Missing Divers Found Safe & Sound
UPPER KEYS (CBS4) ― The search for two missing divers in the Upper Keys ended early Sunday morning when both were found safe and sound on land at mile marker 72.
44-year old John Ritowski and 33-year old Shelly Brown were reported missing Saturday after the failed to surface from a dive on the Tennessee Reef off south of Lower Matecumbe Key.
The Coast Guard immediately began searching the area where the divers went missing using Coast Guard Station Islamorada, a Coast Guard rescue helicopter from Miami, and a Coast Guard rescue helicopter based out of Detroit. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are also assisting in the search.
Sunday morning the Monroe County Sheriff's Office contacted the Coast Guard to say that both Ritowski and Brown were safe. The pair told deputies they swam back to shore after they had surfaced from a dive too far from their dive boat. Both divers were reported to be in good condition and were taken home by family members.
WONDER WHAT BOAT THEY HAD BEEN ON?
UPPER KEYS (CBS4) ― The search for two missing divers in the Upper Keys ended early Sunday morning when both were found safe and sound on land at mile marker 72.
44-year old John Ritowski and 33-year old Shelly Brown were reported missing Saturday after the failed to surface from a dive on the Tennessee Reef off south of Lower Matecumbe Key.
The Coast Guard immediately began searching the area where the divers went missing using Coast Guard Station Islamorada, a Coast Guard rescue helicopter from Miami, and a Coast Guard rescue helicopter based out of Detroit. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are also assisting in the search.
Sunday morning the Monroe County Sheriff's Office contacted the Coast Guard to say that both Ritowski and Brown were safe. The pair told deputies they swam back to shore after they had surfaced from a dive too far from their dive boat. Both divers were reported to be in good condition and were taken home by family members.
WONDER WHAT BOAT THEY HAD BEEN ON?