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16.03.2024 - 20:36 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A team of volunteers who helped find the body of a Scots dad killed in a fishing accident have received a ‘game-changing’ search device. The family of Greig Stoddart, who died on Christmas Eve, gathered at Gartmorn Dam, Alloa, on Saturday to watch as the AquaEye kit was formally presented to Beneath the Surface.
The Lancashire-based dive team were drafted in at New Year after police spent several weeks searching for the 44-year-old’s body. Greig was eventually found by the volunteers on January 14 after they spent just two hours searching the water using a borrowed AquaEye.
Greig’s cousin, Thomas Stoddart, reached out to the device makers who generously offered to donate the kit, which costs around £6000. Representatives of Vodasafe have now travelled from Canada to meet the family and to provide training to Beneath the Surface over the weekend.
Thomas, 39, told the Record: “This is the most incredible legacy for Greig. The family and I just don’t have the words to thank Vodasafe for giving Beneath the Surface this bit of kit. They’re all so humble and just want to make a change.
“Hopefully this AquaEye will help stop any family going through the anguish we felt waiting for Greig to be found. As of tomorrow, I will be fully trained in using the AquaEye which feels a bit strange. I was in the water today having a bit of practice with it.
“We’ll never forget the moment the diver from Beneath the Surface came out of the water and told us they’d found Greig that day. We spent so long just waiting, staring out at the water and wondering where he was. It brought us some closure.
“We now want to be able to do that for other families. And this incredible donation will go a long way to helping us do that. This is just the start
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