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AAP General News (Australia)

12-14-2002

NSW: Deep sea diving accident leaves one man lucky to be alive

SYDNEY, Dec 14 AAP - A deep-sea diver was in a decompression chamber being treated
for the bends after an accident off Sydney's Botany Bay today.

A Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter spokesman said he was plucked from the water
unconscious about 9.45 am after diving about six nautical miles off Cape Banks, the northern
headland of ...

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