There was no way to prepare for the first dive, no experience to lean on. Rene Poirier said a Hail Mary; that was his preparation. And then Poirier, a 36-year-old master seaman in the Canadian Navy, descended into the wreckage of Swissair Flight 111 off the coast of Nova Scotia.
His grandfather had been a diver in bridge construction and told stories that hypnotized young Rene. He would have his own story now. Tethered to his 88-ft. boat and wearing 100 lbs. of equipment, he dropped slowly into the grave: 50 ft., 100, 150. At 180 ft., he was on the...
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