Photo Release: Missing diver located in stable condition near Destin, Florida

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 09/28/2019 10:35 AM EDT

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Photo Release: Missing diver located in stable condition near Destin, Florida

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NEW ORLEANS – A missing diver, who was last seen approximately 10 miles southeast of Destin, Florida, has been located in stable condition, Friday.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report at approximately 6 p.m. that Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission located the diver swimming to shore in stable condition.

Sector Watchstanders received a report at 1 p.m. of a missing diver who was last seen approximately 300 feet from the charter vessel, A-Salt Mission, at 12:40 p.m.

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