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Coast Guard says 4 divers who went missing off S.C. coast were found alive

The divers plunged into the Atlantic Ocean off a pleasure craft more than 60 miles from Myrtle Beach, S.C. It wasn't until after midnight that they were seen again.
The U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy brought four divers back to their families after a search aircraft spotted an SOS strobe.
Updated August 14, 2023 at 4:24 PM ET

Four divers who hadn't been seen since they plunged into the Atlantic Ocean more than 60 miles east of Myrtle Beach, S.C., over the weekend were rescued in the early hours of Monday, the Coast Guard said.

Some 12 hours after diving off a pleasure boat

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