<\/p>\nThank you, Max Bottomtime for pointing this out.<\/p>\n
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By Kristin S. Agostoni, Daily Breeze Staff Writer<\/em> A diver pulled from the waters off Redondo Beach was pronounced dead Friday afternoon following a rescue operation by county lifeguards, a fire official said. <\/p>\n The man was one of three people who had been reported missing by a fellow diver after the group dove south of the Redondo Beach pier, said county fire Inspector Frederic Stowers. <\/p>\n As a six-person rescue team responded to the incident just before 1 p.m., two individuals surfaced in the water, Stowers said. The third diver had to be rescued from the sea and was initially reported to be in critical condition. <\/p>\n “They brought the body up from about 15 to 18 feet below,” Stowers said. <\/p>\n The man – whom he could not identify – was transported to a local hospital and later pronounced dead, Stowers said. <\/p>\n Another diver suffered minor injuries due to exhaustion but did not go to the hospital, Stowers said. <\/p>\n The group had been diving not far from the Ruby Street lifeguard tower when rescue workers got a call at 12:52 p.m., he said. <\/p>\n “Apparently a diver who surfaced reported the missing divers. They may have lost their orientation as to where they were in the water,” Stowers said. <\/p>\n Stowers described the response as “pretty rapid,” given that “by 1:15 p.m., everybody had been accounted for.” <\/p>\n Joggers and beachgoers in the area stood watching Friday as lifeguards searched the waters with Redondo Beach’s Harbor Patrol. <\/p>\n
\nPosted: 11\/05\/2010 01:09:42 PM PDT
\nUpdated: 11\/05\/2010 08:36:49 PM PDT<\/em><\/p>\n