Video of the Day: An Underwater City for the Dead

Posted October 17, 2016
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Today's video of the day comes to us from the Great Big Story and takes us to an underwater burrial site off of Miami.  The underwater graveyard looks more like Atlantis than Arlington and is made from cement that is mixed with the ashes of departed loved ones. The Reef is open to the public so families can dive down to visit their loved ones on the sea bottom.

 


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