1.
MV GIRL TIES SWIMMER'S FEET.
0.05

2.
CU TYING -- TILT TO MR. O.K. RAISING TOP HAT.
0.14

3.
SV GIRL TIES HIS HANDS.
0.17

4.
CU TYING HANDS.
0.22

5.
MV CAMERAMEN.
0.24

6.
SV MR. O.K. RAISES TIED HANDS.
0.27

7.
LV CROWD ON BRIDGE.
0.28

8.
MV MR. O.K. HOBBLES, DIVES INTO RIVER.
0.43

9.
LV MR. O.K. IN MID-RIVER.
0.51

10.
SLV PEOPLE ON BANK -- TILT TO MR. O.K. SWIMMING.
1.02

11.
GV PAN FROM BOAT TO LV SWIMMER ALONG.
1.07

12.
SV NEARING BANK TO MAN WITH LIFEBOAT.
1.16

13.
MV MR. O.K. WAVES HAT WITH TIED HANDS.
1.21

14.
CU SPECTATORS APPLAUD.
1.24

15.
SV MAN UN-TYING SWIMMER'S ANKLES.
1.28

16.
SV MR. O.K. UP RIVER STEPS.
1.34

17.
CU MR. O.K. APPLAUDED AND AWARDED MEDAL.
1.44

18.
CU CERTIFICATE -- TILT TO MR. O.K. HOLDING.
1.48



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Background: FOR MANY YEARS, ROMANS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH THE ANNUAL SPECTACLE OF RIC SONAL'S ANNUAL DIVE INTO THE RIVER TIBER FROM A HIGH BRIDGE. MR. SONAL, GENERALLY KNOWN TO THE SPECTATORS AS "MR. O.K.", YESTERDAY (THURSDAY) VARIED HIS FEAT BY DIVING WITH HIS HANDS AND FEET BOUND. PREDICTABLY, HOWEVER, HE SURVIVED AND REACHED THE BANK SAFELY.

MR. SONAL -- NOW AGED 70 -- HAS BEEN PERFORMING HIS ANNUAL DIVE, USUALLY ON HIS BIRTHDAY, BEFORE ADMIRING CROWDS WHO ARE ALWAYS GLAD TO CONTRIBUTE TO A COLLECTION AFTERWARDS.

AFTER YESTERDAY'S DIVE, AND WHEN HIS FEET AND ANKLES HAD BEEN FREED FROM THEIR BONDS, THE DARING "MR. O.K." SAID HE WOULD BE CONTINUING HIS EXPLOITS -- PROBABLY ON HIS NEXT BIRTHDAY.