It is interesting to note that a couple of weeks after I wrote about Vic Hislop and our visit to Vic’s shark expo in Hervey Bay that a young man has been attacked by a shark on the Gold Coast!
This attack occurred off Nobby Beach, just north of Miami Beach and south of Mermaid Beach, late in the afternoon yesterday, Tuesday 20th March 2012.
Below is an extract from the article written by Ali Best for Nine News on this shark attack.
A young surfer has proved he is made of tough stuff, showing off his gory wound after a shark chomped down on his leg on the Gold Coast yesterday afternoon.
Billy O’Leary, 20, was attempting a surfing manoeuvre in waters off Miami when he fell off his board and landed on the shark.
The engineering student was with his best friend, Tyson Kolkka, when he was bitten.
He told Nine News they were fighting for the wave and it could have easily been Mr Kolkka who was bitten.
Nine News cameraman Joel Scott said Mr O’Leary was in good spirits before his operation today.
“He was great this morning. He just said that he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. It could have been anyone,” Mr Scott said.
“He said it crossed his mind that he could have died.”
This young Aussie kept his cool and sense of humour throughout the whole event and even joked about the size of the shark that bit him being 20 foot long! We are glad that this young man is okay and that he did not lose his leg or worse!
It does send out a warning though that we all need to be diligent and keep our eyes open when swimming at our beautiful Australian beaches!
We wish Billy O’Leary a speedy recovery and safe surfing in the future!
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