Diver found dead off West Seattle
Feb 20, 2012, 6:13 AM | Updated: 7:14 am
A morning dive off of Seacrest Park in West Seattle Sunday turned deadly for one man. An experienced scuba diver, in his 20s, died while taking a deep-water class.
Police divers recovered the body of the diver Sunday night off West Seattle. Police and fire department divers and the Coast Guard had been searching for the man who experienced trouble Sunday morning on a dive with two other divers and a dive instructor.
Seattle Fire Department spokesman Kyle Moore says the other divers reported that he appeared to panic and rose too quickly toward the surface.
“By the time she [his dive partner] reached the surface, she didn’t see him. She told the dive instructor and then he waved ashore and they called 911,” said Moore.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
