Watchstanders at Coast Guard
Station Hatteras Inlet received
notification at 10:58 a.m., from
the Flying Fish, a 58-foot
recreational dive vessel, that a
diver was unconscious after a
10-minute 130-foot dive.
A
helicopter crew from Air Station
Elizabeth City, N.C., hoisted
the man aboard and transported
him to Sentara Leigh Hospital in
Norfolk, Va., for treatment.
"We
have training every month for
CPR and dive injuries so that we
are prepared for anything that
might come up," said Petty
Officer 3rd Class Bradley Pigage,
the rescue swimmer in the crew.
