Maritime wreck sites offer deep adventure below Lake Erie.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: September 13, 2002| Author: Schleis, Paula | Copyright information

AKRON, Ohio _ A crystal blue sky is reflected in the calm surface of Lake Erie, both elements on their best behavior as Steven Woods adjusts his goggles and checks his air tank.

But the Cuyahoga Falls man knows these old friends are partners in crime, burying their victims in a murky world that holds the greatest concentration of shipwrecks on Earth.

Woods slips into the lake and uses the anchor line to guide him to a graveyard 75 feet below. There, he runs hi...