World War II veteran breaks own scuba diving record at 96
1 / 9Ray Woolley, diver and World War Two veteran, is seen underwater during an attempt to break a new diving record as he turns 96 by taking the plunge at the Zenobia, a cargo ship wreck off the Cypriot town of LarnacaLARNACA, Cyprus - A 96-year-old celebrated his birthday on Saturday by breaking his own record as the world's oldest active scuba diver for the third year running, plunging to the depths of the equivalent of a 15-storey building to explore a shipwreck off Cyprus.
"Its just unbelievable. I've been diving now for 59 years and these are the sort of dives that you remember because there are so many divers with you," Woolley said, of the other 47 divers who swam with him. Woolley, who lives in Cyprus, was a radio operator in World War Two. Has sucessively broken two previous records he held in 2017 and 2018. He is originally from Port Sunlight in northwest England.
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