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Scuba Articles > Hobie > Press Release
World Record Shattered World Record Shattered
Hobie - 8/17/2009 10:48 AM
A cabinet minister and two governors were among the 2,861 people who dived into the waters off the North Sulawesi capital of Manado on Sunday for 31 minutes to win an entry to the Guinness Book of World Records, Antara news agency reported. “We have just smashed a world record today. It gives us pride as we can prove our country is a strong maritime nation,” Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Minister Freddy Numberi said after the mass dive. The number of participants in Manado set a new world recor...