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Mystery Plaque on Sea Gull Rock

POINT JUDITH, R.I. - Pending further developments, the CG has officially ended its search for a 55-year-old diver missing off Watch Hill, R.I. Joseph Pasquale of Mansfield, Mass., was diving from the 23-foot pleasure craft Endeavor about 5 miles SE of Watch Hill with 2 other divers in 125 feet of water when he failed to resurface with the rest of the group. ‘The decision to suspend a search is never an easy one," said LCDR Seth Van Essendelft of the CG Command Centre in Boston. ‘However, we have saturated more than 8Ø square miles with rescue and air assets for 28 hours &, based on that information, we feel that if Mr. Pasquale was on the surface, we would have detected him.’ The CG's efforts included searches by 2 rescue helicopters from AS Cape Cod & 2 rescue boats from Station Point Judith. The Rhode Island Dept of Environmental Mgt & police from Narragansett, Westerly, & Charlestown, R.I., also assisted in the search. Mr. Pasquale is known to be an experienced, safety-conscious diver with no known medical conditions. The incident is under investigation by the CG's Marine Safety Office in Providence.
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