WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (11 Mar 2009) — On what can only be described as perfect dive conditions, one charter heads out of Palm Beach inlet following the wake of Jack Nicklaus's mega yacht into the wide open Atlantic where a very special dive awaits. "It's been tough, I definitely have painful days and days where I struggle. I've come a long way in two months." says Rob Murphy. Murphy never thought he would see this day come. A day that took every ounce of strength in rehab to make happen which came down to shear determination. "Little nervous but mostly excited, this is my passion, this is what I love." Murphy's last dive trip into the Atlantic left him as a double amputee. Rob was spearfishing. When he surfaced a boat throttled over him. The propeller caught his legs severing them at the knees. On this day he's put the past behind him. Surrounded by close friends he gears up ready to plunge into a new chapter of his life. "You good to go," shouts one of his friends. Rob responds with a cheerful "Yes!" With that a 26 year old who never thought he would dive again submerged 80 feet into tropical blue water reclaiming his passion for the ocean. Swimming with a speargun and a scooter he corrects and compensates with his hands navigating in a current that no other dive could come close to. "It all just came back to me like I hadn't been out for more than a week." The pain, the scars, the suffering is gone. One young man took what most people would think as impossible and defined it in a whole new way. "It's so great it's such a boost for my spirits after spending so much time in the in the hospital laid up at home. It was so great to get back out there do it again, this is what I love." Rob Murphy says he will continue to dive as often as possible and it will be easier when he gets specially modified dive prosthetics. He also plans to continue his work with dive flag awareness and a new handicap scuba training program. | 
