Article 5QJYB California surfer’s ‘measly punch’ fends off great white shark attack

California surfer’s ‘measly punch’ fends off great white shark attack

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Richard Luscombe
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It was like a clamp around my leg,' says Eric Steinley, who was helped by others at Sonoma county beach

Surfers at a beach in Sonoma county, California, used a surfboard strap as a tourniquet to save a man whose right leg was bitten by a great white shark.

Eric Steinley was attacked as he surfed about 50 yards from shore at Salmon Creek beach last Sunday, but managed to alert others in the water.

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