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Sea conditions were heavy and the captain was unable to pull the diver on board as she was a fairly large person.
Cause of death appears to be a heart attack as there was no water found in her lungs, however the autopsy report has yet to be submitted.
Unfortunately these types of incident are getting more common. People are generally lacking the physical conditioning needed to be safe in even moderate exercise and also are of a size it makes it difficult or impossible to recover onto some design boats.
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