WATCH: Coast Guard Rescues Unresponsive Diver Off Cape May

CAPE MAY, NJ — The Coast Guard rescued a diver in distress 46 miles off Cape May on Wednesday, according to the federal agency.

A 50-year-old woman dove 150 feet down off the dive vessel Gypsie Blood and was unresponsive when she resurfaced, the Coast Guard said in a news release.

Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay dispatched an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Station Atlantic City to the scene.

The aircrew evacuated the woman and transported her to the decompression chamber at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

See the Coast Guard's video of the rescue:

“Without the proper communication that we had, we would not have been able to safely conduct the mission especially considering the distance offshore that the vessel was,” said Lt. Anthony Barletta, the command duty officer in the command center. “A marine band radio is the best way to get first responders on scene when an emergency arises.”

The diver's identity was not disclosed by the Coast Guard.

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