[Times files, 2004]

An aerial view shows why the Eagle Nest sinkhole, located in northwestern Hernando County, may have gotten its name. At least six divers have died there since 1981, the latest this week.

One miracle away from death

Others have died diving in the caves of Eagle Nest Sink. Not Judi Bedard. Her long struggle back to life after an accident in 2005 has not diminished her love of the deep.

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