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– A 10-year-old boy is lucky to be alive after a shark pulled him out of a boat off the Australian coast. Authorities say the boy was on a 20-foot boat fishing with his father and two other people on Friday about 3 miles off the coast of Tasmania when the shark emerged from below the surface of the water and lured it, according to a publication. of Ambulance Tasmania on Facebook. The boy’s father immediately jumped into the water after his son, scaring the shark.
The boy, who was wearing a life jacket, was taken to a local hospital and was treated for cuts on his arms, as well as on his chest and head. It is said to be in stable condition. CNN notes this is the latest in a series of shark attacks in Australia, including one last week in which a 15-year-old surfer was killed in an alleged shark attack in New South Wales. In another incident, a 29-year-old woman was attacked while swimming near Cairns, on her day off from filming a documentary on sharks. Now she is recovering in the hospital. (Read more shark attack stories.)
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