Mujer australiana salva a bañista que fue atacado por un tiburón
Posted: 2008-05-11 12:09:01
Sydney (Australia), 11 may (EFE).- Una mujer australiana salvó de
la muerte a un bañista que había sido atacado por un tiburón que le
había arrancado partes de una pierna, informó hoy la prensa local.
El ataque del escualo tuvo lugar ayer por la mañana, cuando
Joanne Lucas, una residente de Middleton Beach, en el estado de
Australia Occidental, oyó los gritos de Jason Cull, de 37 años, y se
zambullió en el agua para rescatarle, según el diario "The Sunday
Telegraph".

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"Lo hice por instinto, ni siquiera pensé en ello", declaró Lucas.
Explicó que se apresuró tanto en sacar del mar a Cull que no miró
si había regresado el escualo, de cuatro metros de largo, habitual
en estas aguas.
Cull, un profesor de escuela y quien estaba nadando con delfines
cuando fue sorprendido por el ataque del tiburón, ingresó poco
después en un hospital cercano y se encuentra estable tras haber
sido operado.
Tras el incidente, las autoridades cerraron temporalmente la
playa y voluntarios y pescadores peinan las aguas para tratar de
alejar de allí a los escualos.
Los ataques de tiburón son habituales en Australia, donde cada
año mueren por este motivo una decena de personas. EFE
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2008-05-11 10:28:44