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For the love of a lady
21:27 p.m. EST Oct 26, 2003
Published 12:07 p.m. EDT Oct 13, 2003
Earlier this summer diver Francisco "Pipin" Ferreras announced his plans to match his wife Audrey Mestre's unofficial world record (on training) of 561 feet (168.3 meters) August 11, on what should have been her birthday. The dive was to be made in her honor as Audrey lost her life in her record attempt. But that day came and went without a dive attempt. Instead, a new date was set ; October 12, 2003, exactly one year after Audrey’s passing. "The dive will be in her honor; there is no other way!"
And yesterday, Pipin did it.
Off the coast of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, Pipin Ferreras set an official 'No Limits' free diving world record of 558 feet. The record took 2 minutes 39 seconds.
''This was a very difficult and sad dive for me,'' Pipin told Miami Herald:
"Audrey did the dive with me and helped me make it back.''
Audrey Mestre, 28, died Oct. 12 last year in a "no-limits" dive with a target depth of 561 feet (168.3 meters). She was trying to break the world record of 531.5 feet (159.5 meters), set by her famous husband, Francisco "Pipin" Ferreras in January 2000.
Image courtesy of iafdusa.com
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