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The Fin on the Highway: How She Survived 39 Meters Down
The Fin on the Highway: How She Survived 39 Meters Down
A single dive fin on a roadside, buckled tight and four miles from the nearest water, points to a near-fatal moment 39 meters beneath a Gulf inlet; how did a seasoned freediver survive when the line that guided her to the surface went slack and a boat raced through a no-wake zone at 30 miles per hour? Which split-second failure turned a routine ascent into a fight for breath and orientation?
In this episode, we recount the events surrounding the January 15, 2019 discovery and the previous afternoon’s dive that led to it, describing the…
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