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Scuba diver dies at Sonoma County coast | The Press Democrat
A scuba diver died Sunday afternoon off the northern Sonoma County coast, according to a Sonoma County sheriffs official.
The man had been diving in Gerstle Cove in Salt Point State Park, apparently with two others, Lt. Steve Brown said.
State parks officials alerted county dispatchers at 3:03 p.m. to a diver in distress and the Sonoma County Sheriffs helicopter Henry-1 responded.
State parks lifeguards reached the man and were conducting life-saving measures on him when the helicopter crew arrived.
A sheriffs helicopter paramedic crawled down the cliff to the diver and pilot Paul Bradley lowered medical gear on a longline to the effort, according to emergency officials.
The paramedic performed CPR on the victim as they were lifted to a nearby bluff, where more attempts to revive the man were made.
Brown said the man was pronounced dead at 3:46 p.m. He was initially reported as an abalone diver.
His identity and further details werent available Sunday afternoon.
The initial call for help said that as many as three people might have been in trouble in the water and three helicopters were dispatched. A CHP helicopter and REACH air ambulance joined Henry-1 in the response, according to an emergency dispatch report.
State parks lifeguards and rangers, Cal Fire and Timber Cove firefighters and a Coast Life Support ambulance also responded.