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On a foggy July night time in 1956, the Italian cruise liner Andrea Doria, bound for NY, was struck broadside by another vessel. In eleven time, she would sink almost 250 foot to the murky Atlantic Ocean floor. Thanks to a daring rescue procedure, only 51 of more than 1,700 people perished in the tragedy. But the Andrea Doria continues to be taking lives. Considered the Mt. Everest of diving, the Andrea Doria is the ultimate deepwater wreck problem. Over time, a little but fanatical group of extreme scuba divers have looked into the Andrea Doria, moving themselves to the very limits of human endurance to explore her-and not all have delivered. Diver Kevin McMurray goes inside this elite club with a difficult, honest look at those who go further, farther, and closer to the edge than others would ever dream. Profound Descent is the riveting true history of the human spirit overcoming human frailty and of fearsome, mortal risks bought and sold for a hard-core adrenaline hurry. Chronicling these ventures in his remarkable narrative, McMurray pulls us deeper in to the cold heart and soul of the unforgiving sea, supplying us a powerful vision of a destination to which few will ever have the skills-or the courage-to go.
