New York Is For--scuba Lovers?
February 20, 2007 @ 10:56 AM (EST)
Source: Amny.com
New York as a scuba diving destination? Not so far-fetched.
Subway ads have long enticed riders to snorkel or scuba dive in the Caribbean, but officials in Albany are quietly working on a campaign to promote the Empire State's own underwater heritage. "We've got thousands of shipwrecks in New York," said Steven Resler, assistant bureau chief of the state's Division of Coastal Resources. "Think of the history of the United States, what is today New York was really the center of the development of the nation."...
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