EPISODE · Jan 25, 2023 · 11 MIN
Play It Forward Episode 547 With Paul De Gelder Uncaged Never Say Die
from Arroe Collins Play It Forward: Missed Opportunity · host Arroe Collins
This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 547 With Shark Attack Survivor Paul De Gelder These three words - a mantra Paul learnt in the Australian Army as a young Paratrooper - resonated with him the first time he heard them. Paul de Gelder chased adventure wherever he could find it, from his wild ride as a hoodlum teen and his whirlwind lifestyle working in the music industry & in a strip club, to hauling his way up to the elite echelons of the Australian Defense Forces as an Army paratrooper and then a Navy bomb disposal diver. But trouble hunted him down in the form of a 9ft bull shark in February 2009 while diving for the Navy. Paul lost two limbs, and his career as a daredevil diver was flung into jeopardy.
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This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 547 With Shark Attack Survivor Paul De Gelder These three words - a mantra Paul learnt in the Australian Army as a young Paratrooper - resonated with him the first time he heard them. Paul de Gelder chased adventure wherever he could find it, from his wild ride as a hoodlum teen and his whirlwind lifestyle working in the music industry & in a strip club, to hauling his way up to the elite echelons of the Australian Defense Forces as an Army paratrooper and then a Navy bomb disposal diver. But trouble hunted him down in the form of a 9ft bull shark in February 2009 while diving for the Navy. Paul lost two limbs, and his career as a daredevil diver was flung into jeopardy.
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