According to Florida media, the casualty was one of a group of four who were on the surface not far from their boat off Deerfield Beach, Broward County, when a thunderstorm came through.
As they finned towards the boat, the diver, who was not named but described as a 36-year-old man, took a lightning hit on his air cylinder. He was helped to the boat by the others and pulled aboard, reportedly having suffered a cardiac arrest.
His buddies radioed for help and, upon arrival back ashore, they were met by a rescue crew who administered CPR to the casualty before he was admitted to hospital, where it was announced that he had died.
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