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A 40 year old lady died diving in west palm. She was on a charter boat. Does anyone have any info on this?
Diver Died In West Palm Beach, Fl.
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My condolences to her family and friends and those on the boat as well. 
Other news posts:
Woman dead after scuba diving in South Florida - 05/03/2008 - MiamiHerald.com
Woman dead after scuba diving in South Florida
Posted on Sat, May. 03, 2008
The Associated Press
RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. --
Authorities say a woman has died after scuba diving in South Florida.
Authorities say Deborah Garrett Oshea, of Dunedin, died Saturday afternoon after she was transported to a West Palm Beach hospital.
The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office says Oshea spent about 10 minutes in the Atlantic Ocean, diving down about 10 feet, before she appeared to start having difficulty.
The recently certified diver surfaced after she started to have breathing problems, and rescuers performed CPR.
Authorities say Oshea's diving instructor was present Saturday afternoon.
Diver dies near Riviera Beach -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Diver dies near Riviera Beach
By Jerome Burdi | Sun-Sentinel.com
10:03 PM EDT, May 3, 2008
RIVIERA BEACH - A 43-year-old newly certified diver died after diving in the Atlantic Ocean near Palm Beach about 2 p.m. Saturday, the Sheriff's Office said.
Deborah Oshea of Dunedin, Fla., was with her dive instructor and seven other people on a 48-foot charter boat near The Breakers hotel for an open water dive, investigators said. She dove to a depth of 10-feet and then came back to the surface with breathing problems, deputies said. Two people tried helping Oshea by putting the breathing regulator back in her mouth but she kept spitting it out, authorities said. One the divers inflated her flotation device but Oshea deflated it, deputies said.
The boat captain along with the two other rescuers pulled Oshea onto the boat and began CPR. They reached the boat dock at 200 East 13th St., Riviera Beach, where Oshea was rushed to St. Mary's Medical Center. She was pronounced dead at 2:41 p.m.
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Woman dead after scuba diving in South Florida - 05/03/2008 - MiamiHerald.com
Woman dead after scuba diving in South Florida
Posted on Sat, May. 03, 2008
The Associated Press
RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. --
Authorities say a woman has died after scuba diving in South Florida.
Authorities say Deborah Garrett Oshea, of Dunedin, died Saturday afternoon after she was transported to a West Palm Beach hospital.
The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office says Oshea spent about 10 minutes in the Atlantic Ocean, diving down about 10 feet, before she appeared to start having difficulty.
The recently certified diver surfaced after she started to have breathing problems, and rescuers performed CPR.
Authorities say Oshea's diving instructor was present Saturday afternoon.
Diver dies near Riviera Beach -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Diver dies near Riviera Beach
By Jerome Burdi | Sun-Sentinel.com
10:03 PM EDT, May 3, 2008
RIVIERA BEACH - A 43-year-old newly certified diver died after diving in the Atlantic Ocean near Palm Beach about 2 p.m. Saturday, the Sheriff's Office said.
Deborah Oshea of Dunedin, Fla., was with her dive instructor and seven other people on a 48-foot charter boat near The Breakers hotel for an open water dive, investigators said. She dove to a depth of 10-feet and then came back to the surface with breathing problems, deputies said. Two people tried helping Oshea by putting the breathing regulator back in her mouth but she kept spitting it out, authorities said. One the divers inflated her flotation device but Oshea deflated it, deputies said.
The boat captain along with the two other rescuers pulled Oshea onto the boat and began CPR. They reached the boat dock at 200 East 13th St., Riviera Beach, where Oshea was rushed to St. Mary's Medical Center. She was pronounced dead at 2:41 p.m.
I've got the news on now, but we don't get Palm Beach county stations here in Broward.
jimdiverman
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My condolences to the family. I am sure that all concerned parties are deeply grieved. It sounds like an unnecessary event. I hope that whatever caused this situation can be corrected and prevented in future open water classes and particularly among newly certified divers.
Missdirected
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My condolences to her family and friends and those on the boat as well.
By Jerome Burdi | Sun-Sentinel.com
10:03 PM EDT, May 3, 2008
RIVIERA BEACH - A 43-year-old newly certified diver died after diving in the Atlantic Ocean near Palm Beach about 2 p.m. Saturday, the Sheriff's Office said.
Deborah Oshea of Dunedin, Fla., was with her dive instructor and seven other people on a 48-foot charter boat near The Breakers hotel for an open water dive, investigators said. She dove to a depth of 10-feet and then came back to the surface with breathing problems, deputies said. Two people tried helping Oshea by putting the breathing regulator back in her mouth but she kept spitting it out, authorities said. One the divers inflated her flotation device but Oshea deflated it, deputies said.
The boat captain along with the two other rescuers pulled Oshea onto the boat and began CPR. They reached the boat dock at 200 East 13th St., Riviera Beach, where Oshea was rushed to St. Mary's Medical Center. She was pronounced dead at 2:41 p.m.
Ditto on the condolences.
Sounds as though evil demon aka Panic set in. Ten foot of water, oooof. If that is correct, it goes to show once again, the depth doesn't matter.
Chipmon
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This is a terrible tragedy. Narcosis is a very well run operation and if there was a hope of saving her she was in very qualified hands. It's a shame to see this as it has long lasting effects on everyone present. I see that her instructor was with her on the dive, so I can only presume that everything possible was done from begining to end of the incident that would have saved her. My heart goes out to her family, but also to the instructor and the crew who all worked hard to try to save her.
This is from this morning's Palm Beach Post. Their story states, cardiac arrest.
Woman dies after dive off Palm Beach
Palm Beach Post Staff Report
Saturday, May 03, 2008
A 40-year-old woman diving today about one mile off the coast of Palm Beach died following reports that she was having trouble breathing and went into cardiac arrest, authorities said.
The woman began her dive about 1:30 p.m. and was in the water 10 minutes when she began having problems and was helped back to a local commercial dive boat. Dive operators performed CPR while the U.S. Coast Guard escorted the boat into the Riviera Beach Marina. ore local newsre This Story
Riviera Beach Fire Rescue took the woman to St. Mary's Medical Center but she died before reaching the hospital.
Coast Guard officials said they believe it was the woman's first dive. Her identity was not immediately released.
Woman dies after dive off Palm Beach
Palm Beach Post Staff Report
Saturday, May 03, 2008
A 40-year-old woman diving today about one mile off the coast of Palm Beach died following reports that she was having trouble breathing and went into cardiac arrest, authorities said.
The woman began her dive about 1:30 p.m. and was in the water 10 minutes when she began having problems and was helped back to a local commercial dive boat. Dive operators performed CPR while the U.S. Coast Guard escorted the boat into the Riviera Beach Marina. ore local newsre This Story
Riviera Beach Fire Rescue took the woman to St. Mary's Medical Center but she died before reaching the hospital.
Coast Guard officials said they believe it was the woman's first dive. Her identity was not immediately released.
In Miami, conditions were marginal or worse yesterday for training new divers. The boat I was supposed to go out on in the afternoon got canceled because the instructor decided not to take out students, which represented the bulk of the divers there, in the wind and chop.
Missdirected
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I wouldn't say that because an instructor was with her that all that could be done was done. Many a person goes straight for that instructor card - doesn't mean they have a clue about diving or real experience. It just means they have their card. I have been with a few that tout they are instructors, personally, they probably shouldn't tout that until they have some diving under their belt, and they quite knocking everything with their fins, but hey that is just my lil opinion.
Seems in this case it may not have mattered so much.
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