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Posted: Sun Mar 18th, 2007 11:15 pm |
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Team recovers bodies of 2 divers Cammy Clark the Miami Herald
March 18, 2007
KEY LARGO -- The bodies of two divers trapped overnight in the bowels of a sunken Navy ship were recovered during two "risky" missions Saturday, said Chief Sergio Garcia of the Key Largo Fire and Rescue.
Garcia said a team that included 14 expert divers retrieved the deceased men on two separate dives to the USS Spiegel Grove spaced three hours apart.
"Both recoveries went flawless," Garcia said. "It went just as we had planned."
The two victims trapped inside the ship, 135 feet deep, were identified as Jonathan Walsweer, 38, a Wall Street stockbroker, and Scott Stanley, a co-owner of a carpet store. Both were from Westfield, N.J., according to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.
A third diver, Kevin Coughlin, 51, a real-estate entrepreneur of Chatham Borough, N.J., also died during Friday's accident. He was found in distress Friday afternoon by two divers from another boat. Those divers brought him to the surface. From there, the Coast Guard took him to shore. CPR was performed the entire way, but Coughlin was pronounced dead at Mariner's Hospital.
The fourth diver, Howard Spialter, 52, a lawyer and former municipal judge of Westfield, N.J., had surfaced safely when his air supply began to run low. He had remained outside the ship, according to the police report.
The sheriff's office is investigating the accident, which local dive captains have called the worst in Keys history. Three others have died at the Spiegel Grove, but all in separate accidents.
The Spiegel Grove is one of the most popular diving spots in the Florida Keys. The 510-foot ship prematurely sank and rolled over May 17, 2002.
Copyright © 2007, Orlando Sentinel
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