Angeles.” | '''May 2, 1966 [Independent Long Beach]:''' “Scuba diver, 30, drowns before pals reach him. A weekend scuba-diving expedition by 17 University of Southern California students off Catalina Island ended in tragedy for 30-year-old Hassan Elhassan of Los Angeles. Sheriff's deputies said he apparently lost his mouthpiece while struggling to free himself from entanglement in a kelp bed Saturday, and drowned by the time several of his USC student companions were able to pull him to the surface. After coroner's examination, the body was released to Utter-McKinley Viewpark Mortuary, Los Angeles.” | ||
'''May 5, 1966 [Catalina Islander]:''' “Another skin diver loses life. An exchange student from Pakistan, Hassen Ahmed El Hassen, lost his life last Sunday while skin diving near Emerald Bay. He had only three hours of instruction. His friend, Roger Hess of Harbor City, was unable to come to his rescue. Hassen's body was found entangled in the kelp, where his air supply had failed. Both men were diving from the ''Maverick.'' | |||
Latest revision as of 18:51, 21 February 2023
ELHASSAN, Hassan (c. 1936-1966) drowned while SCUBA diving at Santa Catalina Island on April 30, 1966. He was 30 years old.
In the News~
May 2, 1966 [Independent Long Beach]: “Scuba diver, 30, drowns before pals reach him. A weekend scuba-diving expedition by 17 University of Southern California students off Catalina Island ended in tragedy for 30-year-old Hassan Elhassan of Los Angeles. Sheriff's deputies said he apparently lost his mouthpiece while struggling to free himself from entanglement in a kelp bed Saturday, and drowned by the time several of his USC student companions were able to pull him to the surface. After coroner's examination, the body was released to Utter-McKinley Viewpark Mortuary, Los Angeles.”
May 5, 1966 [Catalina Islander]: “Another skin diver loses life. An exchange student from Pakistan, Hassen Ahmed El Hassen, lost his life last Sunday while skin diving near Emerald Bay. He had only three hours of instruction. His friend, Roger Hess of Harbor City, was unable to come to his rescue. Hassen's body was found entangled in the kelp, where his air supply had failed. Both men were diving from the Maverick.
