Divers’ bodies recovered off Keys
Authorities recovered the bodies of two divers from a sunken U.S. military ship off the Florida Keys.
The bodies of Jonathan Walsweer, 38, and Scott Stanley, 55, had been trapped in the USS Spiegel Grove.
The body of a third diver, Kevin Coughlin, 51, was recovered Friday.
The men, all from New Jersey, were exploring the wreck and attempting to venture inside, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said.
A fourth diver, Howard Spralter, surfaced safely after he started to run out of air and alerted others that the men had not emerged.
The USS Spiegel Grove serves as an artificial reef, and is one of the most popular diving spots in the Florida Keys.
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