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The evening before the reef is placed
the families take the opportunity to see and touch their loved ones' Memorial Reef. |
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Many left messages and notes on the
memorials. |
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The Memorial Reefs are prepared for
towing to the reef site. Because of a lack of barges in the area, we used the
floating method to get to the placement site. |
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The day of the placement the families
gathered at the Marco Island Yacht Club to board the charter boat for the trip to the reef
site. On the way out we see one of our tow boats pulling the last of the Memorial
Reefs to the site. |
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The families watch as divers lower the
Memorial Reefs to their final resting place. |
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The names of the individuals are
announced before the lowering occurs. The families watch and record the process.
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After the names were called and the
flowers were tossed to the sea, many took the time for reflection on the way back to the
dock. |
