TAMPA, Florida — A Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater rescued a scuba diver suffering from potentially fatal decompression sickness (the bends). Authorities told CDNN that Bill Nelson, 55, was taken to Shands Hospital for emergency medical treatment in a hyperbaric chamber. Nelson was diving off a commercial dive boat about 60 miles west of John's Pass when he resurfaced and fell ill. At about 2:00 pm, the dive boat crew called Coast Guard Sector Mobile's command center in Mobile, Alabama to report the scuba diving accident. The Coast Guard scrambled a helicopter and reached the dive boat at about 4:00 pm. After hoisting Nelson aboard, they took him to Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida. Officials have not yet released information about Nelson's condition. | 
