Snorkeler dies - Dry Tortugas

[Kimela]

I'm posting this here because this man was a scuba diver my husband used to work with. Don't have any details other than what is in the article.

Snorkeler dies after being found in water off Dry Tortugas

 

[RyanT]

Condolences.

 

[KristenK]

I am so sorry.

 

[Blueringocto_73]

Wow, that's very sad. Sorry to hear you had to experience that.

 

[Bubblesong]

The news website cannot be accessed outside of USA, (I am currently in UK). Can you tell us a bit about your husband’s colleague?

 

[Blueringocto_73]

Here you go Bubblesong.

The news website cannot be accessed outside of USA, (I am currently in UK). Can you tell us a bit about your husband’s colleague?

Authorities say a 49-year-old man has died after being found unresponsive in the water off the Dry Tortugas.

Monroe County Sheriff spokesman Adam Linhardt said in an email that Michael Ray Stephens of Panama City, Florida, was airlifted to the Lower Keys Medical Center on Stock Island on Wednesday.

Linhardt says Stephens had been snorkeling on Wednesday afternoon when a couple found him face down in the water. They brought him to the moat wall where Dry Tortugas National Park officials began performing CPR.

An autopsy is pending.

 

[Bubblesong]

@Blueringocto_73 , thank you for info, Prayers don’t always need a name, but it’s my way.

 

[Kimela]

This was a guy my husband used to work with (I hadn't met him). Nice guy by all accounts. Husband had heard that he died while on vacation and wondered if it was while diving. Terribly sad, made worse by it happening at such a young age.