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Body of diver recovered
By Theresa Merto
Pacific Daily News
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The search for a missing diver ended last night when the diver's body was recovered around 9 p.m.
His name was not released as of press time.
The 50-year-old man went missing off the waters of Asan Beach.
At 5:30 p.m. yesterday, the Guam Fire Department received a call about a distressed diver, said the department's spokeswoman, Firefighter Phyllis Blas. Officials from the fire department, Navy HC-5 helicopter squadron and the Coast Guard responded.
Coast Guard search-and-rescue specialist Lee Putnam said the man was diving with a couple of other people.
Putnam said according to the initial call, a man came out of the water yelling for help because a diver was in distress, and a passerby ran to a phone to call dispatch.
"We later learned there was another guy in the water that recovered the guy's missing gear," Putnam said.
Putnam said the Coast Guard launched a boat to assist with the search and the HC-5 was airborne at 5:55 p.m. and on scene within minutes. Putnam said around 6:04 p.m., HC-5 spotted a set of fins and a snorkel just off of the reef.
Seventeen people have died in Guam's waters this year, excluding the diver's death yesterday. Last year, six people drowned on Guam.
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That's all I know about it; it's 5:30 am here & I just got that info from the online local newspaper. That's an area (the dive site is called Asan Cut) which can have fairly strong surge & currents at times, although I don't know if that had any bearing on the accident. Just so nobody misinterprets the article, the 17 deaths mentioned were not diving-related....about half were people going out in the big surf after a typhoon & drowning, and the other half were the "usual" unfortunate drownings. Condolences to the families & friends.
Body of diver recovered
By Theresa Merto
Pacific Daily News
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The search for a missing diver ended last night when the diver's body was recovered around 9 p.m.
His name was not released as of press time.
The 50-year-old man went missing off the waters of Asan Beach.
At 5:30 p.m. yesterday, the Guam Fire Department received a call about a distressed diver, said the department's spokeswoman, Firefighter Phyllis Blas. Officials from the fire department, Navy HC-5 helicopter squadron and the Coast Guard responded.
Coast Guard search-and-rescue specialist Lee Putnam said the man was diving with a couple of other people.
Putnam said according to the initial call, a man came out of the water yelling for help because a diver was in distress, and a passerby ran to a phone to call dispatch.
"We later learned there was another guy in the water that recovered the guy's missing gear," Putnam said.
Putnam said the Coast Guard launched a boat to assist with the search and the HC-5 was airborne at 5:55 p.m. and on scene within minutes. Putnam said around 6:04 p.m., HC-5 spotted a set of fins and a snorkel just off of the reef.
Seventeen people have died in Guam's waters this year, excluding the diver's death yesterday. Last year, six people drowned on Guam.
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That's all I know about it; it's 5:30 am here & I just got that info from the online local newspaper. That's an area (the dive site is called Asan Cut) which can have fairly strong surge & currents at times, although I don't know if that had any bearing on the accident. Just so nobody misinterprets the article, the 17 deaths mentioned were not diving-related....about half were people going out in the big surf after a typhoon & drowning, and the other half were the "usual" unfortunate drownings. Condolences to the families & friends.
