and we know what kind of person julian is. reporter: a real-life jaws adventure with an ending hit for hollywood. even though we re still friends and competitors and kicking in. garly, man. tripping out. he is so lucky. imagine his mom watching that story live unfolding all on television. that was joe friar reporting from london. we ll be speaking with the legendary surfer laird hamilton next hour. we return to the top story and the unrest in the republican party after donald trump slams senator john mccain over the weekend. bing pulse question for you today, do trump s comments make him unfit for the presidency? weigh in on pulse.msnbc.com. the death of sandra bland. we ll speak to a man responsible for a rally support of her later
i realized it must be a shark attack and i was terrified. i thought we had lost him. on the jet ski, i thought that was the moment thank you. somehow perfectly fine. reporter: he s grateful because his fellow finalist actually swam toward the danger to help his competitor. he got knocked off his board and a wave popped up and i was like he s gone. he s gone under. it felt like i couldn t get there quick enough. all of us questioned what would we do if there was a burning building or explosion. very few run towards and we know what kind of person he is. reporter: a real life jaws adventure with an ending fit for hollywood. even though we re still friends, just trip ingping out. and joe fryer joins me now
actually swam toward the danger to help his competitor. he saw he got knocked off his board and the shark popped up and i thought, he s gone under. i felt like i couldn t get there quick enough. all of us kind of question what would we do if there was a burning building, what would we do if there was an explosion, and we know what kind of person julian is. reporter: a real life jaws adventure with an ending fit for hollywood. i was so afraid. adrenaline just kicked in. i m tripping now. reporter: right after the attack fanning said he will probably be happy to not ever compete again. we ll have to wait and see when he returns to the water. after sunday s scare, the final round of the competition was called off with both fanning and wilson agreeing to split the prize money and the points that impact the overall standings.