Mauled Australian Swimmer Recalls Punching Shark
Leah Stewart says she feels given a second chance at life after months of recovery, as donors raised more than $550,000 for her family.
- On June 13, 34-year-old teacher Leah Stewart survived a 4m great white shark attack at Sydney's Coogee Beach, fighting the predator to protect her daughter, August, and enduring severe injuries including arm amputation.
- Encountering the shark 30cm from her face, Stewart decided to "do a left hook" after assessing which limb she was "willing to lose," punching repeatedly until it released her.
- Off-Duty lifeguard Charlie Verco rescued Stewart from the surf while trauma specialist Dr. Ian Ferguson administered life-saving bone marrow infusions; she subsequently underwent 11 surgeries including amputation.
- In an interview airing Sunday, Stewart expressed gratitude for the $558,925 raised via GoFundMe, stating she remains "constantly overwhelmed" by the global outpouring of kindness and support.
- Stewart plans to write a children's book for August, while the state government announced expanded drone surveillance at more than 90 beaches providing year-round dawn-to-dusk monitoring for beachgoers.
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“Thoughts ran through my head: 'You're not going to separate me from my church, 'and I twisted and just started hitting her over and over again,” says the mother of a girl who lost her left arm in a shark fight.
An Australian woman who lost her arm as a result of a shark attack on a beach in Sydney said she threw a "left hook" at the big shark...
Shark attack survivor details horror fight with great white
A woman who survived a brutal shark attack off the coast of Sydney has detailed the terrifying ordeal in a new interview, revealing how she fought back against the four-metre-long great white underwater. Leah Stewart was dragged underwater by the massive shark on June 13 as she swam beside Coogee Beach, leaving her badly injured and […]
Leah Stewart, 34, survived the attack of a large white shark on Coogee Beach in Sydney, Australia, after reacting to the animal and trying to push it away with punches. The attack occurred in June, when she returned to the beach after completing her usual Saturday morning swim. The shark, about 4 meters away, pulled Stewart down from the water and bit her in the thigh and arms. The loss of blood was extreme, and the severity of the wounds led to…
The shark caused such severe injuries to the 34-year-old woman that her left arm later had to be amputated.
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