*** Scuba Diver found Deceased by Land SAR & Hovercraft ***

11th December 1997

Lions Bay Search & Rescue received an urgent page at 2300hrs calling
for assistance to a person trapped on the cliff-bound shoreline of
Kelvin Grove, on Howe Sound in British Columbia, Canada.

A group of SAR team members rushed to Kelvin Grove with the cliff-rescue
kit, while the Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft was also depatched to the
scene, to provide lighting and rapid transportation support. The subject
had been night scuba diving with two friends and had, apparently,
returned to shore when his air supply began to run low.

The subject, a 50 year-old male, was found on the rocky shoreline,
deceased, by his diving partners. One immediately attempted CPR while
the other went to the village of Lions Bay to call for help.

When the SAR team and hovercraft reached the subject he was confirmed to
be deceased and was transported back to Vancouver in the hovercraft.
The subject was reported to be on medication for a heart condition, but
at this time the cause of death has not been released.

Martin Colwell
Lions Bay Search & Rescue

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