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  • SHARK ATTACK Surfer had to fight off shark to rescue girl, punching the animal

    06/27/2005 8:39:11 AM PDT · by ppaul · 83 replies · 9,000+ views
    Miami Herald ^ | 6/26/05 | MONICA HATCHER
    A Florida surfer said he acted as ''bait'' to try to distract the shark while he wrestled the 14-year-old girl onto his surfboard: ''I've never been so scared in my life.'' The teen later died. Off Miramar Beach on the Gulf Coast of Florida's Panhandle, longtime surfer Tim Dicus has seen the dark, lithe shadows dart beneath the water -- the glistening gray fins split the waves. He was once even bumped by a shark, he said. But Saturday was different. Dicus tussled in the water with what experts say was most likely an 8-foot-long hungry bull shark hellbent on...