What effect does jumping off the George Washington Bridge have on the human body?
KEITH: Blunt trauma. Heavy duty blunt trauma. Water is very dense. The impact I’m sure isn’t concrete but the effect is pretty close. We’ve had guys who belly-flopped and ruptured every possible thing inside you can imagine in their body. And we’ve also had guys who’ve jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge and then swam to the boat. DAVID: When did you first start diving? KEITH: I started when I was about 15. I was working at a local dive shop in Staten Island cleaning wetsuits, working on a boat, doing whatever I had to do. I was the only one in my family that dove. I have three older brothers. My grandfather had a house out in the Hamptons, so my childhood was essentially spent out there. We were always fishing, always clamming. And now I remember floundering around on my living room floor with some cushions tied to my back with a belt. I was probably five years old. I always knew I wanted to dive. So I learned how to dive, and from the dive shop I started working as a mate on a boat that t
