Shark Attack!
This morning a 15 year old boy underwent emergency surgery at Sydney’s Royal North Shore Hospital after being mauled while surfing off North Avalon beach about about 8.45am this morning.
A Family friend Alan Low, an Avalon resident, told us that he arrived just after the teenager was bitten on the calf muscle, hip and ankle. Avalon life saver Nathan Welling announced that surfing club members looked after the boy on the shore after his dad hauled him from the water. The public at Avalon were stopped from going in the water after the attack. The shore was packed with curious onlookers and nippers doing exercises on the sand. Mr welling said it was very rare to see a shark in this area and that he had seen very few.
The father said his 15-year-old son had twice seen a shark off the southern point at Avalon earlier this summer. he said he had noticed warmer temperatures and more fish in the water, which could be attracting sharks. This is the third serious shark attack this summer.
I think we all need to be very careful about what we are doing in the ocean as it is a very dangerous place.
on March 2nd, 2009 at 3:17 am
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on March 12th, 2009 at 8:16 am
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