missmuffet Posted June 10, 2013 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,992 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,690 Content Per Day: 11.79 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted June 10, 2013 http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/06/09/korean-war-vet-takes-dive-to-religious-statue/?test=latestnews May 18, 2013: Gabe Spataro, 80, sees the Christ of the Abyss statue for the first time in its final resting spot in the waters off Key Largo. (AP/Miami Herald) Korean War veteran Gabe Spataro's recent dive to an underwater statue of Jesus he helped transport from Italy to the United States was a reunion 51 years in the making. Spataro, 80, came face-to-face with the famous "Christ of the Deep" statue for the first time in its final resting spot in the waters off Key Largo, Florida, in a May 18 dive he called "inspirational," The Miami Herald reported. The statue of Jesus, commissioned by Italian dive equipment manufacturer Egidio Cressi, is a replica of Italian sculptor Guido Galletti's "Il Cristo degli Abissi," which was submerged in 1954 in the Mediterranean Sea on the Italian Riviera, the newspaper reported. In 1961, Spataro, an avid diver, was reportedly tasked with transporting the replica from Genoa, Italy, to Chicago, where it was to be put on display at the Underwater Society of America's convention the following year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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