Shark Attacks Surfer

A tale of survival. An Australian surfer is in the hospital after an encounter with a shark at a well-known beach. Heres more.
STORY:
The beach at Fingal Head in New South Wales is a favorite for families and surfers.

But beneath the waves it's known that sharks do frequent the waters here.

Now one has attacked a surfer as he swam 70 meters off shore.

A helicopter ambulance was called after the man aged in his 30s managed to make his own way back to shore.

[Steve Leahy, Lifeguard Supervisor]:
"He tells us he just had this sudden hit to his leg. And there was some violent thrashing in the water for a short period of time."

Concerned beach goers used a surfboard leg rope to make a tourniquet while they waited for the ambulance to arrive.

One paramedic described what he saw.

[Gavin Clark, Careflight Paramedic]:
"It was probably about that round in his thigh and it was very deep."

Police said the surfer suffered serious injuries to his left thigh, consistent with a shark bite.

The wound is approximately forty centimeters in diameter but no major blood vessels were damaged.

Police closed Fingal Head and several surrounding beaches while another helicopter performed a precautionary sweep of the area.

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• ntd
• survival
• australia
• shark attac
• hospital
• fingal head
• new south wales
• helicopter

[6DinoDus6]

THE reporter: f,f''ff'ffff'''fff''' one parameffffic , seriusff' injurijffeess FFFF

why do they always take reporters whit a Aphasia! or a speech problem

[QAiSDuDe]

@Raphael041 It was a Tiger Shark, We see him all the time at the back beach. Never attacked anyone untill then though...



[Raphael041]

the 2 possible suspects are the great white and the bull shark, bull shark is much more aggressive

[ryrygabour12]

wow