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Harry Hauk is #HotterThanFireForOthers / #community #environment #socialresponsibility #shouldertotheplow

updated 2/9/16 When I was thirteen, my uncle signed me up for SCUBA diving certification. The SCUBA Center headquarters was deep inside a heavily guarded, top secret U.S. military base in the suburbs of Puerto Rico.  There was a man by the name of Harry Hauk, known by all as ā€˜Haukā€™  who operated and owned the best SCUBA school on the island since 1968. He became my SCUBA teacher for two or so months. He and his team trained me in basic  open water  certification. Hauk  was a Special Forces  ā€˜Frog Manā€™ for the U.S. Navy, a philanthropist and a man of the community.   Hauk was a welcoming, down to earth man that never stopped giving his all for the local community, his country and humanity.  He even swam the English Channel with his family  in a  relay race and committed himself to constant feats including swimming the the circumference of Puerto Rico  to raise awareness for the environment. A central pa...