Susan Winn & James Winn at Lake Michigan

Susan Winn & James Winn were 53 years old when they both died at Lake Michigan in a diving accident. According to the reports, the couple hired a clipper from Double Action Diver Charter to explore the L.R. Doty, a freighter that sank in the water in 1899.

At about 12:30 pm the captain tied the boat off the wreckage and the Winns started their dive. They both are professional divers and on this journey, they have to bring their own diving equipment. Less than an hour, the captain notice Susan’s body floating in the water face down so he immediately calls the emergency crew at the scene.

The US Coast Guard brings her body to the boat and performed CPR before they pronounced her dead. In the meanwhile, the Captain noticed that James was also missing and he didn’t resurface so a search effort was started to find James’s body.

His body was found on the Next day and his diving equipment was sent to the laboratory to find out exactly what happened.

Link to the Story: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2019/07/06/deaths-illinois-couple-involved-diving-accident-investigated/1664019001/