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Search suspended for missing free diver off the coast of Naples

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Published  March 15, 2025 3:10pm EDT
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The Brief

    • The search has been suspended for a missing free diver off the coast of Naples, according to the Coast Guard.
    • This missing man is 36-year-old Drake Sweet.
    • He was reported missing after he didn't resurface while free-diving with a friend on Thursday.

NAPLES, Fla. - The search for a missing free diver almost 70 miles west of Naples has been suspended after new developments, according to the Coast Guard.

What we don't know:

The coast guard did not share what the new information was.

What we know:

This missing man is 36-year-old Drake Sweet.

36-year-old Drake Sweet

He was reported missing after he didn't resurface while free-diving with a friend on Thursday.

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Sweet's friend and the vessel they were on are safe.

So far, crews have searched about 4,275 square miles.

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The Source: Information for this story was provided by the Coast Guard.

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