A rescue diver died of decompression sickness while diving for the remains of four Italian divers killed in the Maldives. File Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo
May 16 (UPI) -- A rescue diver has died after an attempt to recover the bodies of four of the five Italians killed on a scuba diving trip in the Maldives.
Mohamed Mahudhee, of the Maldivian national defense force, died of decompression sickness, also known as "the bends," after being transferred to a hospital in Malé, the capital of the Maldives.
"Eight rescue divers went into the water today. When they surfaced, they realized Mr. Mahudhee didn't come up," Mohamed Hossain Shareef, a Maldivian government spokesperson told the BBC.
The other divers went back into the water and found Mahdhee had blacked out.
