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At around 9 a.m. Oct. 20, firefighters were dispatched to a medical emergency at Wharf 2 in Monterey “for a diver who lost consciousness during a rapid ascent from 99 feet below the surface,” he said. The fire department helped treat the diver, who was not identified, until an ambulance arrived and paramedics took over. They took the victim to Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, where the emergency team quickly evaluated the diver’s condition and referred the case to the P.G. Hyperbaric Chamber for treatment