120 days: German man sets world record for living under water

To celebrate, Rudiger Koch toasted with champagne and smoked a cigar before leaping into the Caribbean Sea

A German aerospace engineer has celebrated setting a world record for the longest time living under water without depressurisation – 120 days in a submerged capsule off the coast of Panama.

Rudiger Koch, 59, emerged from his 30 sq metre home under the sea on Friday in the presence of Guinness World Records adjudicator Susana Reyes.

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