in 1967 I was just a eight year-old little blond kid tanned by the afternoon sun of Boa Viagem beach in Recife city,the Capital of Pernambuco state in northeast Brazil.School in the morning and,as swift as could be,I never let pass more than one minute inside the classroom right after the bell sounded freedom for all of us : falling back home and straight to the beach was daily affair for me,raining or shining was never a question!
The sea waters of that beach where I dived and where I learned to swim when I was still a seven year old boy was second only to Australia coast concerning shark attack,as it is today,the newspapers and television show worldwide every day.
I never gave a damn about that,because at that time,little boys were not offered newspapers as to get acquainted on where and when sharks would give a bite.