🚨 IT WAS A H0RRIBLE EXPERIENCE… — AN AUSTRALIAN MOTHER CRIES FOR HELP AFTER A BEACH CAMERA CAPTURED THE MOMENT… BUT WHAT APPEARED NEXT IS WHAT SHE SAYS SHE WILL NEVER FORGET
The school teacher was bumped off her surfboard by a shark. The terrifying ordeal comes one month after Sydney mum Leah Stewart was attacked at Coogee Beach.
Surfer Riss Lasair said she was on her board when she was suddenly “bumped” off by a shark.
(10 News)
An avid surfer and mum of two has recalled the “terrifying” encounter she had with a shark while in the ocean, with camera footage showing the moment the animal came at her from below.
Riss Lasair was in the water at Inyadda Beach, on the NSW South Coast, something she does regularly, when she was “bumped” off her board.
The school teacher said she felt a “bang” and then another as reality quickly sank in. In that moment she knew she was sharing the space with a shark.
“Normally when you get bumped on a surfboard, the shark will come back, and it’ll bite you or attack you,” Lasair told 10News.
So she began yelling for help while paddling “quickly but calmly” back to shore.
Lasair said she was feeling “pretty rattled” in the days that followed, particularly while watching the footage back that captured it unfolding. She often films her surfing sessions for YouTube.
“It was really traumatic, a horrible experience, but [I’m] very grateful to get in unscathed and uninjured,” she said.
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‘More and more’ shark encounters off Aussie coast
Lasair said this is something that’s “happening more and more” along the Aussie coast.
Last month, Sydney mum Leah Stewart was attacked at Coogee beach when swimming between the flags.
“As surfers, we need to know what to do if someone gets bitten,” Lasair said.
“It’s happening closer to shore, and we need to be ready to respond and respond quickly and help each other.”
NSW has invested in deploying drones to patrol sharks at popular beaches. Credit: Yahoo News Australia
Lasair said she now uses a shark band deterrent while in the water.
“They’re meant to put out a magnetic field around you so that sharks know that you’re not prey.”
$87 million move to protect Aussies from shark attacks
Last month, the NSW government announced it would be deploying a fleet of drones to monitor sharks off the coast following a spate of recent encounters.
The program began with surveillance of the popular Bondi, Tamarama and Maroubra beaches in Sydney’s east last month.
NSW Premier Chris Minns said he believes the use of drones “can make a big difference”.
The use of drones is part of the state’s $86.6 million investment aimed at making beaches safer through shark mitigation, including shark nets, SMART drumlines, tagged shark listening stations, education, and research.
SOURCE: https://au.news.yahoo.com/aussie-mum-cries-for-help-in-traumatic-moment-caught-on-beach-camera-horrible-experience-005510411.html