"Breath" A Master Diver's Survival Tales
"Breath" A Master Diver's Survival Tales
Rick Bettua should be dead. Many times over. The retired US Navy Master Diver suffered a devastating attack by a 12-foot bull shark that shredded his thigh from his knee to his hip. By the time he reached the shore 90 minutes later, he’d bled out, he had no pulse, and wasn’t breathing. Yet, emergency medical workers didn’t give up. His miraculous recovery in late 2020 was just the most recent of his numerous underwater life-and-death experiences.
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