KEY LARGO, Florida (31 Dec 2007) — A woman on holiday with her family in the Florida Keys died while scuba diving off a commercial dive boat just two days after she learned to dive. Monroe County Sheriff's officials told CDNN that Dr. Nancy Kreiter, 50, a renowned biology professor at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland was scuba diving Sunday with her husband and two children in John Pennekamp State Park. The victim's husband said she had wanted to dive for at least 10 years so the family went to Florida on their vacation and took scuba diving lessons together. Authorities said that Dr. Kreiter was diving with her son Tyler and her husband David was diving with her daughter Kara off the Reef Adventures dive boat at the Benwood wreck about 5 miles out from Key Largo. Witnesses said Dr. Kreiter surfaced and swam back to the dive boat but collapsed as she climbed aboard and stopped breathing. Another dive boat operator, Quiescence Diving Services, rushed Kreiter back to Port Largo Homeowner's Park but paramedics there failed to resuscitate her and she was pronounced dead. According to Monroe County Sheriff's spokesperson Becky Herrin, the victim had been taking ibuprofen to relieve congestion for a chest cold that was so severe, she had torn cartilage from her ribs while coughing. | 
