Posted Sun Sep 13, 2009 6:14pm AEST Updated Mon Sep 14, 2009 1:15am AEST A man who was shot in the back in a spear-fishing accident says medics told him he came within millimetres of death as the metre-long spear penetrated his chest. Brett Clarke was swimming with friends at Cape Schanck on Victoria’s Mornington […]
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Miranda Cashin | 21st December 2009 GLADSTONE freediving champion John Pengelly was bitten by a three metre bull shark while diving at Lamont Reef early yesterday morning. The 19-year-old suffered deep lacerations to his wrist and lower forearm while spearfishing at the reef, 44 nautical miles east of Gladstone. After receiving treatment from medical staff
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Chris Barrett December 21, 2009 Shark attack victim John Pengelly, 19, in recovery after emergency surgery at Royal Brisbane Hospital. Photo: Chris Barrett The teenage spearfishing champion attacked by a bull shark off Gladstone yesterday says he felt no pain, despite being left with severed tendons and arteries on his arm from the frightening confrontation.
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Kelmeny Fraser From: The Sunday Mail (Qld) January 10, 2010 12:00AM TRAGEDY: Lifesaving star Jacob Lollback (left) at Bondi Beach in 2007; and Luke Randell who was injured by a propeller while spear-fishing in 2006. THEY were in the prime of their lives, physically fit and experienced in the water. But for each, a simple
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