Shark attack leaves Cape Town man in hospital
A Cape Town man is recovering in hospital after he was bitten by a shark while surfing at Jeffery's Bay.
It's understood the 50-year-old was attacked on Wednesday afternoon.
The NSRI's Craig Lambinon says the sea rescue team and paramedics found beachgoers assisting the man on the shore.
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"On arrival on the scene, NSRI medics assisted public members who had already applied trauma pads to a bite wound sustained by the surfer who was safe out of the water.
"The patient, believed to be aged 50, from Cape Town, was in a stable condition and he was in good spirits.
"An eye-witness reported that fellow surfers, who had initially retreated out of the water after being alerted that there had been an incident involving a shark, had returned into the surf to fetch the casualty out of the water."
