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Offers an account of the lure, thrills, and danger of scuba diving through the true story of the deaths of Chris and Chrissy Rouse, a father and son, from decompression sickness while exploring a sunken German submarine.
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&;Superbly written and action-packed, The Last Dive ranks with such adventure classics as The Perfect Storm and Into Thin Air.&;&;Tampa TribuneSpurred on by a fatal combination of obsession and ambition, Chris and Chrisy Rouse, an experienced father-son scuba diving team, hoped to achieve wide-spread recognition for their outstanding and controversial diving skills by solving the secrets of a mysterious, undocumented, World War II German U-boat that lay only a half day&;s mission from New York Harbor.The Rouses found the ultimate cost of chasing their personal challenge: death from what divers dread the most&;decompression sickness, or &;the bends.&; In this gripping recounting of their tragedy, author Bernie Chowdhury, himself an expert diver, explores the thrill-seeking, high-risk world of deep sea diving, its legendary figures, most celebrated triumphs, and notorious tragedies.
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