Great Wite Shark
At the start of this year, I watched the movie Jaws just out of curiosity. It still had an unnerving effect on me. A couple of years ago, my client lost his little daughter in the sea off the coast of Kwa-Zulu-Natal. Her nanny took them to the sea, and the little girl disappeared. They found her remains the following day. Sharks caught her and ate parts of her body. My client felt immense devastation and grief. I attended her funeral, where they laid her body in a tiny white coffin. That changed my attitude towards swimming in the ocean. The next experience I want to talk about happened when I was in high school. One day, some friends and I went to Simonstown to swim, snorkel, and spear fish. Sounds okay! Well, the weather was perfect, and the train ride there went well. There were many people and kids already splashing and enjoying the water, which settled our nerves, and there were no warning signals. I swam to the floating raft, where many were climbing on and jumping of...