The bodies of two Central Florida divers not trained to dive in caves were recovered Wednesday after the men ran out of air in an underwater cavern in Lake Apopka.
''It looks to me like a couple of open-water divers who didn't have the certification to go into a cave,'' said diver Jim Calvin, owner of Underwater Adventures.
Calvin and two other divers recovered the bodies of Kevin James Gokey, 26, and Daniel Eugene Smith, 30, at 2:30 a.m.
The men were together, floating in 96 feet of water, just inside a tight spot between some rocks leading into the cave, said Calvin, 43.
Calvin accompanied Mark Long, 36, an expert cave diver who is specially trained in cave rescue and recovery, on the dive. Lake County sheriff's divers did not have the training necessary to recover the bodies, said Lake sheriff's Lt. Chris Daniels.
