Florida Keys

The Coast Guard is searching for a missing diver in the Keys. She’s 73.

The U.S. Coast Guard and other agencies are searching for a 73-year-old woman who went missing while diving Tuesday in the Florida Keys.

The search is taking place about seven miles south of Summerland Key.

Coast Guard Sector Key West received a call at 12:30 p.m. from the woman’s husband aboard the vessel, Mai Tai.

He said his wife went missing while diving with him.

The Coast Guard launched a 33-foot Special Purpose Craft, a Coast Guard Station Key West 45-foot response boat, a Coast Guard Air Station Miami MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew and diverted the Coast Guard Cutter Raymond Evans crew to the scene to assist.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and a Naval aircraft crew also have responded..

This story was originally published May 7, 2019 at 5:22 PM.

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