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Divers take New Year's plunge
01/01/2008 18:56 - (SA)
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into 2008 with a New Year's Day dive into Rome's chilly Tiber
River.(AP) |
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Rome - Three middle-aged men plunged
into 2008 with a New Year's Day dive into Rome's chilly Tiber
River on Tuesday.
Crowds gathered to watch the 17-metre dive off the
picturesque Cavour bridge, a tradition begun more than a
half-century ago.
"I hope you all have a wonderful New Year," said one of the
divers, addressing onlookers in Italian. He dedicated his plunge
to world peace.
"Lets stop all these wars. Everyone should come down to the
river with me instead of killing each other - Come On!"
Italy's Corriere della Sera said on its website that two of
the men were aged 40 and the other 56. Two were Italian and the
third born in Syria, the report said.
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