Australian Man Survives Shark Attack
- 14 years ago
An amazing story of survival. An Australian man is recovering from a shark attack after was bitten while surfing with his son. The attack occurred at a popular Sydney beach.
Surfer Paul Welsh was in one metre deep water near Mona Vale Beach when he was attacked by a small shark.
[Paul Welsh, Shark Attack Victim]:
"I knew it was a shark straight away…cause nothing quite grabs you like that, it was just the force of the hit, it was unbelievable."
Welsh was surfing with his son when the shark attacked.
A witness said Welsh managed to hold on to nearby rocks as the shark was trying to pull him in the water.
[Paul Welsh, Shark Attack Victim]:
"I just got hit and it was trying to pull me back in the water…Just the clamping effect, yeah it had a good hold, it would have pulled me underneath for sure."
Paul's son Saxon Welsh thought the attacker was a stingray.
[Saxon Welsh, Victims Son]:
"All I saw was its mouth wide opened, it was about that big."
Welsh's wife saw the attack and took her husband to hospital for treatment.
A tooth stuck in Welsh's leg was found to have come from the usually harmless Wobbegong shark.
Surfer Paul Welsh was in one metre deep water near Mona Vale Beach when he was attacked by a small shark.
[Paul Welsh, Shark Attack Victim]:
"I knew it was a shark straight away…cause nothing quite grabs you like that, it was just the force of the hit, it was unbelievable."
Welsh was surfing with his son when the shark attacked.
A witness said Welsh managed to hold on to nearby rocks as the shark was trying to pull him in the water.
[Paul Welsh, Shark Attack Victim]:
"I just got hit and it was trying to pull me back in the water…Just the clamping effect, yeah it had a good hold, it would have pulled me underneath for sure."
Paul's son Saxon Welsh thought the attacker was a stingray.
[Saxon Welsh, Victims Son]:
"All I saw was its mouth wide opened, it was about that big."
Welsh's wife saw the attack and took her husband to hospital for treatment.
A tooth stuck in Welsh's leg was found to have come from the usually harmless Wobbegong shark.