#OnThisDay August 22, 2001
The days and hours preceding the crash had been happy and productive ones for Aaliyah. Work on the “Rock the Boat” video had begun in Miami on Aug. 22 with a nine-hour shoot on a soundstage, followed by a late-night trip to a local outdoor pool, where Aaliyah was filmed underwater in a sheer black dress with a long train. “At first she was real nervous,” says production assistant Norman Sadler, 33. “Once she got comfortable, she was in the water for four hours. She was a real pro.” – People Magazine {Sept. ‘01 Issue}.
Aaliyah would shoot her underwater scenes at the FIU Biscayne Bay Campus.
The FIU Biscayne Bay Campus (BBC) is located on Biscayne Boulevard in North Miami. This scenic campus right on the bay is FIU’s second largest at nearly 200 acres and 7,000 students. How cool is that, to know Aaliyah shot an iconic music video at your school!