These words will be etched on a granite monument to memorialize the work of professional oilfield divers.
Men who have worked in commercial diving pose with the life-sized statue of an oilfield diver at Morgan City's Monument Park. The man with his hand on the statue's shoulder is Jim Roberson of Florida, who is writing a book about oilfield diving.
Members of Scout Troop 49 carry the flags to open Saturday's ceremony at the Oilfield Divers Monument at Morgan City's Monument Park. At right is Rusty Wright, who first had the idea for a monument to honor the divers who worked in the early days of offshore energy production.
UPDATED WITH STORY: Plan for oilfield divers granite monument unveiled
Jim Roberson of Shalimar, Florida, was among the men who came Saturday to Morgan City to see plans for a new oilfield divers monument.