JUPITER, Florida (WABC) -- A New Jersey fire department is mourning the loss of a firefighter and emergency medical technician from Ocean County.
David Ley, of Toms River, was on a diving trip in Florida Thursday when he was found unresponsive about four miles from shore near Jupiter.
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A boat captain tried to help Ley, but there was nothing he could do.
Ley had served as a member of the Island Heights Volunteer Fire Company 1, and was also an EMT with the Plumsted Township Fire District.
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The cause of death has not yet been released by the Palm Beach County Medical Examiner's Office.