A shark pounced on a teenager and nearly bit off his leg

Alex immediately pulled McLennan’s leg over with his shirt and called their mutual friend Will Anderson, who had already taken a swim and gone to his car in the car park. Anderson rushed the injured man to the hospital so he didn’t have to wait for an ambulance. “It took a long time for the ambulance to get there and I didn’t know how serious the bite wound was. So I decided to move as fast as I could,” the young man said.

Doctors examined McLennan and found deep lacerations on his thigh. The shark had narrowly missed hitting a femoral artery, which could have had dire consequences. The young man is sure he was saved by his surfboard as it protected most of his leg from the predatory fish’s teeth.