In August of 2005, John and his partners put together an expedition to the most famous shipwreck in the world, RMS Titanic. They dove the wreck to a depth of approximately 12,500 feet in the MIR submersibles from the Russian Research Ship Keldysh. Their exploration was featured on the History Channel special Titanic's Final Moments – Missing Pieces. This award-winning project was a first for John and his long time dive partner Richie Kohler in that they worked both in front of, and behind the camera. They produced the program with their close friend, Emmy Award winner Kirk Wolfinger.

Their Titanic exploits are now the subject of a new bestselling book by Brad Matsen, Titanic's Last Secrets. Last Secrets is published by Twelve Publishers, and so far has received wonderful reviews.

John spends much of his time these days in the Dominican Republic, where he is a partner in Pirates Cove Dive Center in the town of Samana, along Samana Bay. He is diving the beautiful waters of Hispañola looking for colonial era shipwrecks, with his friend and dive partner, John Mattera.

When not diving around the world, John and his lovely wife Carla make their home in Harpswell, Maine.

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