A 60-year-old Australian woman, Paddy Trumbull, who was snorkeling next to her boat near Whitsunday Islands, Queensland, managed to fight off a 1.5 metre shark by repeatedly punching it. She lost 40 percent of her blood in the process and she suffered deep bite wounds, according to ABC Radio in Australia, but the shark didn’t dent her sense of humour and she says she’s just glad to be alive. She’s expected to stay in the hospital until the end of the week, but will need at least more surgeries.
Posted by Ellen Wallace on 15 February 2010 at 12:46 |
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News story, GenevaLunch, 15 February 2010.
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Tags: attack, Australia, Dent Island, Paddy Trumbull, Queensland, shark, survived, Whitsunday Islands
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