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The Sun
a day ago
- The Sun
Chilling vid shows shark chase boy, 16, as he was hauled out of water with ‘arm left hanging off by sinew' after attack
THIS is the unbelievable moment a shark chased a teen as he was hauled out of the water following an attack that left his arm hanging off by sinew. Emergency services were called to reports of the attack at Cabarita Beach on New South Wales' north coast, Australia just before 4pm on Sunday. 6 6 6 The nearly seven-foot beast - suspected to be a bull shark - mauled the right side of the 16-year-old's body, causing severe injuries to his leg, hand and arm, reports say. Jaw-dropping footage showed fellow surfers and swimmers rushing to help the teen while the shark lurked closely behind him - visible only by its gargantuan fin. Screams could be heard in the background as a brave person punched the shark while others scrambled to safety. But rescuers continued to be stalked by the creature as they carried the injured boy to safety. One shocked onlooker exclaimed in the clip: "Oh my God, that's the shark." And another said: "Oh f***! That's really scary!" Thankfully an off-duty paramedic was at the scene and helped the teen using a tourniquet to help stop the excessive bleeding. One of the heroes who raced to help the boy after hearing his deafening screams was Brazilian Thiago Collel. Recalling the horror incident, he explained how the boy sustained injuries that left one of his arms hanging off by a thread of sinew. The 39-year-old told Daily Mail:"When I got to the shore, he had been dragged in by a group of people including an off-duty paramedic who happened to be walking on the beach at the time. Girl, 9, mauled by shark at popular US beach as horrified parents hear her screams and watch water turn red with blood "His bicep was destroyed - you could see all the muscle, flesh and bone. "He lost a scary amount of blood. I was covered in it." The group then carried the boy out to safety on a surfboard they used as a makeshift stretcher. Collel said he and several others "were just trying to keep him calm, holding his head and making sure he was okay". He added: "I just kept talking to him and he told me how he fought off the shark by kicking and punching it away." The boy was then airlifted to Gold Coast University Hospital by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter. He remains here in serious but stable condition, the news site added. A second chopper was deployed to track down the shark after the horror incident, but to no avail. The species of shark currently remains unknown, but locals believe it was a bull shark. Some even fear it could be a two-metre great white. 6 6 6
The Guardian
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Fear Below review – fins go badly for shark-dodging divers
Here is a shark attack movie with a period twist: it is set in 1946, and the reason the characters are intent on diving a section of river patrolled by an aggressive bull shark is that a van full of gold bullion lies at the bottom. This results in an unusual and not unpleasant mixture of aesthetics: gangsters in sharp suits and wide-brimmed hats and a ragtag band of salvage divers whom they hire to recover their ill-gotten gains. The film also makes good use of its Australian setting, with attractive riverside locations which are again not typical in a shark movie. Hang on, you might think, what's a shark doing in a river? But don't worry, they've done their homework: this hungry fish is a bull shark, one of the most dangerous and aggressive sharks, and also one that is equally at home in fresh and salt water. (One of the most famous real-life shark attacks of all, at Matawan Creek in 1916, was over a mile upriver from the ocean.) So there's a new nightmare, just when you thought it was safe to go back to the riverbank. Unfortunately where the film falls down is its human characters, who struggle to really come alive – and the galling thing is, it's not for want of trying. This isn't one of those monster movies where you don't really need the humans to be memorable because they're interchangeable fodder for shark attack sequences; this film is trying hard to make you care about the human element. In many ways, the shark storyline takes a backseat to plucky Clara (Hermione Corfield), taciturn Jacob (Jimmy Barriakada) and hard-drinking Ernie (Arthur Angel), whose travails as a diving company are the human interest story. But they're not all that interesting, meaning you end up waiting around for the next shark attack. It's a shame, because the idea of making a classy, character-driven shark movie is a fantastic one – it just lacks the vital charisma necessary to really reel us in. Fear Below is on digital platforms from 19 May.
