ANCHOR: I'M SURE MANY HAVE
EITHER WATCHED SHARK WEEK OR
HEARD ABOUT IT.
IMAGINE IF YOU GOT THE
OPPORTUNITY TO FLY TO PARADISE
AND STUDY ALONGSIDE SHARK
WEEK'S WELLKNOWN RESEARCHER
AND MARINE BIOLOGIST DR.
GOODRICH WHO HAS WORKED WITH
THE LIKES OF NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC AND THE DISCOVERY
CHANNEL?
THAT BECAME THE REALITY FOR 2
PATRICK HENRY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
STUDENTS.
HALEY HENSON HAS THE STORY.
SITTING ON THE COUCH DURING
SHARK WEEK LAST YEAR AND I SAW
SOME REALLY COOL TSHIRT AND
I'M GOING OKAY, I'D REALLY LIKE
TO GRAB A COUPLE OF THOSE.
THOSE ARE REALLY AWESOME!
AND I STARTED DOING SOME
RESEARCH TO TRY TO FIND THEM
AND CAME ACROSS 2 COMPANIES.
SAVING THE BLUE AND SILENT
HUNTER AND UPON LOOKING AT BOTH
OF THEIR SITES NOTICED THEY HAD
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AND
RESEARCH TRIPS.
THEY COACH THROUGH RESEARCH
AND THE PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY
IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT OF HIS
STUDENTS.
WE BOTH JUST JUMPED AT THE
OPPORTUNITY.
WE SAID YES AND WOULD DO IT NO
MATTER WHAT.
THEY DID JUST THAT.
THE PROFESSOR WROTE A GRANT AND
THEY STARTED TO SAVE TO MAKE IT
A REALITY.
IT WAS MY FIRST TIME FLYING
AND LEAVING THE COUNTRY AND
DOING ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I THOUGHT OH, MY GOD!
