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Shark Therapy: Wounded Soldiers learn coping skills in a shark tank

Army Spc. Jessica Knoerr holds a diving instructor's hand as she enters the shark tank during an Operation Shark Dive program at Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 10, 2017. The program gives ill, injured and wounded soldiers the opportunity to swim with sharks. Army photo by Spc. Erica Earl

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