Diver Missing in Cozumel

[Gambitt]

Search continues for missing Cozumel scuba diving tourist
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by LUTHER MONROE - CDNN Safety News Editor
COZUMEL, Mexico (1 Jan 2008) — The search continued today for a female tourist who disappeared while scuba diving in Cozumel.

Rescue officials told CDNN that Yumiko Imai, a 40-year-old Japanese tourist, went missing on Sunday while scuba diving off the south coast of the popular tourist destination in Mexico's Riviera Maya.

After receiving a call for help from the dive operator, military authorities launched an extensive air and sea search but no trace of the missing diver has been found.

"So far we have no idea where this tourist could be, we do not know if she is alive," said a Civil Protection official.
 

[flopnfly]

Wow,

Was she diving alone?

I can understand how divers go missing.  Both John and I got swept away from our group by the currents in Cozumel.  We had to abort the dive after only 20 minutes and bobbed on the surface for another 20 before the boat found us.