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Lobster Mini Season Gets Off To Tragic Start In Florida Keys

A man getting ready to dive for lobsters began to struggle and then lost consciousness in the water at Sawyer Key. He died at the hospital.

July 28, 2021

One man was killed, a second severely injured in the Florida Keys on the first day of the state’s lobster mini-season.

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The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said just after 7 a.m. a man getting ready to dive for lobsters began to struggle and then lost consciousness in the water at Sawyer Key.

A nearby good Samaritan helped with CPR. The man was brought to Sugarloaf Key and then taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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