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A woman, right, is comforted at the scene where a 51-year-old diver from Orange County was reported missing and later found by rescue personal at Shaw's Cove. The diver was part of a group and after a head count it was determined he was missing. The man was rushed to Hoag Hospital on a lifeguard boat. (Don Leach / Coastline Pilot / April 12, 2013)![]()
April 12, 2013 | 2:21 p.m.
A man Laguna Beach police said went missing for more than hour off of Shaw's Cove was hospitalized Friday.
Laguna Beach lifeguards, fire and police departments responded to the 1000 block of Cliff Drive after 911 callers said they heard people screaming for help in the ocean off Shaw's Cove at 11:21 a.m., a Laguna Beach police press release said.
The 51-year-old Orange County man had been participating with a diving class, police said.
Classmates conducted a head count and the man was missing.
Rescuers from Orange County Harbor Patrol, the Orange County Sheriff's Department, U.S. Coast Guard and Newport Beach lifeguards began searching the area.
They found the man at 12:40 p.m., placed him onto a Newport Beach lifeguard boat and started CPR. He was transported to Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach.
Police did not know the diver's medical condition or who he was diving with, as of 2 p.m. Friday. Police were not releasing his identity.
Bryce Alderton
How can a diving student "go missing"? Where was the instructor?
How can a diving student "go missing"? Where was the instructor?
My guess would be out in front of 6+ students who were trailing in viz that makes seeing 6 followers difficult. What were the assigned buddy teams, if any, and where was this diver's buddy? As usual lots of questions on how something like this happens.