Australian Women s Weekly I looked down and saw the shark grabbing me… then the shock kicked in, says Jackson, who admits he was a bit worried when the shark began to shake him in its jaws. You re just hoping it s going to release you, and when it does that you re not too injured.
Fighting for his life, the experienced deckhand and divemaster used his speargun to hit the shark away. It held me and shook me around for a few seconds… then it just let go, Jackson recalls. I got so lucky.
With the shark still circling and blood flooding the water, Maddie and Jackson made the nerve-racking 100-metre swim back to the boat.