Coast Guard calls off search for 79-year-old diver missing off Key West

The U.S. Coast Guard ended its search for a 79-year-old North Palm Beach woman who went missing while scuba diving a shipwreck off Key West on Friday.

Ellen Ruth Domb was reported missing by her dive partner, who told authorities that she last saw her around 11 a.m. while they were diving the USNS Hoyt S. Vandenberg, a former missile tracking ship intentionally sunk in 2009 about seven miles south of Key West as an artificial reef.

Her dive partner said the two became separated in strong currents within two to three minutes after they entered the water, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office…

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