May 12, 2008
The Neptune Memorial Reef
An underwater cemetery off the coast of Key Biscayne allows for the remains of 850 in its first phase.
In March, the remains of 93-year-old diver Bert Kilbride — who called himself “The Last Pirate of the Caribbean” — were placed atop a column of the reef’s main gate, because of his contributions to the sea. Kilbride was named the oldest living scuba diver in this year’s Guinness Book of World Records. “I think he would feel very honored,” his son Gary Kilbride said. “This is somebody who has been connected to the sea his whole life.”
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