Paul Blanchette, a veteran scuba diver of 37 years, died off the coast of Gloucester on May 18 during a dive to a sunken wreck.
(Marcie Bilinski)
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Paul Blanchette, a veteran scuba diver of 37 years, died off the coast of Gloucester on May 18 during a dive to a sunken wreck.
(Marcie Bilinski)
GLOUCESTER - In the small, close-knit circle of deep-sea divers in New England, Paul Blanchette was a star. He had made 57 trips to survey the sunken luxury liner Andrea Doria, and last fall he was one of the first divers to reach the wreck of the steamship Portland, located in water 460 feet deep on Stellwagen Bank. (Full article: 914 words)
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