Bonaire Boating Incident

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On Sunday, September 15, Melina Charbonnet and her dive buddy Daphne were practicing scuba diving skills in water just a few meters deep when they were struck by a small boat driven by a 17-year-old girl. She got her severely injured buddy back to shore and called 911.

In a letter to bonaire.nu, Melina later wrote, "What followed the accident was equally disturbing. The police were called to the dive site but did not arrive until after we had already left in an ambulance. They told others on the scene that they would come to the hospital to take our statements, but they never showed up. Bonaire's rules are clear: boats are not allowed to enter the light blue zone close to the coast, where divers and snorkelers are active. Despite these rules, enforcement [in Bonaire] remains weak."...

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