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While I’ve never swum with sharks, I have dedicated a significant portion of my life to journalism and cultural criticism.

He did find time to worry that the young and famous who rise rapidly might be abandoned once they've swum out too far.

So desperate are they to find safety that some have even crossed the Rusizi river in makeshift vessels or swum to reach Burundi, despite the dangerous journey killing many people including a three-year-old child.

Speaking to BBC News NI, they said he had previously swum competitively, including representing his university in varsity competitions.

One has swum the English Channel seven times.