A woman is in a stable condition in hospital as authorities hunt the juvenile great white shark that attacked her on the New South Wales mid north coast. Her husband came to the rescue, jumping on the shark and punching it repeatedly until it let her go. "If he hadn't put his own life at risk, [the shark] would have been strong enough to take her out to sea." Three paramedic crews and a specialist medical team in the Westpac Helicopter responded to the incident, which a NSW Ambulance spokesman said is the third serious shark attack on the north coast in the past few months. Beaches in Port Macquarie remain closed as authorities work to track the young shark, which is thought to measure between two and three metres in length.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 16, 2020 19:52 UTC