Commentary: There Are Those Who Get out of the Water When There’s a Shark, and Those Who Get In

South Florida Sun Sentinel editor Mark Gauert guesses that his close encounter happened with a bull shark. Stefan Pircher/Dreamstime/TNS

By Mark Gauert From South Florida Sun Sentinel

The “bucket-list” trip to Bimini called for stops for conch fritters, a tour of the Dolphin House Museum — and a boat tour, “where we go swimming with reef sharks.”