Shark attack off Cape Arid, 180km east of Esperance
Submitted by Chasin' Tail on Tue, 2013-10-08 12:56
Another shark attack this morning, ab diver in his 50s attacked 180km east of Esperance. On his way to Esperance hospital with serious injuries. Will be interesting to hear the details.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/was-deadly-shark-attack-toll/story-fnii5t8l-1226734781354
carnarvonite
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Lucky
ABC lunch time news said that he was lucky that there was another diver in the water at the same time to help him back to the boat.
Ambos are on their way out to pick him up
milsey
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Not good news, just heard
Not good news, just heard also there was a boat hit by a wave in exxy.
Not a good day, condolences to the friends and family.
tailor marc
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catch and kill order
catch and kill order issued... http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/newshome/19300099/shark-attacks-diver-near-esperance/
Hope they guy will be ok
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chris raff
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Greg Pickering they said his
Greg Pickering they said his name was on the radio a abalone diver , apparently he's going to pull through . Hopefully his injuries aren't too bad . Sending fisheries 180kms east of esperance to find and kill it , I suppose they have to give the impression of doing something .
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dodgy
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Greg Pickering? Again?
Greg Pickering? Again?
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
chris raff
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Yep same bloke Dodgy so they
Yep same bloke Dodgy so they were saying .
March 7, 2004:
Professional diver Greg Pickering was bitten on the leg by a shark after trying to help a friend who was being attacked by a 1.5m bronze whaler off Cervantes in WA's north.
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Doooma
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He is a very accomplished
He is a very accomplished diver, and over the years has held numerous Aussie and maybe world records for spearfishing..
I hope he recovers quickly..
woody
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He was collecting abs on the
He was collecting abs on the bottom when the GW hit him from the top, biting his head and shoulders. Very lucky to be alive, praise should go to his decky and to the other divers on a nearby boat who stabilized him and towed his boat to shore. One of the local docs raced out to Condi and met the ambo with bags of blood etc Hope he gets well and gets back in the ocean soon.
Bluetonic
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Happened off Poison Creek,
Happened off Poison Creek, I've been there and it's a long way from anywhere. I think that fact one of the boats there had a sat phone and they called the ambo's early probably helped save his life.
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Fathom
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Top bloke
Greg is a class 1 free diver. Hope he gets back in the water soon, have some great memories of our dives together including a few shark encounters, get well mate, wishing you all the best mate.
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Shark attack story
Greg is telling his story on Sunday Night. There's even a museum cameo in there ;-)
http://au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-night/video/watch/19822607/preview-australias-luckiest-man/
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