Policija je sporočila, da je par v soboto zjutraj deskal na vodi blizu kraja Port Macquarie okoli 400 kilometrov severno od Sydneyja, ko je morski pes napadel žensko in ji poškodoval desno nogo. Njen soprog je udrihal po živali, dokler ni popustila, so dodali.
Husband punches shark after wife attacked near Port Macquarie on NSW coasthttps://t.co/r2wP05R8m9
"Mr Rapley managed to punch the shark until it released her from its jaws and swam away."
“The patient suffered severe lacerations to her right leg.”
Amazing stuff, a true hero!— Timjbo
☔ (@Tim_jbo) 35-letni ženski so zatem reševalci na plaži nudili zdravniško pomoč, nato pa so jo s helikopterjem prepeljali v bolnišnico na operacijo.
Očivdci in reševalci so moškega označili za junaka, ker se je zoperstavil okoli tri metre velikemu belemu morskemu psu. A sam pravi, da je “naredil to, kar bi v tistem trenutku storil vsak”.
A woman has been saved from the jaws of a great white on the mid-north coast of New South Wales. She was attacked while surfing off Port Macquarie – her husband came to her rescue, wrestling with the shark until it let go. https://t.co/i1dUNBN2v6 #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/4GIrze0xvL
— 7NEWS Brisbane (@7NewsBrisbane) August 15, 2020
Avstralija je med državami, kjer beležijo največ napadov morskih psov, tudi takih s smrtnim izidom. Letos so zabeležili pet napadov morskega psa, v katerih je žrtev umrla.
