The Region - News from Oct. 29, 1986

A man who was airlifted from Baja California after a diving accident is improving, his wife said. Allison Meyer said her husband Jorg, 45, a glass blower and former professional diver, had completed a second decompression session in a hyperbaric chamber at UC San Diego Medical Center. The South Laguna man suffered a case of the bends after a dive of about 180 feet Sunday in the Sea of Cortez. The bends occur when divers return to the surface too rapidly. They can result in respiratory and neurological problems as well as pains in the joints. “He’s standing now,” she said Tuesday. “He thinks he’s going to walk tomorrow. . . . It’s encouraging.” A native of Berlin, Jorg Meyer worked as a professional diver in Australia before coming to Southern California.