Never Know What You'll Find On A Leisurely Dive

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When scuba diving in Hong Kong, you see numerous nudibranchs, poisonous pufferfish, and the odd octopus. On September 14, my buddy and I spotted something different: a submerged World War II bomb.

I posted a photo on Facebook, hoping someone could determine if the device was an unexploded bomb, a practice bomb, or something else. Within 30 minutes, an officer of the Hong Kong Police's Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Bureau contacted me.

Over the next week, I answered questions about the suspected bomb and its location and shared more photos of the device. The EOD officer said it could be a 500-pound U.S. aerial bomb containing up to 267 pounds of TNT. On land, it could produce a blast radius of more than 1,500 meters. The officer asked if I could join a team of police divers in a search operation. I agreed. But could I find the bomb again?...

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