Bodies of 4 Italian Divers Found in Maldives Cave
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"The divers are reported to have died while attempting to explore caves at a depth of 50 metres," Italy's foreign ministry said in a statement
The last words of one of the marine biologists who died in a scuba diving accident in the Maldives were a tribute to the lifelong passion that ultimately cost her life. Monica Montefalcone was among the five Italians vanished during a deep-water dive and presumed trapped inside a cave 200 feet underwater in the Indian Ocean island nation Thursday — in what officials called the single worst diving accident the idyllic nation has ever seen.