Water safety instructors aim to decrease the number of drownings in Louisiana.
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Themselves? >> well, based on previous reports, i can only go under the assumption of what i heard. they are tether ed -- they tet r tethered each individual boy to the lead diver. the second diver, which is essentially a safety diver, is following behind. based on the previous stories that the boys had no swimming capability, it sounds as they are pulling the boys along with the addition of the heavy gauge rope installed in the system over the past several days. it is highly likely that the cave diver, rescue divers that are bringing these boys out, might even be pulling themselves along whic...
>> reporter: it's incredibly heavy. >> 37 pounds. >> reporter: divers will be hooked up to a command center. >> these instrument instruments are telling us the depth of the divers. this is the pressure of the the air going through them the main air, stand-by air, emergency air, diver one, two, three, which is your safety diver. >> reporter: the divers will probably be under water for up to 80 minutes at a time until which they'll end up inside a decompression chamber to cover. >> you can get down there, these will have rough edges, it will be dark. it will not look like a textbook situation. >...
>> one thing you don't want to do is add more tragedy to tragedy. you don't want more loss of life. you want to plan your time and wait for optimal condition go in there. >> reporter: the plane is believed to be at the bottom of the sea and at that depth they'll need to use special gear. >> it's dry sealed at the wrists and the boots are incorporated and the zipper closes at the neck. that way no water gets in there. then what you have is a helmet. this is a 17 super light. >> reporter: this considered a lighter one. >> yes. >> reporter: but it's incredibly heavy. >> 37 pounds. >> reporter: di...
Divers are at. this is the pressure going through them. the main air, stand by air. emergency air, diver one, diver two, diver three which is your safety diver. >> reporter: he says the divers will probably be underwater for up to 80 minutes at a time. and then you get in a pressure university. >> this will have things to get in. it's going to be dark inside. a lot of things for divers to get snagged on. >> reporter: then there's the emotional component, right, you know there's going to be bodies down there? >> there's nothing worse than bumping into a bloated dead body in the water. >> report...