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| News Release |
Date: Contact: Petty Officer |
| Coast Guard ends search for missing diver near John's Pass |
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CLEARWATER, Fla. - The Coast Guard ended its search at about 3 p.m., Sunday, for a missing 29-year-old male diver 21 miles west of John's Pass in Clearwater, after a Clearwater Fire and Rescue dive team aboard a Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) vessel located the diver submerged and deceased near the search area.
Michael McQuillen, of Lakeland, Fla., was reported missing to the Coast Guard from a friend aboard the 24-foot recreational vessel Lori's Other Half, at 12:49 p.m., Saturday. The Coast Guard, along with local agencies, searched a combined area of nearly 2,000-square miles for McQuillen before the search was ended. Agencies assisting in the search were:
-Two HH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crews from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater Coast Guard officials will be investigating the incident.
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