Tracey Marshall used to be afraid of the ocean.
It began as a simple fear of the unknown. Marshall grew up in landlocked middle America, and her family didn’t have the means for vacations to the coasts. She didn’t catch her first glimpse of the ocean until she was 25 when she visited Fort Lauderdale with a friend. As she waded into the water, the salt stung her eyes. o Marshall found a beachside store and bought a visor and snorkel. But upon returning to the water and dipping her head below the surface, the first thing she saw was a snaggletoothed barracuda some 20 feet away.
Image: courtesy of Tracey Marshall
