Swimming Champion survives shark attack
LOS ANGELES - FIVE-TIME Olympic swimming champion Gary Hall survived a shark attack. He was spear fishing with his sister off the Florida coast.
The American fought off the shark by punching and kicking it in the nose until his injured sister was able to shoot it in the mouth with a spear gun, he said during the Janet Evans Invitational meet.
'Fortunately she injured the shark badly enough that a lot of blood was pouring from its mouth,' Hall, 35, told the Los Angeles Times newspaper.
'The shark swam off. Otherwise with her bleeding as much as she was, it could have been disastrous.'
The US swim hero emerged unscathed from the attack, but his sister, Bebe, 28, suffered a bite wound on the arm that required 19 stitches.
The incident took place two weeks ago in the Florida Keys, a string of small islands 24 km south-west of Miami.
The drama began when they were spear fishing about 200m from their boat and spotted a shark. They started swimming back to their boat when a 1.8m black tip reef shark attacked. Another shark larger than the first one came in from the side and bit (Bebe) on the arm,' Hall said. “I didn't realise she had been bitten before the shark was on me. 'It was swimming after me, and had its back arched in a frenzy mode. I kept punching it in the nose and kicking it, but it kept coming after me. 'I was eventually able to get underneath it and roll it off of me. That's when it charged toward my sister. She had already been bitten, but in the meantime she had enough sense to load the spear. The shark charged her with its mouth open and she shot it. The shark swam away and they managed to get back to the boat, where Hall made a tourniquet for Bebe's arm. It was definitely a shot of adrenalin,' he continued.
“I don't know what my split was for the 50m, but I am sure I haven't swam that fast in years,” he said as he finally ended his interview with the reporters.
What would you do if you meet with a shark while swimming?
(Aim to write at least 50 words)
33 comments:
Dear Mr Adel Kok
I would simm faster than a shark to get away from a shark or I take a machine gun and shoot it away if it did not die I fish out my sword and slash it!And trap it in a net and tie it up.
from Mendel and stanley
i will call for help but if no one hear me i will stop there and cry
i will stop there and wait for the shark to eat me up because i cannot swim very fast like gary hall
i will swim as fast as i could
if i m a swimmer i will swim away from the shark quickly because i do not want to cause my
self in trouble....
i wil swim as fast as i could
IF A SHARK ARE A GOOD SWIMMER. BUT WAY A PEOPLE CAN SWIM 200M AND 1.8M. BUT 24KM ARE TO HEAVY AND 50M ARE TO DEEP.
A SHARK ARE A GOOG SWIMMER
i will swim as fast as i can and call for help
I will swim as fast as I can
I will be very scary and I will call for help for livegard and he will catch it.He will bring the shark to the fisherman and he will thow the shark to the sea or kill it and eat
i will let the shark to eat me up because i don know how to swim
i will swim as fast as i could to get away from the shark
Dear Mr Able Kok , When I meet a shark,I will give it a bucket of fish then I will be friend with it because I love animals.If it wants to bite me to death,I will kill it.If it still don`t leave or still wants to bite me,I will call the fishing boat to catch it away from me.Then if I meet another shark,I will do the same thing to it.
If I meet a shark i will swim as as fast as i can if it bite my leg i will fish out my gun and shoot it.If i can swim as fast as Gary Hall then i no need to shoot the shark.
Dear Pupils
I'm so glad to see that more decided to add their comments to the newspaper article. Keep up the good work. Also do remember to use MS word to check your Spelling and Grammar before posting your comments.
Cheers
Mr Kok
I will fish out my hunting knife to slash the shark.If it is still alive,I flash it with my torch and slash it lots of times
I will swim as the shark catch up I will s fast as could but call for help.
I will see the shark swiming over the dangar.
Dear medel and stanley ,
you have good idea and memorise ya you 2 still remember the golden words ya!!
very good..
from emily
i mean memory
I will run away like the shark swim fater than me I will sit on the shark back and kill him
Dear children
I have never seen a shark before as my slime cannot touch water. That is why I tend to stay away when it is rainy session. Today I have fun playing football, even though the ball went through my chest a couple of times...sigh. Hope to play with you more often during recess. I had fun standing next to Mdm Chan too. She is one of my favourite Chinese teacher in school. However, I could not talk to her as my mandarin is not as good as some of you. Got to go, my grand children are looking for me now.
Best wishes,
Puii
When I meet a shark,like the great white shark,I will fish out my waterproof bomb.When the shark open it`s mouth to bite me, I will throw the bomb into the shark`s mouth.And.....10..9..8..7..6..5..4..3..2..1..0.Uhoh!Boooooooooooooooooom!!!!!!!!!!The shark had exploded!The blood had floated all around the area where the shark had explode.Then I can swim peasefully without worry about sharks in the water to explore in the ocean.
Dear class, I think it is better not kill animals because it is not fair to them.If you kill them,they will kill you back. Then,your stories will be...um...aha!got it!So that your stories wiill be talking about war with the animals!So don`t shoot bullets or whatever harmful to the sharks.I know some of you are very tiimid.So don`t do anything harmful to the sharks.Thank you for your attention!
I will kill it.
i will call for help
i will fished out my guns to kill the shark and I will eat the shark. wow! the shark is so nice I will eat and eat and I will let Michelle and Mr Able Kok to try.
from,
tingfang
Dear Ting Fang
Thanks for the nice gesture but I'm not into shark meat. It is too tough for me. I prefer other fishes. Also, I'm elated to know that you have finished your backlogs. Keep up the good work and I hope one day you will learn not to practise Free Talking in class. I hope you will understand.
Cheers,
Mr Kok
I will punch and kick the shark 1000 times....argh!i am eaten!Gosh i was just dreaming!
I will shout out "shark",get out of the sea and get a police to stop it.
mr able kok i thought you like to eat shark fin
I won't go down to the water because I saw a shark.
LOVE FROM,
TING FANG
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