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A group of local SCUBA instructors are opening up the underwater world to disabled people in Northwest Ohio.

Recently, an exceptional young woman who works here at NBC24 became their first student.

Tenesha Ulrich uses a wheelchair to get around on land.

But in the water, she is just as mobile as anyone else.

I talked with Tenesha and her instructor, Jeff Davis, about the experience.

Tenesha: "And I put my feet actually on the floor of the pool and I straightened my legs out and then it was like I was standing up."

Jeff: "And you know when she came out of the water and she was just glowing from ear to ear."

The hope is that more disabled students will take up SCUBA. It is especially gratifying for disabled veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

We have links to the Diveheart Foundation and to AquaHut of Toledo below.