MARBLEHEAD, Mass. (AP) — Rescue crews off the coast of Marblehead recovered the body yesterday afternoon of a scuba diver who had been reported missing since yesterday morning.
Authorities say a 58-year-old Westfield man, whose identity was confirmed this morning to be that of Gregory Cole, had died while scuba diving off the coast of Marblehead.
The Essex district attorney’s office said the victim was scallop diving off a moored boat with two other people. The operator of the boat notified the harbormaster at about 10:15 a.m. yesterday that one of the divers had not resurfaced.
The Marblehead Police Department received a distress call from marine radio for a diver missing near Satan’s Rock behind Children’s Island.
Coast Guard Station Gloucester launched a rescue crew aboard a 29-foot small boat and Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod launched a search and rescue crew aboard a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter.
The state police dive team recovered the body in approximately 60 feet of water at about 2:30 p.m., about 2 miles off Marblehead Harbor.
An autopsy is scheduled but the death does not appear suspicious.
