Shark Attack Terror

Herald Sun Sunday ^ | December 03, 2006 12:00am | Carly Crawford and Nick Taylor

[Mongeaux]

A SURFER wrenched his teenage brother from the jaws of a huge white pointer shark yesterday.

Zac Golebiowski, 15, was body boarding at a remote West Australian beach when the 5m shark struck, biting off his right leg below the knee and part of his left calf.

Zac's brother Sam, 25, wrestled him from the shark and dragged him to safety.

A New Zealand couple who were passing saved Zac's life by quickly stemming the heavy bleeding.

Amy Worling, 26, and Pete Hickmott, 32, heard screaming and saw Zac in distress in the water.

They called an ambulance to meet them as they raced Zac in their car to Esperance, 80km away.

"I was talking to Zac trying to keep him talking to us and keep him focused on staying awake," Ms Worling said.

Zac received emergency treatment at Esperance Hospital and was airlifted to Royal Perth Hospital, accompanied by his eldest brother Jan, 34.

"He's lucky to be alive," Jan said.

[Mongeaux]

Attack: A teenage surfer was rescued yesterday from the jaws of a great white shark by his older brother, but not before the five-metre predator bit off part of Zach Golebiowski's leg. The 15-year-old was attacked off a WA beach by a shark thought to be similar to the one above.

Attack: A teenage surfer was rescued yesterday from the jaws of a great white shark by his older brother, Jan (above), but not before the five-metre predator bit off part of Zach Golebiowski's leg. The 15-year-old was attacked off a WA beach.

Attack: A teenage surfer was rescued yesterday from the jaws of a great white shark by his older brother, but not before the five-metre predator bit off part of Zach Golebiowski's leg. The 15-year-old was attacked off a WA beach.

[GarySpFc]

Every man should have a brother like this one.

[oyez]

BTW, I've noticed that USA so far this year is staved off shark and hurricane attacks.

[null and void]

And now that the democrats are in charge the homeless problem had disappeared as well...

[GSlob]

And what would it take to have the serious predators like saltwater crocodiles, great white sharks etc. - go extinct? A few stuffed specimens could be kept in a museum.

[capt. norm]

What's not to like about these little sweeties?

[pcottraux]

I've noticed that USA so far this year is staved off shark and hurricane attacks.

Bush's fau...oh, wait, that's a good thing. Never mind.

[Mongeaux]

Beautiful big Mako. You can tell by the blueish sheen to his skin and the narrow snout.

[dsc]

Jan, ya look like a freak with that hair and those shades, but...cojones grandes, dude. Bravo zulu.

[pcottraux]

Ughh...I hope this thread is going to be free of the "Wipe sharks off the face of the Earth because I liked the movie 'Jaws' and I think sharks are scary" people.

[RunningWolf]

If I read the article correct he was only 120 feet offshore.

OTH, At some beaches 120' offshore gives plenty enough depth for a shark that size to range in.

I could never quite relax with the image of a Tiger Shark that might be lurking underneath when surfing and windsurfing out in Maui.

[Mongeaux]

If I read the article correct he was only 120 feet offshore.

Hawaii huh? Lucky you!

I live off the New England Coast, we had a nasty suprise on Cape Cod this summer:

On Lighthouse Beach, witnesses said they saw a 15-foot great white spring from the water and devour a seal swimming about 50 feet off shore. Officials could not confirm that a shark had entered shallow waters.

50 feet is about the length of two school buses from shore!

The Cape Cod Shark attack is on my blog "The Hairy Beast": Cape Cod Massachusetts: Too many seals and Great Whites, now!, along with other White Shark attack articles.

[Kitten Festival]

Nasty things. They belong in cages.

[BunnySlippers]

[dforest]

Pardon me, but this week a "killer whale" acted like a killer. I am shocked! We all know they are just like us and if evil people did nothing to provoke them they would just be nice!

[pcottraux]

They can't survive in any type of captivity. No one knows why, since most other species can.

[Kenny Bunk]

No thanks to GW!

[frankiep]

This is exactly why I do not swim in the ocean.

[RunningWolf]

Wow a 15 footer only 50' offshore.

Now this must be important because the experts seem to remind us of this all the time, and that is when a great white or tiger attacks and eats you, he is only mistaking you for something else that he usually eats.

Only problem with that hypothesis is that the sharks mistake pretty much everything for something he usually eats and the latest copy of 'expert daily' hasn't got the word to them yet /sarc>

[RunningWolf]

I think that keeping Orcas in tiny pools like that must be torture for them.