Missing Diver Off Vandenberg?

[Rae HalfTheHill]

Just got wind of a possible missing diver (female) from this morning on the Vandenberg. Has anyone else heard anything?

 

[Open Ocean Diver]

I see another woman died in January on the Vandenberg.

 

[Wookie]

Word from key west is that it’s true, no one is telling the story yet.

 

[DandyDon]

Still missing after all day search. Some glitch won't let me post the story link from Miami Herald.

 

[Marie13]

Very odd. I get the same glitch as Dandy Don with the article.

 

[DandyDon]

Here is the story from a source not blocked...

A woman is missing at the Vandenberg wreck off Key West, police said - Report Door

A woman went missing Tuesday morning while diving the Vandenberg wreck off Key West, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

The Navy and FWC were searching all day, said FWC spokesman Officer Bobby Dube.

A Navy helicopter crew and special forces divers joined in the search, and the dive team from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office also helped.

Dube on Tuesday evening didn’t have the woman’s name, age or hometown.

He said FWC received the call at 9:57 a.m.

“I don’t know if she was diving alone,” Dube said. “She was on a commercial dive boat. Whether she was with a buddy or got separated, I don’t know.”

The woman was diving off a 40-foot charter boat run by Dive Key West, Dube said. An employee who answered the phone at the business said he couldn’t comment.

A message left for the owner wasn’t immediately returned.

The 523-foot Vandenberg, a decommissioned military missile-tracking ship named after Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, was intentionally sunk in May 2009 about seven miles off Key West and acts as an artificial reef.

It rests in nearly 150 feet of water in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, according to the Monroe County Tourist Development Council.

 

[Steelyeyes]

Sad story. My wife and I have done a few dives on the Vandy, even one night dive. I hope they find her.

 

[SanibelDiver]

A 50-year-old Rockport, Texas woman went missing while diving the Vandenberg wreck off Key West on Tuesday.



The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and U.S Coast Guard were back out Wednesday morning searching for Jordan Jay Fisher.


Fisher was with her husband, diving on the boat Emerald See, along with two other people and a dive master. The dive master signaled for everyone to surface. Members of the group lost sight of Fisher while returning to the guide/mooring line. The dive master stated he made several searches around the wreck until he was short on air.


The Sheriff’s Office was first notified of the missing diver at approximately 10:05 a.m.


The Sheriff’s Office Dive Team, the FWC, U.S. Coast Guard and the Army Special Forces Underwater Operations School staff searched for Fisher.


Foul play is not expected to be a factor in the incident.


Posted 12 minutes ago by Monroe County Sheriff's Office

 

[jlcnuke]

Her body was found this morning. No information on what happened out yet from anything I've seen.

Missing diver found dead near the Vandenberg wreck off Key West, police say

 

[Dan]

Condolences to her family & friends.

What happened to the buddy system, I wonder?