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Egyptian divers’ record in cleaning up Red Sea beaches inspires Florida beach clean-up campaign
Divers’ record in cleaning up Egypt’s Red Sea beaches has inspired divers to launch a similar campaign to clean up Florida beach andset a new world record.
A team of 633 divers launched a campaign to clean up the waters near the Deerfield Beach International Fishing Pier, in Florida, from trash and debris from the ocean floor.
Divers came from all over the world to participate in the event, some of them travelling from as far away as Europe and South America.
The number of divers who participated in Florida clean-up campaign set a new world record with additional 19 divers in comparison with the number of divers who participated in the Red Sea clean-up campaign.
The divers set the world record for the largest underwater cleanup ever. A team from the Guinness World Records organization was present at the scene to count the divers.
The previous record was set in 2015 by a group of 614 divers in the Red Sea, who were led by Ahmed Gabr, a former Egyptian Army scuba diver.
Michael Empric, an adjudicator for Guinness, said “It doesn’t matter what happens today with the Guinness World Records. What really matters is that everyone is out there cleaning up around the pier and trying to improve the community.”
The divers in Florida were able to recover at least 1,626 pounds of trash and 60 pounds of fishing line. However, Tyler Bourgoine, one of the divers who participated in the cleanup, said that the number is likely to rise as crews work to weigh all of the debris that was collected.
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