A scuba diver in the Florida Keys dies after a rescue, sheriff’s office says

A Michigan man died at a Florida Keys hospital after being found unconscious in the ocean while scuba diving Monday morning, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said.

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Stephen Matheny, 64, who is from West Bloomfield Township, was diving off the Middle Keys city of Marathon around 11:20 a.m. when he became unresponsive, the sheriff’s office said.

People who pulled him onto a boat immediately began CPR, and a U.S. Coast Guard crew rushed him to shore. Paramedics took him to Fisherman’s Hospital in Marathon, where he died, according to the sheriff’s office.

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Detectives don’t suspect foul play, and his cause of death is pending an autopsy, sheriff’s office spokesman Adam Linhardt said.

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