Near drowning - Victoria, Australia

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I'm not sure how to take this after reading it. He passed out and fell off of the boat?

From Lara man in near drowning | Geelong, VIC, Australia
A 32-year-old Lara man was unconscious in the water about 3km offshore when he was rescued by fellow divers.
Police said the experienced diver had been on a charter with East Geelong's Bay City Scuba near the HMAS Canberra shipwreck when the accident occurred, about 10.50am.
Witnesses said they were unsure how the man came to be unconscious but Leading Senior Constable Byron Blower, of Bellarine Police, said faulty equipment may have played some part.
"They're on the boat and he's tested his equipment and for some reason passed out and fallen in the water," Sen-Constable Blower said.
"It was very serious. He has taken in water and been dragged from the water unconscious.

"They (other divers and boat crew) have given him CPR on the back of the boat and revived him just before the boat's got back in to shore.
"Off duty paramedics and off duty police were also on the beach and they helped out in the rescue."
The man was coughing up blood during the ordeal, which the Victorian Artificial Reef Society said may have been a sign he had risen to the surface too quickly.
"It's fairly rare for there to be problems with gear. Sometimes it's not so much that equipment's fault but more that people don't know how to use something," society secretary Lloyd Borrett said.
"The vast majority of accidents happen because people get in to situations they can't handle."
Bellarine police will today hand-over the man's scuba mask and tank to police Search and Rescue squads, who will investigate the cause of the accident.
Relieved beach-goers told the Geelong Advertiser the diving boat was quick to return to shore and seek help.
"Once he had the accident they brought him to shore. He was bleeding and looked really tired but looked like he'd be alright," Melbourne surfer Jason Depasquale said.
The man was last night in a stable condition in Geelong Hospital, but unfit to speak about his ordeal.
 
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