Shark Week went for real-life scares with the special, "I Escaped Jaws," and they had the authentic footage to prove it. The special featured shark-attack survivors recounting their harrowing experiences with the dangerous predators.
Surfer Shannon Ainslie was only 15-years old when two great white sharks started coming after him. The one on the left bit his surfboard, sending his legs flying into the air. Then, it dragged him and his board under, just as the other shark moved in.
“The fears and thoughts and emotions I was going through were just indescribable," Shannon recalled. At the time he was thinking, "I’m about to die.”
He said that everyone else got out of the water. No one stayed behind to help him. Thankfully, a giant wave swept him away from the sharks -- which he called divine intervention -- but not after the sharks had nearly severed his fingers.
Surfer Shannon Ainslie was only 15-years old when two great white sharks started coming after him. The one on the left bit his surfboard, sending his legs flying into the air. Then, it dragged him and his board under, just as the other shark moved in.
“The fears and thoughts and emotions I was going through were just indescribable," Shannon recalled. At the time he was thinking, "I’m about to die.”
He said that everyone else got out of the water. No one stayed behind to help him. Thankfully, a giant wave swept him away from the sharks -- which he called divine intervention -- but not after the sharks had nearly severed his fingers.
- 8/7/2013
- by Jason Hughes
- Huffington Post
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