A man stopped a shark from attacking his wife while they were surfing in Australia. Mark Rapley and his wife Chantelle Doyle were at Shelly Beach in New South Wales when the great white grabbed her, throwing her off her surfboard. That’s when Mark grabbed her surfboard and the began punching the shark until it let her go. Once she was free, the couple got back to shore and paramedics were there to take care of her. According to police, she had severe lacerations to her right leg and was airlifted to a hospital and had surgery.
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Husband Saves Wife By Punching Great White Shark
By Claire Ballard
Aug 18, 2020 | 10:27 AM
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