On the edge: How scuba diving is helping save disabled veterans' lives

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“My idea was I can kill myself and nobody would realize that I did it so I don't shame my family or the military.” But instead of dying, diving saved Kelly McCumiskey's life.

February 22, 2020, 10:07 AMThe nonprofit group Dive Warriors takes disabled veterans scuba diving once a month off the Southern California coast.Suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and confined to a wheelchair, the Air Force veteran hoped that her first dive would be her last.

“Every time I hit the water, I go he-he-he,” McCumiskey said. “I never realized they could literally hear me from the boat laughing underwater as I'm going down through my bubbles. It totally brings me back to life.” “The second I go underwater -- Boom!! It goes away,” Lemon said. “It is straight up therapeutic and when I come up, it's like a reset before the pain begins to build back up again.”U.S. Army veteran Jared Lemon dives off the coast of Long Beach, Calif.Therapy isn’t the only factor that brings the group together. Many veterans say the program lets them experience the camaraderie they felt while serving.

 

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