Diver dies after surfacing ‘in distress’ off Pompano Beach, fire rescue says

Diver dies after surfacing ‘in distress’ off Pompano Beach, fire rescue says

A man died Wednesday after he surfaced from a dive off Pompano Beach and was experiencing a medical emergency, a city official said. The 77-year-old man, an experienced diver with 1,000 previous dives, was with five other people onboard a charter boat about 11 minutes out from shore, Sandra King, a spokesperson for Pompano Beach Fire Rescue said. While diving with three others, he surfaced “in distress” and went into cardiac arrest once he was b…