diver fatality off Port Everglades 10/20

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MIAMI-- Coast Guard crewmembers from Station Fort Lauderdale, Fla., responded to a diver in distress Wednesday afternoon at the entrance of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale.

Coast Guard search-and-rescue coordinators at Sector Miami received the initial report at 2:30 p.m. from Fort Lauderdale police dispatch reporting a 43-year-old male diver was unconscious and unresponsive.

Upon receipt of the report, the Coast Guard immediately responded by diverting a Coast Guard Station Fort Lauderdale 33-foot response boat crew. The smallboat crew arrived on scene, brought the unconscious diver aboard and commenced CPR.

The diver was brought to the 15th Street boat ramp where local EMS members then transfered the patient to Broward General Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale who was later pronounced deceased.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are investigating the incident.

 

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Scuba diving death: Man, 43, dies after accident on the water off Fort Lauderdale area - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

Scuba diver dies after accident on ocean

By Sofia Santana, Sun Sentinel

5:58 p.m. EDT, October 20, 2010

FORT LAUDERDALE — Authorities are investigating the death of a scuba diver whose body was pulled from the ocean Wednesday afternoon, officials said.

Early reports are that the death was due to an accident on the water, but the exact circumstances of the incident were not immediately available Wednesday.

Fort Lauderdale police and a Coast Guard crew came to the aid of the diver on the water at about 2:30 p.m. and attempted to revive him, but the man died soon after at Broward General Medical Center.

The diver's name was not immediately released, but Coast Guard officials said he was 43 years old.

 

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[IslandTime71]

I was at Lauderdale Marina and witnessed the BSO vessel flying in on plane; saw them administering CPR as they came in. Frightening stuff; please be careful out there. May he rest in peace.

 

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I was at Lauderdale Marina and witnessed the BSO vessel flying in on plane; saw them administering CPR as they came in. Frightening stuff; please be careful out there. May he rest in peace.

Do you have any other details?? Did this occur on a charter or private boat??