Tomás Andres Donoso
Romulo Greham, 48, is an active lobster diver and diving instructor from Tansin, Honduras.
Romulo sits in a broken wheelchair next to a guano stained gurney at the defunct diver clinic in Kaukira, Honduras.
Every year, approximately 30 paralyzed divers come seeking treatment for the bends.
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Romulo Greham, 48, is an active lobster diver and diving instructor from Tansin, Honduras.
After his diving accident, Romulo spent nine months in bed, unable to stand or feed himself.
He exercised in the shallow water by the town dock three or four times a day for years until he was able to walk unassisted.
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Archimedes, 44, was paralyzed from the neck down while lobster diving in the Cerrania bank in the Carribbean twenty years ago.
Archimedes, 44, was paralyzed from the neck down while lobster diving in the Carribbean in 1988.
Like so many injured divers, he received no injury compensation and continues to be in need of medical treatment.
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Miskito widow.
Miskito widow.
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Luis Francisco Martinez Melendrez, 28, was crippled after a lobster diving trip in 2001.
Luis Francisco Martinez Melendrez, 28, was crippled after a lobster diving trip in 2001.
He is describing the frustration he felt as his lower body went numb from the nitrogen build up in his blood.
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There are no roads connecting remote coastal towns like Tansin with Puerto Lempira, the economic center of the Mosquito Coast.
There are no roads connecting remote coastal towns like Tansin with Puerto Lempira, the economic center of the Mosquito Coast, Honduras.
Mosquitians like Romulo, who live in these isolated towns, travel long distances in hand-made canoes equipped with old outboard motors.
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Macario Rivens, 43, of Krata, was a lobster diver for 23 years before being paralyzed during a dive in 2003.
Macario Rivens, 43, of Krata, was a lobster diver for 23 years before being paralyzed during a dive in 2003.
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As a diving instructor, Romulo's duties include traveling to Kaukira to hand out certificates of completion of his diver safety course. Sabino Arias (left) and Emenes Jesus Cly (right) were both trained by Romulo and need these certificates to work.
As an instructor, Romulo's duties include traveling to Kaukira to hand out certificates of completion of his diver safety course.
Sabino Arias (left) and Emenes Jesus Cly (right) were both trained by Romulo and need these certificates to work.
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