- Title: Divers mark the New Year with traditional plunge into River Tiber
- Date: 1st January 2017
- Summary: ROME, ITALY (JANUARY 1, 2017) (REUTERS) CAVOUR BRIDGE OVER RIVER TIBER VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GATHERING ON CAVOUR BRIDGE RESCUE BOAT IN RIVER MAN LOOKING OVER BRIDGE EMERGENCY WORKERS MEASURING DEPTH OF RIVER WITH ROPE DIVER ON BRIDGE PREPARING TO JUMP AS CROWDS APPLAUD PEOPLE WATCHING FROM BRIDGE DIVER JUMPING FROM BRIDGE INTO RIVER AND SWIMMING DIVER DIVING INTO WATER FROM BRIDGE PEOPLE ON BRIDGE WITH DIVER PREPARING TO JUMP ANOTHER DIVER DIVING INTO WATER FROM BRIDGE PEOPLE ON BRIDGE OVER RIVER VETERAN DIVER MAURIZIO PALMULLI, ALSO KNOWN AS "MISTER O.K." PREPARING TO DIVE PEOPLE TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS FROM BRIDGE AND APPLAUDING MISTER O.K. DIVING INTO RIVER MISTER O.K. SWIMMING TO RESCUE BOAT AND BEING PULLED ON BOARD RESCUE BOAT, THEN WAVING TO CROWD CANOES ON TIBER RIVER UNDER BRIDGE
- Embargoed: 16th January 2017 12:21
- Keywords: Rome Tiber dive New Year Italy. celebration
- Location: ROME, ITALY
- City: ROME, ITALY
- Country: Italy
- Topics: Human Interest/Brights/Odd News,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA0015X8ZG3R
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A group of Italians plunged off a bridge into the freezing waters of Rome's Tiber River on Sunday (January 1).
The annual Tiber Dive has been celebrated on the first day of the New Year since 1946. This year four divers took part, some with more style than others, diving or jumping off the 17-metre high Cavour Bridge in the centre of the Italian capital.
Veteran diver, 64-year-old Maurizio Palmulli, known as Mister O.K., took his place for the final dive. He saluted the crowd after being pulled from the water onto a rescue boat after his dive. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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