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I look up from the photos to see this smiling, still-athletic 85-year-old European gentleman I have come to know so well. It takes a certain fearlessness to dive off that high platform – for fun. He just smiles with a ‘Yeah-sure that’s-nothing’ attitude and keeps on talking.
Were you a diver too?? What kind of dives did you do?
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I had a fun jump or skit I’d do for fun. I would jump off the platform like I was riding a horse. I’d jump first and go high; then the next diver would jump after me and dive under me, and we landed in the water like I was riding a horse, with my legs over him. It was a fun skit for people to watch. I did other kinds of humorous dives. – Henry Zguda
Photos from Henry’s personal photo album.