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Paul de Gelder On The Shark Attack That Saved His Life
Imagine being attacked by a 9-foot bull shark.
One moment you’re swimming peacefully in Sydney Harbor. The next minute you’re being rammed and pulled underwater, your leg and arm hopelessly trapped in the shark’s jaw.
The pain is unimaginable.
Death is certain.
But somehow, against all odds, you wriggle free.
Ultimately you lose that arm and that leg. But that shark? It doesn’t claim your life.
Instead, it gives you an entirely new one.
This is the extraordinary and inspiring ‘never say die' story of Paul de Gelder.
Truant and wayward throughout his teens, Paul left his Australian home town…
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