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Divers In Training Help Out A Struggling Museum

Divers do a lot more than just dive. Students of the International Diving Institute (IDI) are trained in commercial diving. They learn how to clean and repair ships while underwater. Ships get very rusty when they sit in salt water. The Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum has many historic ships that need maintenance. Because of the pandemic, the museum has lost a lot of funds and can no longer hire commercial divers. The solution was for the museum to partner with the IDI. The students of IDI get hands-on experience working on ships, and the museum gets free services.

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