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Published: August 7. 2007 03:28PM
Diver dies after desperate two mile swim to shore
A 58-year-old Bermudian woman died suddenly last night after being stranded two-miles off of Bermuda while scuba diving.
At 4.15 p.m. yesterday afternoon, the woman, today named as Patricia Steinhoff, along with her husband and two of their friends, who were visiting the Island, anchored their boat and went diving.
After diving to about 25 feet at Southwest Breakers, a popular diving spot, for over an hour, the four surfaced at 5.35 p.m. to find their boat had somehow broken from its anchoring and drifted away.
With little other choice the stranded scuba divers began the two-mile swim back to the shore near Granaway Heights Road and Southampton Road, on South Shore.
According to the Police, along the way, Mrs Steinhoff, a mother of three sons, ran into difficulties and was aided by her husband and their two friends.
When all four finally reached the shore, the scuba divers walked to the nearest residence where the homeowner called Emergency Services.
A Police spokesperson said they received a call at 6.03 p.m. and paramedics arrvived soon afterwards, but Mrs Steinoff was pronounced dead at the scene at 6.45 p.m..
A Police spokesman said: "We would like to express our sincere condolences to the family and friends of the deceased."
The motorboat was later recovered off of Daniel's Head, in Somerset, and a Police spokesperson said it appeared to have broken off the mooring.
Published: August 7. 2007 03:28PM
Diver dies after desperate two mile swim to shore
A 58-year-old Bermudian woman died suddenly last night after being stranded two-miles off of Bermuda while scuba diving.
At 4.15 p.m. yesterday afternoon, the woman, today named as Patricia Steinhoff, along with her husband and two of their friends, who were visiting the Island, anchored their boat and went diving.
After diving to about 25 feet at Southwest Breakers, a popular diving spot, for over an hour, the four surfaced at 5.35 p.m. to find their boat had somehow broken from its anchoring and drifted away.
With little other choice the stranded scuba divers began the two-mile swim back to the shore near Granaway Heights Road and Southampton Road, on South Shore.
According to the Police, along the way, Mrs Steinhoff, a mother of three sons, ran into difficulties and was aided by her husband and their two friends.
When all four finally reached the shore, the scuba divers walked to the nearest residence where the homeowner called Emergency Services.
A Police spokesperson said they received a call at 6.03 p.m. and paramedics arrvived soon afterwards, but Mrs Steinoff was pronounced dead at the scene at 6.45 p.m..
A Police spokesman said: "We would like to express our sincere condolences to the family and friends of the deceased."
The motorboat was later recovered off of Daniel's Head, in Somerset, and a Police spokesperson said it appeared to have broken off the mooring.
