“In order to be a good diver you have to have a screw loose because you are throwing yourself off of these metal diving boards and 10-meter platforms made of concrete,” Pollard said.

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That path toward healing, let alone finding a diving board again, was an arduous process. “Man, it was a long recovery process,” Bebenroth said. “I was in the ICU for about a week.