Australia in Jaws panic after third shark attack in two days
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Australia in Jaws panic after third shark attack in two days
Australia is on shark alert after three attacks in two days. In the latest incident, 24-year-old swimmer Steven Foggarty was bitten on the leg and only escaped after punching the shark on the nose. "I just turned and started swinging. I think I got one on him," he said. "I just saw the blood all over both feet and had a quick look to make sure both legs were there. And they were there." Mr Foggarty was bitten on his right leg by the bull shark as he snorkelled in the mouth of Lake Illawarra, south of Sydney. He suffered 40 puncture wounds to his calf. It was the third shark attack in Australia in two days. Surfer Syb Mundy, 20, punched a five metre shark in the head as he rescued his 13-year-old cousin who had been bitten on the leg and dragged beneath the water off Tasmania on Sunday. "Once it let her go she was bleeding pretty bad. There was a lot of blood in the water. I think it just didn't like the taste of her, to tell you the truth," said Mr Mundy. In another incident, a surfer on Australia's northeast coast survived a shark bite and paddled himself to shore with a 40cm gash in his left thigh. Jono Beard, 31, was surfing with friends, watching some dolphins swim by, when he was bitten. He paddled for 80m to the shore, all the while shadowed by the shark. Mr Beard was flown by helicopter to hospital where he underwent surgery to a deep gash to his leg.
ITN | January 13, 2009
