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Divers of South Florida Do Their Part In Ocean Cleanup While Setting Record
Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through Sun-Sentinel's website.
Sun Sentinel reports that earlier this month, 633 scuba divers gathered to clean trash from the ocean floor near the Deerfield Beach International Fishing Pier. Guinness adjudicator Michael Empric made a rare trip from New York City to do the official head count between 9 a.m and 11 a.m. “I actually stood there and clicked off everyone as they got in the water,” he said sporting the dark blue Guinness blazer and teal tie in 87 degree heat.
According to the Sun-Sentinel article, "Divers entered the ocean in waves and had to stay in the water at least 15 minutes to be counted." Dahlia Bolin, 13, was among them. Diver and environmentalist RJ Harper, who helped recruit divers for the event, reported that the divers recovered 1,600 pounds of lead fishing weights alone, the result of years of anglers cutting bait. To prove your world record, you must go to GuinnessWorldRecords.com website and open an application, as well as supply evidence that a particular record has been broken and it may take months to verify.
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