Man Pronounced Dead Following Diving Incident PORTSMOUTH, Va. – One man was declared dead on arrival to Norfolk Sentara Hospital today after a Coast Guard helicopter crew airlifted the man from the commercial dive boat Miss Lindsey 28 nautical miles east of Cape Henry near the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. The man stopped breathing and went in to cardiac arrest after he surfaced during a recreational dive trip. The crew of the Miss Lindsey, owned by the Lynn Haven Dive Center, called the Coast Guard for help at approximately 11:45 a.m. Rescue coordinators from Group Hampton Roads in Portsmouth, Va., requested a rescue helicopter from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., to airlift the man off the boat. The rescue helicopter got to the Miss Lindsey at about 12:20 where members of the Miss Lindsey’s crew had already started CPR on the man. The rescue crew hoisted the man to the helicopter and continued CPR until they arrived at Norfolk Sentara at 1 pm. The Newport News Police Department will be conducting next-of-kin notifications. The Miss Lindsey was last inspected by Marine Safety Office Hampton Roads Dec. 18, 2003, and had no safety violations or discrepancies. The incident is under investigation by MSO Hampton Roads. Man Pronounced Dead Following Diving Incident PORTSMOUTH, Va. – One man was declared dead on arrival to Norfolk Sentara Hospital today after a Coast Guard helicopter crew airlifted the man from the commercial dive boat Miss Lindsey 28 nautical miles east of Cape Henry near the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. The man stopped breathing and went in to cardiac arrest after he surfaced during a recreational dive trip. The crew of the Miss Lindsey, owned by the Lynn Haven Dive Center, called the Coast Guard for help at approximately 11:45 a.m. Rescue coordinators from Group Hampton Roads in Portsmouth, Va., requested a rescue helicopter from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., to airlift the man off the boat. The rescue helicopter got to the Miss Lindsey at about 12:20 where members of the Miss Lindsey’s crew had already started CPR on the man. The rescue crew hoisted the man to the helicopter and continued CPR until they arrived at Norfolk Sentara at 1 pm. The Newport News Police Department will be conducting next-of-kin notifications. The Miss Lindsey was last inspected by Marine Safety Office Hampton Roads Dec. 18, 2003, and had no safety violations or discrepancies. The incident is under investigation by MSO Hampton Roads.
