The water is very peaceful.

You know, the water isn't the dangerous part.

It's the people.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (Wind whistling) (waves crashing) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (indiscernible conversations) (wind whistling) >> After a dive, you always have to wash your gear, because if you leave the salt water on it, it can rot.

And it's a part of diving that I don't like, but it has to be done.

>> Filling the tanks at the dive shop is a is a routine job.

I know, but I really enjoy it.

But when all the air gets compressed in a compressor and it's put into the tank, it gets warm.

You put your four empty tanks into the into the basin It has the fresh water in it that keeps the tanks cool so it won't expand too much.

Hey guys, how many tanks you want me to fill?

>> Fill about ten of them.

>> You know, the oval rings are pitted.

>> Yeah, that's what I thought it was.

Here's a new one.

When we do have a question about the equipment, we usually do go to dice.

He likes us to carry on regulators because he it's a responsibility.

And you know, how are you regulator acts.

And if there's anything wrong with it, you'll know it right away.

>> How does it breathe?

>> Good.

>> Okay.

The first dive this morning was 60ft for 40 minutes.

And the second dive was about be 50ft for 15 minutes.

Guys, you want to get to the table?

>> When you're getting ready to dive, the first thing you should do is, is plan out your dive.

This is called a no decompression table.

You should know that, know the depth you're going.

And then from that, you could look at the tables and see what your time limit is on the bottom.

And that would prevent you from getting nitrogen sickness.

You know, the bends.

....number 50 meters >> Okay, okay.

One other thing.

Me and Damien have been practicing body breathing.

So, Nicole, I want you and Christian to practice.

Buddy breathe on this next dive just to keep them practicing >> Get some good practice, you know, good.

We'll do that.

Okay.

Yes.

We're about ready.

>> All right, let's go.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Okay, Christian.

Drop it!

When you're gearing up for a dive, this is the life support that you are putting on.

So you have to put it on very carefully and check it all out piece by piece.

And you have.

You have to know what you're doing.

♪ ♪ >> Everybody has their own way of getting down, Christian, just kind of sinks Damien usually goes head first right down.

And I go down feet first and use my hands like two wings.

When Nicole and I practice buddy breathing, the first thing I do is I attract her attention.

Buddy breathing is like if you were to run out of air, you share your buddy's air.

There's a lot of trust in it.

There's faith.

>> It does become a bit scary.

You just feel like you have to have the air more and more.

You know.

But you know that your body has to have as much air as you do.

So you make sure you keep it fair.

The water is very peaceful.

You know, the water isn't the dangerous part.

It's the people, because they're the one that makes the mistakes.

♪ >> I think I like Key diving the best.

It's a surreal, eerie feeling when you get inside.

You know, there's a lot of dark holes around.

And my little eyes looking at you, it's almost like you're in somebody else's house, you know, like, like open the walls.

You can just imagine little people living up in there.

you know, little villages and things.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ It's just like a different world.

You just move so easy.

And you feel.

You feel like you're in space or on a different planet.

♪ Diving has really opened my mind a lot.

Because it's an untouched world, you know?

♪ ♪ ♪ >> Not a pretty place, is it?

You know, there are a lot of kids in the doing stuff.

It's guaranteed to put them right behind these bars.

If something doesn't happen to stop it.

There's a group of people in Concord, New Hampshire, called friends who believes there's nothing like a friend to help a kid in trouble.

Now, I'm not talking about somebody who thinks you're cool or who agrees with everything you say, but a real friend, somebody who will level with you, who will give you a second chance.

Someone to show you the way out.

A good friend can make you take an honest look at what you've done, If you're willing.

Because sometimes when you're getting away with stuff, it's hard to see where it's all going to end.

(prison door buzzes shut) (siren sounds) I mean, why seeing it is, you found the stuff for kids.

You go in, you spend time there, and you try to solve all your problems in a way.

But that when you're at right, you see, it doesn't help you because it just it just you just get locked up.

I think you just get more inside you.

And if you don't have a friend that you could talk to about it, that you could grow and you can have more inside, you could cause more trouble with things.

>> Boys, the things that you've done, if done by an adult would be a crime called breaking and entering.

And that adult could be sent to jail for up to seven years.

But because you are juveniles, the worst thing I can do to you is to send you to and keep you at a juvenile institution (echoing of the word "institution") (glass shatters) What's over there?

What's in there?

Nothing in here.

Let's see.

Where's the light?

>> I don't know.

Check on that wall (sirens sounding) >> Oh, this is pretty decent Oh my God, Wow!

Look at corner.

Look, at all these towers.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Hey Mack come here.

Well, who are these stupid people.

>> Hey, there's an office with a light.

Be cool.

Look at.... That's just.

Yeah.

Matt, watch this!

Oh, oh.

Is this coffee?

Candy bars.

You want to get some?

>> Yeah I'll get it.

(sirens sounding) Officer #1> Lights 770 Officer #2> 10-3 Officer #1> I'll take... You take the left.

Officer #2> Confirmed.

(indiscernible conversations) Look at all the stuff that we got.

>> Whoa!

>> Want This?

Five, seven.

I got this.

>> However, I'm not going to send you to an institution.

Because the whole concept of our juvenile laws is that, if possible, juveniles should stay in the community.

I am therefore going to only put you on probation and recommend that you voluntarily enter into the friends program, and through it, agree to pay back in some part the person's harmed by your acts.

This is called restitution.

>> When the kid first comes into the friends program, they have to make the decision whether they want to come in and not.

Well, the basic friends program tries to do for the kid is try to get them straightened out, straightened out, and, you know, not get into trouble so he can so he doesn't have to, you know, form restitution and stuff so he can do what he wants to.

Restitution is, doing something to make up for make up for the crime you did.

And you.

>> Okay, guys, I'm leaving now.

This is your problem, and I'm not going to do your talking for you.

It's up to you.

Hi, Mr. Rubin.

Hi.

I'm Rich Max from the friends program.

>> Rich, glad to meet you.

>> Nice to meet you, sir.

>> This is Joey.

>> Hi, Joey.

>> And Matt.

>> How are you doing, Matt?

>> These are the boys who broke into your business, and they thought they'd like to come talk to you about it.

>> I'd like to hear what they have to say.

Care to sit down?

>> Thank you.

>> Fellows, we've been sitting here for over an hour.

I have better things to do to sit waiting for you.

I haven't heard anyone say anything.

Not even that they're sorry.

>> Come on, guys, you agree to come here, you know it can be helpful to you Mr. William and I are just not going to do the thinking for you.

You got to come up with a plan.

This is a good chance for you to help yourself.

>> Was there anything I can do around here to pay for what I did?

>> There's plenty of things.

I haven't even heard.

Whether you're sorry or not.

>> I'm sorry.

>> Sorry.

You are sorry.

Well, we have some work we can do around here by cleaning up those floors that you messed up.

I also have a friend that has a whole bunch of wood that has to be cut.

>> I can chop the wood?

>> You do the wood.

>> Well...

I can do the floors >> And can do the floors.

Sounds good to me.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I think kids are probably keep.

Keep causing trouble because they don't have no one to turn to, to talk to about things they do about and maybe help them.

I'd say I'm in that.

That I did get a lot of help our Friends program.

I just, maybe I could have.

I should have put more of myself.

You know, I think I counted on my senior friend too much.

Having a friend right helps you, but everything's really counting on you yourself.

Really.

Mostly.

But your friend helps you.

Helps you count on yourself more, you know?

I mean, I know if I run away that I will end up wind up back at the bad.

You see the bad parts of it.

And I'll be there for a long amount of time.

>> You're looking forward to getting away from here?

>> Yeah, that's why I'm not running.

Because I don't want to stay longer if I run.

Eventually you will get caught.

(door slams) ♪ >> You guys, it's in here somewhere.

>> Yeah, this is it.

(indiscernible conversations) Well, I don't know what earthball is.

I never heard of it before, >> We're still getting to it.

(indiscernible conversations) >> Well, it's something like playing hockey with an oversize volleyball and you can play these different games with it, like, it's almost like soccer.

If that's it, that's it, I think so.

It's so small.

Well, let's play.

Oh, no, I never played it before.

And I heard that it's a giant ball to be passed around by everybody.

(indiscernible conversations) >> Well I heard that you take this it's like a balloon type of thing and you just blow it up, and supposedly it stands over six feet tall and earthball, it's huge.

It's really huge.

And an inflated super ball.

(indiscernible conversations) Yeah.

There it is.

Okay.

Give that.

We need some power.

Yeah, I got a... (vacuum motor starts) ♪ (indiscernible conversations) ♪ ♪ >> Like it's big and round.

The one we played was looked like red and blue.

One we're probably going to be playing with looks like a Nerf.

(indiscernible conversations) don't rush it.

Artists take their time.

Oh.

Thank you.

I need the green paintbrush.

I need it too.

How's the ocean coming along?

Fine.

>>Which one?

>>Either.

>> How's the Pacific?

(indiscernible conversations) >> Oh, this looks nice.

How's it going?

Wow.

It's a- >> I have no idea how they get an earthball here.

They probably roll it or bounce it.

I don't know how large it is.

Might be interesting to see how they get it through downtown Chicago, though.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I, I think playing with this many people is going to be scary.

>> Like it's teamwork.

That's the best thing about it.

♪ ♪ >> Gather around.

Come on.

>> Hi.

My name's Bonnie.

I'm really glad you all came to play earthball with us today.

You're all sitting around this parachute here.

And in a little while, I want you to all stand up and hold on real tight to the edge.

And then after we get it going really good.

Then these girls over here, are going to throw that big earthball right over your heads into this parachute.

Okay, here comes the ball.

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