From the Daily Telegraph:
A BODYBOARDER could get a bravery award after desperately trying to save his mate’s life when a boy was mauled to death by a shark on the NSW North Coast today.
The 16-year-olds were surfing at Lighthouse Beach, near the mouth of the Richmond River, at Ballina, when the victim Peter Edmonds was grabbed by the left leg.
The boy’s friend Brock Curtis-Mathew told paramedics he heard his mate Edmonds cry for help and immediately paddled over to help.With no sign of the shark and blood pooling around them, the young bodyboarder then bravely paddled his Edmonds 75m to shore.
During the ordeal Edmonds passed out, forcing Curtis-Mathew to take his weight and drag him through the shallows on to the shore.
The youngster then used Edmond’s mobile phone to call for help.
However, by the time paramedics and a lifesaver arrived the boy had bled to death.
[Link: The Daily Telegraph]
