The Key Largo Christ Statue Champion has passed. Gabe you will be missed.

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DiveHeart

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We were hoping to get Gabe back to Key Largo to dive the Christ Statue that he brought to the U.S. from Italy back in the 1960s one last time. But time was not on our side. Gabriel Spataro passed away last week. Here is Gabes story...
#christstatue #ChristOfTheDeep #keylargo #keylargoflorida #KoreanWar #veterans #Visuallyimpared #christoftheabyss
#HinesVA #blindscuba #armystrong #disabledveteran #therapy
Here Gabe is with Scuba Board Founder Pete Murray on the statue he brought to the U.S.
gabe wreath front.jpeg
 
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