Wild video shows shark attack on teen swimmer at Cabarita Beach before predator trails rescuers to shore
Dramatic new footage has captured the moment a 16-year-old boy was mauled by a shark at Cabarita Beach, as earlier vision showed the predator trailing rescuers to shore after the terrifying attack.
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Wild vision has captured the moment a 16-year-old boy was attacked by a shark while swimming at Cabarita Beach on the NSW north coast.
The chilling footage, filmed from the beach’s south headland, shows the teen swimming just metres from a group of surfers before a large dorsal fin appears behind him.
Seconds later, the boy is dragged underwater in a violent encounter with the predator.
Cabarita Beach remains closed following the attack on the teenager who suffered injuries to his upper right arm, wrist and leg on Sunday.
Surfers and bystanders, including off-duty paramedics, rushed to help the teenager, pulling him from the water and applying a tourniquet to stem the bleeding before emergency services arrived.
Intensive Care Paramedic Ben Mumford praised the actions of those first on the scene.
“We believe he was swimming at the time,” he said.
“There were especially brave people in the water that helped him out of the water, and there were also a couple of off-duty paramedics on scene who assisted him until we arrived.”
Earlier footage posted online shows the shark following the group into shallow water as they drag the boy toward shore.
At one point, the animal appears to swim within metres of the beach in knee-deep water.
Shocked beachgoers looked on as the group brought the injured teen to safety.
The boy remains in hospital in a stable condition.
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Originally published as Wild video shows shark attack on teen swimmer at Cabarita Beach before predator trails rescuers to shore
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