SAM STILL (W00) was injured in the Dahab bomb in Egypt on 24 April 2006, and is now recovering in London. A report in The Times [26 April 2006] said he "was conscious and able to talk, but had suffered leg and neck injuries, with pieces of shrapnel embedded in his neck". Sam Still is the British freediving champion and won the world championships in the extreme sport of static apmea by holding his breath underwater for a total of 8 minutes and 19 seconds. Sam had been in Dahab for several weeks training for a freediving competition due to take place in Dahab in June 2006. He was on his way to meet a friend when the explosion happenned at about 7pm on Monday 24 April 2006. He was taken to Sharm al-Sheikh, later to a hospital in Cairo, and on 26 April 2006 to hospital in London. He has spoken of how he was 8 metres from the bomb when the blast happenned, and feels very lucky to be realitively well. He will need some months of treatment and operations, and remains for the moment in hospital in London.. [posted 29 April 2006, updated 2 May 2006, 7 May 2006)

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