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A surfer in his 50s was killed by a great white shark off Tuncurry Beach on the NSW mid-north coast on Tuesday. He was desperately warning friends of the danger when he was attacked.
The man who died in a great white shark attack has been remembered as a 'truly special soul' who is 'home now in the ocean' in heartbreaking tribute shared by his daughter. Mark Sanguinetti, 59, from Sydney's Northern Beaches, was fatally mauled by a 4.5m great white shark off Tuncurry Beach near Forster on the NSW mid-north coast on Tuesday morning. 'We all knew him as a legend with a heart as vast and deep as the ocean, which was the first of his many loves,' one of his daughters penned in a handwritten tribute, which also invited surfers to a ceremonial 'paddle out' to remember Mr Sanguin...
A heroic beachgoer has opened up on a surfer's tragic last moments after he found the man in a pool of blood in the ocean following a shark attack on the New South Wales mid-north coast. The surfer, 59, believed to be from Sydney's Northern Beaches, was bitten on his upper right thigh at Tuncurry Beach near Forster at 11.20am on Tuesday. He was pulled from the water and paramedics performed CPR at the scene, before transporting him to a local dog park with the intention of airlifting him to John Hunter Hospital. He died at 12.40pm before he could be taken to hospital.