Florida’s ‘Dr. Deep Sea’ resurfaces after 100 days living underwater, shattering previous record
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A Florida professor, who spent 100 days living 30 feet underwater, resurfaced Friday breaking the record for the longest time living underwater without depressurization.
"For 100 days I’ve been exploring," Dituri said. "I’ve been exploring for life, the life of the oceans and the life for generations to come." In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, diving explorer and medical researcher Dr. Joseph Dituri points to his watch Friday, June 9, 2023, indicating that it is time to surface after spending 100 days in the Jules' Undersea Lodge marine habitat at the bottom of a Key Largo, Fla., lagoon. (Mariano Lorde/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP) In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, diving explorer and medical researcher Dr. Joseph Dituri surfaces Friday, June 9, 2023, after living for 100 days in the Jules' Undersea Lodge marine habitat at the bottom of a lagoon in Key Largo, Fla. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP) Dituri broke the previous 73-day record for underwater human habitation at ambient pressure, undertook medical and marine science research and interacted online with more than 5,500 students during his Project Neptune 100 mission organized by the Marine Resources Development Foundation. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP) Sarah Rumpf-Whitten is a writer on the breaking news team for Fox News Digital. You can reach her on Twitter at @s_rumpfwhitten.
Dituri shattered the previous mark of 73 days, two hours and 34 minutes set by two Tennessee professors at the same lodge in 2014. On his 74th. day, Guinness World Records listed Dituri as the record holder on its website.