Shark kills surfer on protected beach: The frailty of life and urgency of compassion
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 10 September 2020
⏱️ 7 minutes
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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
A surfer was killed this week by a shark off a shark-protected beach. Today's podcast tells his story, then we discuss other examples of our need for a Shepherd and focus on ways he can work in us and through us to heal our world.
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| 1:25.9 | Nick Slater, age 46, was fatally mauled Tuesday off a beach protected by shark netting. |
| 1:33.3 | His death is only the second fatal shark attack at one of the 85 beaches in Queensland, Australia, |
| 1:39.3 | that have been protected by nets and drum lines since 1962. Sharks can swim under and around the |
| 1:46.7 | nets, which is apparently what happened this week. In other news, a dentist in New York City is |
| 1:52.4 | seeing an epidemic of cracked teeth, sometimes six a day. She attributes this to pandemic-induced |
| 1:58.8 | stress, working from home with bad posture, |
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