“A 47-year-old Coupeville woman was conscious and talking Tuesday morning at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after a near-fatal diving accident in the Langley Small Boat Harbor Monday evening.According to the Langley Police Department, Suzanne Payseur was diving at a depth of about 40 feet with her husband around 6:10 p.m. when she signaled to him that she needed to get to the surface.Police Chief Bob Herzberg said Payseur’s husband reported that the two divers made a controlled ascent, but by the time they reached the surface, Payseur was in obvious physical distress. She quickly became incoherent, then fell unconscious. At that point, Herzberg said, the man began swimming, dragging Payseur about 150 yards to a portion of the harbor’s dock. Once there, he began shouting for help.Three Langley residents on the dock responded to the man’s cries. Tom Permenter, Tim Nowlis and Dione Murray helped get Payseur onto the dock, where they discovered that she was not breathing and had no discernible pulse. They began CPR and called 911.Langley Police Officer Leif Haugen was the first emergency responder on scene. He took over CPR just minutes after the three citizens helped pull the unconscious diver out of the water. Herzberg said the citizens’ and Haugen’s quick action re-established Payseur’s breathing and heart beat.It’s just a good thing they were home, Herzberg said of Permenter and Murray, who live aboard a boat docked in the harbor. Fire District 3 personnel and Whidbey General Hospital paramedics arrived before 6:30 p.m. The paramedics transported Payseur to South Whidbey High School, where there was a helicopter to take her to Harborview.On Tuesday morning, a Harborview spokesperson said Payseur was in serious condition after undergoing treatment in a hyperberic chamber at Virginia Mason Hospital.”