KEY LARGO, Florida (23 Mar 2005) -- A 52-year-old tourist has died while scuba diving with Kelly's on the Bay and Aqua Nuts. Ted Young of York Pennsylvania was one of 28 divers aboard the Aqua Nuts, a day charter dive boat. According to Young's dive buddy, the accident happened on the second and final dive of the day. After surfacing at the end of the dive, the two divers started swimming back to the boat but separated and Young disappeared. Just as Young's buddy arrived at the Aqua Nuts dive boat, divers on another boat spotted a diver in distress at the surface and alerted the Aqua Nuts crew. One of the crew and four divers responded to the emergency pulling Young from the water and administering CPR as the dive boat rushed back to port where fire rescue personnel were waiting. The Key Largo fire rescue team was unable to revive Young and he was pronounced dead. | | Kelly's on the Bay - Aqua Nuts dive boat It was the second scuba diving fatality in Florida this year. Lawrence Thurman, 60, died while wreck diving on the Duane. In 2001, Ricardo Investments, which owns Aqua Nuts and Kelly's on the Bay, pled guilty to charges of gross negligence after leaving two divers at sea. The missing divers were rescued 26 hours later after swimming to a navigation light. © CDNN - CYBER DIVER NEWS NETWORK |
