A man was attacked by a shark just 40 ft from shore at beach resort in Egypt.
James Elliott, 26, was having a swim in the waters off the Sharm El Sheikh resort in Egypt when he felt something grab his leg. During the frenzied attack, Elliott, suffered severe injuries, including a severed Achille’s tendon.
He was saved by a passing boat but may never walk properly again.
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Surfer Brendan Denton, 35, was attacked by a shark at a Port Alfred beach yesterday.
All the beaches in the area have been closed until further notice.
Denton was surfing at East Beach at about 10am yesterday when he felt a tug at his feet and realized it was a shark.
“I tried to fight the shark off, but it became (more) aggressive and started dragging me by the feet under the water,” Denton said.
Friends and other surfers helped him to get to a doctor.
Paramedics on the scene had said Denton may need to have the tendons on his feet and on the insides of both ankles re-attached. Yeouch!
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A 34 year old man was attacked by a shark while surfing off Saint-Benoît.
He used his surfboard to fight off the shark (notice the big chunck bitten out of board). He survived with just a few minor injuries to his hip.
Divers are combing Yadua waters in Bua for a man believed to be the victim of a shark attack.
Captain Kaukau Corrie said they watched helplessly as fellow diver, Henry Usimewa, 19, struggled and fought off an unseen creature before he was dragged beneath the waves.
Mr Corrie said when they rushed to his aid less than half a minute later, Mr Usimewa was nowhere to be seen.
“Around 9.30am we spotted him surface about 15 metres from the boat,” said Capt Corrie. “I can still hear his screams as he fought off something that pulled him under. It was terrifying.
“He was wearing his diving jacket but was pulled clean from it.
“We looked whole day and whole of Tuesday but we couldn’t find him except for his diving gear and sack of sucuwalu.
“We saw that his regulator hose had been bitten off. We are horrified and scared to dive in this area.”
The search for Mr Usimewa is expected to be called off today.
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A 19-year-old surfer was bitten by a shark at the Kwelera Mouth, East Coast Resorts just after 12pm on Tuesday.
The teenager was out surfing with three friends when the shark was spotted. After being bitten, the teen quickly paddled back to the shore and friends immediately rushed him to the local pharmacy. Pharmacy?
He had some deep lacerations on his right leg so they bandaged him up at the pharmacy and stabilised him until he could be taken to the hospital.
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An Australian woman suffered massive blood loss and was airlifted to hospital Saturday after being savaged by a shark off an island on the Great Barrier Reef.
The 60-year-old was dragged underwater by the shark near Dent Island on the popular Whitsundays around lunchtime.
The woman lost several litres of blood from deep leg wounds and severe lacerations to her buttocks.
She was taken by dive boat to nearby Hamilton Island for an emergency blood transfusion before being airlifted to the Australian mainland for treatment.
This is the second shark attack in Australia in a week… a man was bitten while surfing with his young son by a wobbegong shark on Thursday. He was left with a tooth fragment in a leg.
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A scientist has ruled out claims a Sydney surfer was attacked by a great white shark this morning, pinpointing the attacker as the usually docile, bottom-dwelling wobbegong.
Paul Welsh, 46, was attacked while teaching his 10-year-old son to surf yesterday at the Mona Vale Basin on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.
Mr Welsh said he had to cling to a rock to fight off the animal, which had latched onto his leg.
“I didn’t see it [but] my son said he saw it before, which he obviously didn’t tell me and he waited for dad to get bitten.
“Rather me than him, because it probably would have taken his leg off.”
The victim was released from hospital around midday after doctors found a tooth fragment in his leg.
A man was rushed to the hospital after being attacked by a great white shark in Australia today.
The man, Paul Welsh, was surfing with his 10-year-old son this morning, close to shore, when the 6 ft shark attacked him in shallow water.
Welsh was left with some deep lacerations to his legs and he has at least one shark’s tooth still in his leg.
Witnesses said Welsh grabbed on to the rocks to try and pull himself to shore and the great white tried to drag him back into the water.
Welsh managed to break free and scramble to shore. His wife drove him to Mona Vale Hospital for treatment.
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A fisherman was rushed to the hospital after he was bitten by a shark off Singer Island on Saturday.
The victim, whose name has not been released, was releasing a shark he had accidentally hooked when it bit him on the leg.
The victim was taken to St. Mary’s Medical Center.
This is the second shark bite in the area within the last week.
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