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A diver was pronounced dead after being pulled from the water Thursday morning four miles off the coast near Dubois Park in Jupiter, authorities said.
The man was pulled from the water by a Sea Tow employee and Jupiter officers began life-saving measures on the boat, officer Adam Brown said. Police were notified just before 10 a.m.
He was taken to Dubois Park where Palm Beach County Fire Rescue continued to try to resuscitate him and transported him to St. Mary’s Medical Center.
He was pronounced dead at 11:18 a.m., the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s said.
An investigation determined the diver had gotten sick and began to struggle once he entered the water, officials said.
The captain of the boat tried to assist him but he remained unresponsive, according to authorities.
I read that once he entered the water he got sick and began to struggle. But the wording is bit vague.
Could be the dive boat called Sea Tow for assistance. With Jupiter Drift diving, divers can be spread all up and down the reef line so the dive boat might not have been able to abandon the other divers that were still under water.