A grandmother swimming with friends on an Australian beach was attacked by a great white shark (twice) before she managed to fend off the beast and swim to safety.
Pam Cook, 64, suffered multiple bites from the young shark in the Oct. 2 attack at Beachport Jetty and needed 200 stitches to close the wounds.
Cook was in the water with his swimming group when he looked down and saw a wide “basketball” jaw around his leg, he told The Advertiser.
“I started yelling “shark, shark!” and then he left,” he told The Advertiser.
However, the shark was not finished with her yet, it returned and sank its sharp teeth into her left thigh.
“I was still putting myself together.” [then] “It came from below and attacked my left thigh,” he said.
The grandmother described the shark as “kind of chewing” on her leg as “her life flashed before my eyes.”
She used her hand, which was injured, to fend off the beast earlier and swam 50 feet to a ladder, where she stood up before collapsing.
Cook said he had to secure a piece of skin after getting out of the water.
Pam Cook, 64, was swimming at the Beachport jetty, located 300 miles from Melbourne, when a juvenile great white shark bit her ankle. She returned for a few seconds, leaving an open wound on her leg. 9 AU News
“I didn’t feel any pain, I didn’t feel it while it was happening,” he told the outlet.
A maintenance worker, Greg Rae, applied a tourniquet to his leg while others placed blankets and towels on him while they waited for paramedics to arrive.
She was rushed to Mt Gambier Hospital where she underwent 5.5 hours of surgery after suffering injuries to her thigh, hand and ankle.
He spent a week in the hospital and still has “a brace on his arm and a moon boot on his foot,” according to The Advertiser.
He managed to defend himself before swimming to a ladder and climbing out. She endured 5.5 hour surgeries to repair her injuries. 9 AU News
Cook’s swimming group returned to the water two days after the attack. She hopes to join them again for Christmas, despite being shy after the attack.
“It’s just a wonderful group and I can’t imagine not being a part of that group, so I’m definitely going back in the water,” he told the outlet.
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