Italy - Dive Into River Tiber

(1 Jan 1996) T/I 10:57:29 Following a fifty-year tradition, crowds in Rome celebrated the coming of the new year on Monday (1/1) by watching two men dive into the murky waters of the Tiber river. = Three men prepared for the jump by pouring champagne into the river but one opted out after police placed a ban on diving because of extremely high pollution levels. SHOWS: ROME, ITALY 1/1 0.00 WS Tiber river - PAN to bridge 0.13 Three shot dare devils cracking open champagne 0.15 SOT pop of cork 0.20 WS bridge with people watching 0.23 Two men on bridge 0.28 First man, Guiseppe Palmilli, jumps from bridge 0.32 Holds onto boat 0.33 Second man, Aldo Corieri, jumps from bridge 0.44 MS him on front of canoe 0.47 Gets on to police dinghy 0.55 Police dinghy motors off with corieri atop; waves 1.02 VISION ENDS Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...