ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (12 July 2004) -- The US Coast Guard airlifted an injured diver from a fishing boat off the coast of New Jersey. Crew aboard the Independence made a distress call on Sunday afternoon after Jay Temple, 37, of Toms River, surfaced from a dive with symptoms of decompression illness - 'the bends' - including severe pain in his wrist, arm and shoulder. The US Coast Guard air station in Atlantic City sent out a helicopter to the 37-foot scallop boat, which was located 78 miles east of Manasquan. | | Temple was rushed to the Jacobi Medical Center in New York City, where he underwent hyperbaric treatment. According to hospital staff, Temple was released on Monday and is expected to fully recover from the accident. © CDNN - CYBER DIVER NEWS NETWORK |
