'I thought he'd gone': Mick Fanning's mother sees shark attack on live TV

Elizabeth Osborne, the mother of the champion surfer, describes how her terror turned to overwhelming relief when she saw he had survived unscathed

Mick Fanning's mother has described her terror as she watched a huge shark attack the champion surfer in South Africa and the heart-wrenching moments when she feared she had lost another son.

Elizabeth Osborne was watching the J-Bay Open surf competition live on television when the shark stalked her son.