According to Lino Chiumarulo, a close friend, Dodi made a dive using one unit, then swapped to another to descend again. The accompanying expert surfaced when he lost sight of Dodi and, having established that he had not surfaced, redescended to find him motionless on the bottom, his mouthpiece detached.

Dodi was a winner in Diver Magazine's Image 2003 photographic competition, taking four medals including gold in the Grand Master (Marine Life/People/Scenery Prints) category.