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• A Florida scientist who calls himself "Dr. Deep Sea" resurfaced on June 9 ... after spending 100 days underwater.
CNN reported that Dr. Joseph Dituri, 55, a biomedical engineer who teaches at the University of South Florida, began his research mission, when he dove to the bottom of the Emerald Lagoon in Key Largo, Florida.
Dituri stayed in Jules' Undersea Lodge, an underwater hotel, during his record-setting stint below the surface, and he hopes that the data gleaned from all that time underwater will help researchers understand the effects of compression on the human body.
"My greatest hope is that I have inspired a new generation of explorers and researchers to push past all boundaries," Dituri said in a news release. [CNN.com, 6/11/2023]