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Heart attack victim, rescuer both hospitalized after scuba dive incident
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According to The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, a diver in his 50s suffered a heart attack after a dive off a Boca Raton based boat called "Deeper." Witnesses said the man was unresponsive close to the ocean floor. "I don't think it's sunk in.

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James Cameron on Filmmakers Killed in Helicopter Crash: 'Both Were True Explorers'
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According to local reports, a shared love of diving led to the friendship between Wight and the director of Titanic and Avatar, and Wight had worked with Cameron on a variety of underwater-related films including Ghosts of the Abyss, ...
Celebrated Filmmakers Killed in Australian Helicopter CrashNational Geographic

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Punch, shoot, dive: Marine teaches with passion
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Pridgeon dedicates his time to teaching fellow Marines martial arts, rifle and pistol techniques and scuba diving. MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. - Hidden underneath his sunglasses are bright blue eyes and a sun-tan line too familiar to range ...

Italian Authorities Call Off Search For Missing In Costa Shipwreck
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Italian firefighters scuba divers approach the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy on Friday. Citing safety concerns, Italian officials said they were calling off the search for those still missing at the site of ...
LEAD: Search for missing in submerged parts of Costa Concordia endsMonsters and Critics.com
Italy Cruise AgroundKMOV.com
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Josh Hutcherson - Josh Hutcherson Obtained Scuba Diving Licence For New Movie - Contactmusic.com

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Josh Hutcherson - Josh Hutcherson Obtained Scuba Diving Licence For New Movie Contactmusic.com The Kids Are All Right star, who features in the adventure film alongside actress Vanessa Hudgens, jetted to Turks & Caicos for a crash-course in underwater safety to ensure the project went off without a hitch. Hutcherson tells The West Australian, ... and more »

Scuba Divers Share Vision of Fitness - Will Lead to Improved Diver Safety - PR.com (press release)

Scuba Divers Share Vision of Fitness - Will Lead to Improved Diver Safety PR.com (press release) Local scuba divers, Gary Hawkins, Founder of Ride Fit™ and underwater videographer, and Gretchen M. Ashton, CFT, NBFE, owner of ScubaFit® and FitDiver®, have joined forces to promote and encourage diver fitness. San Diego, CA, January 25, ...

Scuba diver wants Coast Guard to let his team search for sunken Mandy Ness - Press of Atlantic City

Scuba diver wants Coast Guard to let his team search for sunken Mandy Ness Press of Atlantic City A scuba diver who dove on the Lady Mary wreckage in 2009 wants the Coast Guard to send him and a team back underwater to photograph and videotape the capsized Mandy Ness fishing boat. The Mandy Ness capsized 10 miles off the coast of Long Beach Island ...

Ship Search Finds 12th Body, Captain's Documents - ABC News

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Ship Search Finds 12th Body, Captain's Documents ABC News Divers plumbing the capsized Costa Concordia's murky depths pulled out the body of a woman in a life vest Saturday, while scuba-diving police swam through the captain's cabin to retrieve a safe and documents belonging to the man who abandoned the ... Divers find woman's body in capsized Costa Concordia shipNewsday Diving in the Ghostly Labyrinth of Italy's Cruise WreckJakarta Globe No more Costa ConcordiasSanta Rosa... Club Allows Scuba Divers to Bond Over Shared Passion - Patch.com Club Allows Scuba Divers to Bond Over Shared Passion Patch.com Pristine Azul Scuba Diving Club allows 85 members to come together for diving trips and learn about the activity. By Megan Anderle Dennis Petrusovich, a veteran Army Ranger of Wayne, chose to become a scuba diving instructor and start a diving club, ... New online Divers Alert Network video course covers dive accident management - Examiner.com New online Divers Alert Network video course covers dive accident management Examiner.com DAN is an international scuba diver safety organization that provides research and resources designed to make the sport of scuba diving more safe and enjoyable. “One of DAN's primary initiatives is to provide information and training that help prevent ...