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You're Not Such a Big Fish After All, Sir Richard! Branson and U.S. War Vets Swim With Sharks to Promote Conservation

Author: John Hutchinson
Source: Daily Mail [1]
November 9, 2012

"He may display all the traits of a predator when it comes to business and entrepreneurship, but Virgin Group founder Richard Branson put himself at the mercy of nature as he dived with SHARKS.

Joining American war veterans, some of whom are badly injured, Branson descended down to the sea bed off the coast of Bahamas as he stepped up his efforts in promoting the conservation of the endangered tiger shark.

At the oceans bed, Branson and three severely injured American soldiers - Sergeants Stephen Jackel Jr., Chris Maddeford, and Captain Marlene Krpata - posed next to a 14-foot tiger shark named Emma."

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