CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
On the Sea Floor – At the Cable Repeater
I’m not sure who got to Bill first, the Basketball or the other divers. What I do know is that suddenly, the monitor was filled with Bill trapped at his thighs under the forward starboard skid. Right next to him his umbilical passed under the skid as well.
“Green Diver, what’s your condition?” Jack was right on it.
“I’m pinned under the skid. I can move my toes. Don’t think nothin’s broke, but I can’t move.”
“That’s good news.” It was the Skipper. “We’ll get the sub up off him. Get him onboard ASAP.”
“Right, Sir,” I said as he left for the Conn. I reached for the mike. “Listen, you guys,” I said, “Blue Diver back to the Can right now. Get yourself rigged to get Green into the Can. We’re gonna lift the sub gently. You guys ge
